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Associate Professor, School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
Professor Jackson received his undergraduate degree in Economics with Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario; his M.Sc. in Statistics from Stanford University; and his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Stanford University. He is responsible for the Master of Engineering Program within the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering.
Professor Jackson teaches courses in manufacturing system design, managerial accounting, economic analysis of engineering systems, manufacturing logistics, and optimization. He is the recipient of the student-voted I.I.E. award for Excellence in Teaching (1986, 1987, 1990) and the Dean's Prize for Innovation in Teaching (1986 and 1991).
Professor Jackson has served as a consultant to the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, General Foods, and the Quaker Oats Company. He has been an associate editor of Operations Research. He conducts research in production planning and scheduling, inventory management, and graphical modelling systems for manufacturing logistics.
