The economic dimension of sustainability encompasses the equitable and efficient distribution and allocation of resources for sustainable consumption. Within this dimension, UNT researchers have come together from various fields to participate in the Complex Logistics Systems Cluster. This cluster focuses on transforming public-private logistics using sustainable solutions for application in large-scale logistics networks. Funding secured by researchers within this cluster totals nearly $400,000.

Complex Logistics Systems Cluster

Description: Researchers from the College of Business, Engineering, Arts & Sciences, and Public Affairs & Community Service make up this cluster. Departments represented include Marketing & Logistics, Electrical Engineering and Engineering Technology, Economics, and Public Administration.

Focus: Transforming public-private logistics through the research and development of affordable, resilient, and sustainable solutions for large-scale logistics networks spanning the supply chain.

Members:

• Yan Wan - large-scale dynamical networks with applications; stochastic network modeling and analysis; decentralized control; air traffic flow management; sensor networking; systems biology. Funding: $363,943 
• Terry Clower – economic development; impact assessment; transportation systems; housing; land use planning. Funding: $206,249 
• Wesley Randall – supply chain performance; supply chain finance; risk modeling. Funding: $22,950 
• Steve Swartz – transportation safety; project/disaster logistics; supply chain synchronization. Funding: $10,750 
• Aleksandra Fortier - reliability, efficiency, and mechanical behavior of green products.
• Althea Arnold – development of new processing technologies that minimize environmental life cycle costs and economic costs of production and use.
• Ila Manuj – risk and complexity management in global supply chains and inter-organizational learning.
• Michael Nieswiadomy - environmental economics. 
• Pam Donovan – air transportation and logistics management. 
• Shailesh Kulkarni - supply chain networks and operations research. 
• Steve Joiner – aviation operations and infrastructure. 
• Ted Farris – supply chain mapping; cash-to-cash; transportation operations; regulation. 
• Simon Andrew – development economics, networks analysis, intersectoral/intergovernmental collaboration 
• Francisco Guzman – supply chain and marketing strategy. 
• Terry Pohlen – supply chain costing, transportation costing, network design and optimization

Total Funding: $603,892

Possible Applications: GPS-based geo-tracking of vehicles and shipments using smart phone technology, aviation and motor carrier safety, financial management, transportation planning and public policy, incentives for economic development, minimization of environmental life cycle costs; minimization of costs of production, transmission, and distribution of green products; reducing inefficiencies in supply chain performance, strategies for marketing green products