Senior Lecturer
Education
- Ph.D. Operations Management (2005), The University of Michigan
- M.S. Industrial & Operations Engineering (2003), The University of Michigan
- M.A. Economics (1997), Renmin University of China
- B.A. Economics (1994), Renmin University of China
About
Dr. Ying (Laura) Li is a senior lecturer in the H. Milton School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining ISyE, Dr. Li taught supply chain management courses at Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. in 2005 from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Dr. Li's research involves capacity, technology and inventory management, healthcare operations management, and data modeling for decision-making. Her research has appeared in Management Science, IIE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, Omega, International Journal of Production Economics, and others. Dr. Li has worked with the University of Michigan hospital and Scott & White hospital on cost containment related projects, and Brazos Valley Foodbank on the recruitment of partner agencies.
Teaching
Dr. Li has taught a variety of supply chain management and business/economics courses since January 2005. She believes that an instructor can influence students not only through their domain knowledge but also their way of thinking. While delivering course-specific content, she adopts the active-learning format and strives to incorporate critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. While domain knowledge evolves over time, the ability to think critically and the skills essential to problem-solving are always needed for one’s career and personal development. With audience-based course designs, Dr. Li encourages and responds timely to questions and comments from students within or outside the classrooms. She hopes to create a welcoming learning environment in which students’ voices are heard and their ideas are valued.
In addition to classroom teaching, Dr. Li has been involved in ISyE capstone senior design course since January 2024. Through several roles: advisor, examiner, and co-coordinator at various times, she advises or provides feedback to senior design projects, facilitating students' learning & growth when they develop solutions to meet the clients' needs.
Representative Publications
Saari, S., Y. Li, S. Avila, E. Knight, Identifying future partner agencies: helping Brazos Valley Food Bank in the fight against food insecurity, 2022, Computational Urban Science, Vol. 2, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43762-022-00064-9
Cai, Z., Y. Li, Y. Y. Zhang, A network-based approach to examine the impact of within-city industry agglomeration on total factor productivity, 2020, Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, Vol. 17, pp. 738-746, https://doi.org/10.1080/16843703.2020.1766741
Li, Y., Y. Liao, X. Hu, W. Shen, Lateral transshipment with partial request and random switching, 2020, OMEGA: The International Journal of Management Science, Vol. 92, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2019.102134
Hu, X., Y. Li, E. Byon, B. Lawrence, Prioritizing regular demand while reserving capacity for emergency demand, 2015, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 247, pp.472-487
Li, Y. and S. Gupta, Strategic capacity investments and competition for supply contracts, 2011, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 214, pp. 273-283
Li, Y., S. Zhang, R.F. Baugh and J.Z. Huang, 2010, Predict surgery case durations using ill-conditioned CPT code matrix, IIE Transactions, Vol. 42, pp. 121-135
Li, Y. and Y. Jin, 2009, Racing to market leadership: product launch and upgrade decisions, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.119, pp. 284-297
Lovejoy, W. S. and Y. Li, 2002, Hospital operating room capacity expansion, Management Science, Vol. 48, pp. 1369-1387