SI LIU
PhD Student
ACADEMIC AREA
Management Science
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Smart Last Mile Delivery, Sharing Economy, Sustainable Operations Management, Revenue Management, Interfaces between Operations and Marketing
SUPERVISOR(S)
Dr. Elkafi Hassini
EMAIL
lius278@mcmaster.ca
Biography
Education:
McMaster University, DeGroote School of Business
Ph.D. in Management Science Dec 2023 (Expected)
- Thesis: Models and Algorithms for Operating E-Commerce Smart Mobile Lockers in Tandem with City Buses
- Committee: Dr. Elkafi Hassini (Advisor), Dr. Manish Verma, Dr. Kai Huang
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.Sc. in Business Analytics (Off-campus) Dec 2023 (Expected)
Michigan Technological University
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Eindhoven
M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Innovation Science (Honor)
Royal Institute of Technology.
M.Sc. in Energy Engineering.
Zhejiang University
B.Eng. in Process Engineering (Minor: Supply Chain Management)
Teaching experience:
McMaster University Teaching & Learning Theory and Inquiry Certificate
McMaster University Teaching & Learning Practice and Application Certificate
Course Lecturer, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Decision Making with Analytics (2DA3, Undergrad, Course evaluation: 9.33/10)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Operations Management (2OC3, Undergrad)
Data Mining (4KG3, Undergrad)
International Business (4SA3, Undergrad)
Strategic Procurement (O735, MBA)
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (4OD3, Undergrad)
Transportation and Warehousing Management (4OT3, Undergrad)
Management Science for Business (3QA3, Undergrad)
Business Applications (2QA3, Undergrad)
Service:
Reviewer AOM Annual Conferences, TRB Annual Conferences, ASAC Annual Conference, IEEE BSN Conferences, IEEE Internet of Things, International Journal for Students as Partners
Conference President, 2022 DDSA Ph.D. Research Day
Session Chair, 2022 INFORMS Annual Conference
Session Moderator, 2022 9th METRANS International Urban Freight Conference
Founder and President, Canadian Operational Research Society Hamilton Student Chapter
Faculty Representative on Council, McMaster International Graduate Student Association
Faculty Representative on Council, McMaster Graduate Student Association
Graduate Student Representative, McMaster University Senate
President, DeGroote Doctoral Students Association
Communication Director, DeGroote Doctoral Students Association
Finance Committee Member, McMaster Graduate Student Association
Member, INFORMS, POMS, CORS, ASCM, ASAC
Awards:
McMaster University Graduate Students Association Travel Assistance Award
DeGroote Academic Leadership Award
MITx MicroMasters Program Credential in Principles of Manufacturing
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Publications
Publications:
Si Liu*, Elkafi Hassini. Freight Last Mile Delivery in Commercial and Humanitarian Logistics: A Literature Review. Computers and Industrial Engineering. Status: Under Review
Si Liu, Elkafi Hassini*. Optimizing the Assignment of Customers, Lockers and Bus Routes for the Smart Mobile Lockers in tandem with City Buses (SML-CB). Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Status: Submitted
Si Liu, Elkafi Hassini*. Designing Pricing Strategies for the Smart Mobile Lockers in tandem with City Buses (SML-CB). Status: Soon to be submitted to Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Si Liu, Zhen Qiao, Elkafi Hassini*. Utilizing Smart Mobile Locker in tandem with City Buses (SML-CB) to Reduce Illegal Parking of Delivery Trucks. Status: Soon to be submitted to Transportation Policy
Si Liu, Elkafi Hassini*. Estimating Impacts of Smart Lockers through Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment. Status: Soon to be submitted to Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Si Liu, Elkafi Hassini*. Comparing the Accessibility and Equity of Smart Lockers in E-commerce Last Mile Deliveries. Status: Work-in-Progress
Si Liu, Elkafi Hassini*. Modeling and Analyzing the Service Time of Operating Smart Mobile Locker with Transit Buses to Serve City Logistics. Status: Work-in-Progress
Si Liu*, Jiaao Zhang. Delivering Parcels through Smart Mobile Lockers in tandem with Inter-city Transit Systems under Market Expansion and Competition. Status: Work-in-Progress
Si Liu*, Zhecheng Xie. Efficient Multimodal Transportation through Drones and City Buses to Serve the B2C E-commerce Last Mile Deliveries. Status: Work-in-Progress
Miscellaneous Publications:
Ting Bao, Si Liu, Yinghong Qin and Zhen Liu* (2020) 3D Modelling of Coupled Soil Heat and Moisture Transport Beneath a Surface Fire. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 149, Pp119-163
Hui Huang, Xian Li, Si Liu, Shiyan Hu, Ye Sun* (2018) TriboMotion: A Self-Powered Triboelectric Motion Sensor in Wearable Internet of Things for Human Activity Recognition and Energy Harvesting. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 5 (6): Pp4441-4453
Si Liu*, Yuan Gao, Tianze Chen, Qing Wang (2014) Review Research on Optimization of Advanced Micro-Controlled Blending Composite Material Properties of LDPE/CaCO3. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 467: Pp86-90
Liyu Chen*, Si Liu (2013) Exponential Stability of Strong Solution for A Stochastic Disturbance Predator-prey System of Three Species with Age-Structure. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 02 (13): Pp569-575
Chengyin Liu, Si Liu, Liyu Chen* (2011) Using Life Table Function to Reasonably Forecast and Analysis Worker Endowment Insurance Fund in Yinchuan. Mathematics in Practice and Theory, 41 (16): Pp26-30 (In Chinese)
Conference presentations:
Optimizing the Assignment of Customers, Lockers, and Bus Routes for the Smart Mobile Lockers in tandem with City Buses
2022 CORS Annual Meeting
2022 POMS Annual Conference
2021 Smart Freight Center Online Symposium
2020 Smart Freight Center Online Symposium
Utilizing Smart Mobile Locker in tandem with City Buses (SML-CB) to Reduce Illegal Parking of Delivery Trucks
2022 9th METRANS International Urban Freight Conference
A Model for Last-mile E-commerce Deliveries Service Time Estimation using Smart Mobilized Lockers in City Transit Systems
2021 CORS Annual Meeting
Efficient Multimodal Transportation through Drones and City Buses to Serve the B2C E-commerce Last-Mile Deliveries
2022 POMS International Conference
Analyzing the Accessibility and Equity of the Smart Mobile Lockers in tandem with City Buses in the Last Mile Delivery
2022 YinzOR Student Conference
Designing Dynamic Pricing Strategies for the Smart Mobile Lockers in tandem with City Buses (SML-CB)
2022 AOM OSCM Division Doctoral Consortium
2022 INFORMS Doctoral Consortium
A Life Cycle Assessment of Smart Parcel Lockers for More Sustainable Last Mile Deliveries
2022 DSI Annual Conference