1. WSU/University of Arkansas/ Oklahoma State University Industrial Assessment Center, Department of Energy, with Twomey, J., Whitman, L., Liao, H., Kolarik, W. J. (PI), Nutter, D. (PI), Turner, W. C. and Frazier, R. S., 8/2006-7/2009, $125,000/yr for two years ($9,500/yr for WSU)

1. Cetinkaya, C. and Yildirim, M. B., 2007, “A Short-term Fair MAC Protocol for Wireless LANs,” to appear in AdHoc Networks

2. Duman, E., Yildirim, M. B. and Alkaya, A. F.[1], 2007, “Scheduling Continuous Aluminum Casting Lines,” to appear in International Journal of Production Research

3. Yildirim, M. B., Duman, E., Duman, D. and Cetinkaya, C., 2007, “Allocation of Component Types to Machines in the Automated Assembly of Printed Circuit Boards,” to appear in Journal of Computers

4. Yildirim, M. B., 2007, “Network Optimization,” to appear in Operations Research and Management Science Handbook, CRC Press.

5. Mouzon, G.*, Yildirim, M. B. and Twomey, J., 2007, “Operational Methods for Minimization of Energy Consumption of Manufacturing Equipment,” International Journal of Production Research, Volume 45, Issue 18, pp. 4247 – 4271

6. Ceciliano Meza, J. L.*, Yildirim, M. B. and Masud, A. S. M., 2007, “A Model for the Multi-Period Multi-Objective Power Generation Expansion Problem,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp. 871- 878

7. Yildirim, M. B., Duman, E., Krishnan, K. and Senniappan. K.*, 2007, “Parallel Machine Scheduling with Load Balancing and Sequence Dependent Setups,” International Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 42-49

8. Barut, M., Yildirim, M. B. and Kilic, K., 2006, “Designing a Global Multi-Disciplinary Classroom: A Learning Experience in Supply Chain Logistics Management,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 22, No 5, pp. 1105-1114

9. Yildirim, M. B., Cakar, T., Doguc, U.* and Ceciliano Meza. J. C.*, 2006, “Machine Number, Priority Rule, and Due Date Determination in Flexible Manufacturing Systems Using Artificial Neural Networks,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 50, 1, pp. 185- 194

10. Yildirim, M. B., Duman, E. and Duman, D., 2006, “Dispatching Rules for Allocation of Component Types to Machines in the Automated Assembly of Printed Circuit Boards,” Proceedings of ISCIS'06: The 21st International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey which is published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Volume 4263, pp. 55-64

11. Duman E. and Yildirim, M. B., 2005, “Workload Balancing in Printed Circuit Board Assembly Shops,” Dogus University Journal, Vol. 6, 1, pp. 67-78

12. Yildirim, M. B. and Hearn, D. W., 2005, “A First Best Toll Pricing Framework for Variable Demand Traffic Assignment Problems,” Transportation Research-B, Vol. 39, pp. 659-678

13. Cakar, T., Yildirim, M. B. and Barut, M., 2005, “Neuro-Genetic Approach to Design and Planning of Manufacturing Cell,” International Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Vol. 16, No. 4-5, pp. 453-462

14. Hearn, D. W. and Yildirim, M. B., 2002, “A Toll Pricing Framework for Traffic Assignment Problems Current Trends in Transportation and Network Analysis: Papers in honor of Michael Florian, M. Gendreau and P. Marcotte (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 135-145

15. Yildirim, M. B., 2000, review of “Locating Lines and Hyperplanes: Theory and Algorithms,” by Anita Schobel, Optimization Methods and Software, 13, pp. 231-233

16. Akturk, S. and Yildirim, M. B., 1998 “A New Lower Bounding Scheme for the Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,” Computers and Operations Research, 25 (4), pp. 265–278

17. Akturk, S. and Yildirim, M. B., 1999, “A New Dominance Rule for the Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,” Production Planning & Control, 10 (2), pp. 138–149

18. Aksen, D., Aksu, M. Altinel, K. and Yildirim, M. B., 1995, “Scheduling Traffic Lights in a Capacitated Junction,” Turkish Industrial Engineering Journal, pp. 3-16