List of Grants and Contracts: NOTE:  In the following, unless otherwise mentioned, A.N. Perakis has been the principal investigator and project director. Spring-Summer 2003, Research Grant Award, Office of the VP for Research and Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan, April 2003. “The Boeing Company Welliver Faculty Fellowship”, June 16, 2003- August 8, 2003. “Office of Naval Research Distinguished Faculty Fellowship”, May-September 2003. "Aquatic Nuisance Species Research and Outreach:  Economic Impact of Measures to Limit the Introduction of Non-Indigenous Species on St. Lawrence Seaway Shipping," National and Michigan Sea Grant Programs, October 1, 1999-September 30, 2001. Research (economic feasibility study of marine and coastal transport in Central and Eastern Europe) and teaching (series of lectures on Decision Analysis with marine Applications) Visiting Professorship (Gastprofessur), TU Berlin, June-July 1999, roughly six weeks of Prof. Perakis’ UM Salary paid from the Office of the President of TU Berlin, per the UM-TU Berlin Agreement,. Travel expenses covered by the COE Assoc Dean for Academic Affairs, per UM-TUB Agreement Simulation and Modeling of Shipbuilding Infrastructure”, participating investigator, project director-Professor Dale Karr, ORINCON Corp., April 1, 1994-March 31, 1995 (student-Jun Li). "An Evaluation of the Institute of Water Resources Navigation Programs," sponsored by Battelle, Inc., May 12, 1992-September 30, 1993. "Estimating Marine Transportation Costs," U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5586, May 15-August 23, 1991, Scientific Services Agreement subcontract from Battelle Labs, Contract No. DAAL03-86-D-0001.  Army Summer Faculty Program Award, Direct payments to me: total cost much higher, incl. indirect, benefits and admin. costs) Economics/Optimization analysis of a new passenger-ferry SWATH design, Visiting Professorship (Gastprofessur), TU Berlin, 3 months (minus one week) of Prof. Perakis’ UM salary paid from the Office of the President of TU Berlin, per the UM-TU Berlin Agreement, for his June 7-Aug 31, 1988 stay in  TU Berlin "Further Research on the Structural Reliability of Marine Diesel Engine Shafting  Systems" (co-principal investigator; Project Director: Professor M.G. Parsons), Michigan Sea Grant College Program, (NOAA) July 1, 1987-June 30, 1989, July 1, 1987-June 30, 1988, July 1, 1988-June 30, 1989. "NA 380 Computerized Course Learning Supplement, "CAEN Instructional Innovation Program, April 1-July 31, 1987. "Risk Analysis for an Icebreaking Tug and Barge," Cleveland Office, United States Coast Guard, (my portion of the total), February 16-December 31, 1987. "Expert System Construction for Container Stowage Planning," ARCTEC Offshore Technology Corporation, Escondido, CA, October 1, 1986-September 30, 1987. "Reliability Analysis of Marine Diesel Propulsion Systems: Towards Rational Maintenance, Repair and Replacement Decisions," Michigan Sea Grant College Program, (NOAA) February 1,1986-January 31, 1989. "Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Marine Industry-Problem Definition and Analysis" (with J.T. Dillingham), U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration Fleet Management Technology Program, September 1, 1985-April 30, 1987, co-principal investigator, September 1, 1985-August 31, 986, and project director, September 1, 1986-April 30, 1987. "Optimization Schemes for Rational, Computer-Aided Fleet Deployment," Maritime Administration University Research Program, August 15, 1983-August 31, 1985. "Problems in Optimal Fleet Deployment," Horace H. Rackham Faculty Grant, May 1983-December, 1985. Tauber Manufacturing Institute/Industry Joint Projects (16 since 1995) NOTE: these projects were awarded to me and my Business School co-advisors annually since 1995; each involves a team of students from both the U of M MBA programs and from the UM College of Engineering. The total budget of each is in excess of $100k, most of which supports 2-4 students for approx. 3 months working at major US and International corporations plants and offices, and a smaller part supporting the two faculty-coadvisors time and travel. “Models for Supply Chain Workflow Assessment," TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA Corporation, Sellersville, PA, (with Prof. Izak Duenyas, UM School of Bus. Admin.), March 9, 2005-September 25, 2005 “Global Supply Chain Workflow Assessment," Pfizer Corporation, Groton, CT and Ann Arbor, MI, (with Prof. Izak Duenyas, UM School of Bus. Admin.), April 1, 2004-September 15, 2004. "Manufacturing Consulting Project", McKinsey and Co, Detroit, MI, (with Prof. S. Gupta, UM School of Bus. Admin.), March 1, 2003 -September 30, 2003. "Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) Operational Support Systems Change Process Initiative," Lockheed-Martin Co, Littleton, CO, (with Prof. Widmeyer, UM School of Bus. Admin.), March 1-September 30, 2003 "Production Optimization and Cost Reduction at Daimler-Chrysler", A.T. Kearney, Inc., Southfield, MI, Daimler-Chrysler Corp., Auburn Hills, MI, (with Prof. Len Middleton, UM School of Bus. Admin.), March 1-September 30, 2002. "Efficient Manufacturing of Boeing's Double-Aisle Passenger Jets," Boeing Co, Everett, WA (with Prof. Dennis Severance, UM School of Bus. Admin.), March 1-September 30, 2002. "Warranty Performance Improvement: PSO's and Spills," A.T. Kearney, Inc., Southfield, MI, Daimler-Chrysler Corp; Auburn Hills, MI, (with Prof. Robert Haessler, UM School of Bus. Admin.), April 1, 2001-September 15, 2001. "Utilization of E-Business for Supply Chain Integration," Copeland Co., Sidney, OH, (with Prof. Roman Kapuchinski, UM School of Bus. Admin.), April 1, 2001-September 15, 2001. “Lean Transportation in a Consumer Product Company," McKinsey Consulting Co. and Coca Cola Co./Minute Maid Division (Cleveland, OH and Paw Paw, MI), (with Prof. Izak Duenyas, UM School of Bus. Admin.), April 1, 2000-September 15, 2000. "Part Number Level Program Management," Navistar Corp., Ft. Wayne, IN, (with Prof. John Ettlie, UM School of Business Admin.), April 1, 1999-September 15, 1999. "Optimization of Logistics Forecasting Business Processes," Intel Corp., Phoenix, AZ., (with Prof. Ana Muriel of UM School of Business Admin.), April 1, 1999-September 15, 1999 "Applications of Internet Commerce", Lucent Technologies Inc., Denver, CO and Princeton, NJ., (with Prof. R. Bagozzi of UM School of Business Admin.), April 1, 1998-September 15, 1998. "Creating a Competitive Advantage," ALCOA Corp., Badin, N.C. and Knoxville, TN,  Tauber Manufacturing Inst., Ann Arbor, MI (with Prof. Joan Penner-Hahn, UM School of Business Admin.), April 1, 1998-September 15, 1998. “Cost Management Infrastructure - Analysis and Definition," Harley-Davidson, Inc.,  Milwaukee, Tauber Manuf. Institute, Ann Arbor, MI (with Prof. J. Reece, UM Business School), April 1, 1997-September 15-1997. "Comparative Market Analysis and Process Improvement Recommendations," Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) Corp., Orlando, FL. / Tauber Manufacturing Institute, Ann Arbor, MI (with Prof. Kirti Celly, UM Business School), May 1, 1995 - August 31, 1995. "Operational and Economic Models to Assess Change Impact on Mill Economics,"  Cargill Corp, Minneapolis, MN / Tauber Manufacturing Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.  April 1, 1995 - August 31, 1995 (with Prof. Bob Haessler, UM Business School). Non-Sponsored Research: Fluctuation statistics and signal detection modeling (multi-path ocean acoustic  propagation). Vessel routing in a weighted Euclidean space. Optimal container stowage planning (using non-AI techniques). Optimal spill cleanup response modeling. Optimal Inspection of Ageing Marine Infrastructure Short Sea Shipping Game Theoretic modeling and solutions of decisions to limit the introduction of  and control non-indigenous species in the US Great Lakes. Condition-Based Maintenance.