About
Dr Patrick Beullens is an Associate Professor in Operational Research and Management Science within Southampton Business School at the University of Southampton. His current research interests in popular science topics include the computational theory of mind and evolutionary psychology, and links to decsion making under risk, with application in various sectors including retail supply chains and international shipping.
Dr Beullens holds the following external positions:
Member of the European Working Group on Reverse Logistics (REVLOG)
Member of the European Working Group on Metaheuristics (EU/ME)
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Research
Research interests
- Ocean shipping - decisions under risk, environmental performance
- Retail supply chains - perishable products, food waste management
- Logistics and reverse logistics
- Inventory control & transport planning
Current research
Dr Beullens is interested in applied and issue-oriented research and consultancy in the areas of Operational Research and Management Science, mainly in the fields of:
Ocean freight and shipping - Bulk and tanker industries, Environmental performance, Charter contracts, Speed and scheduling decisions under risk, Hedging.
Retail supply chains - Perishable products, food waste management, integration from production to marketing, internet sales & delivery
Logistics and reverse logistics (closed loop supply chains, recycling, greening the supply chain)
Inventory control (supply chain optimisation, net present value analysis)
Mathematical techniques that Dr Beullens has applied to his research include mathematical programming (linear, integer, goal, stochastic), non-linear optimisation (variational inequalities), stochastic processes (compound Poisson and Bernouilli, queuing theory, Markov chains), exact and heuristic algorithms for combinatorial optimisation (algorithm design, automated parameter tuning), artificial intelligence (fuzzy logic, neural networks, information theory and decision trees), game theory (competitive and cooperative), and Laplace transforms (renewal theory, net present value).
1. SUPPORT FROM RESEARCH COUNCILS / FUNDS
PhD Scholarship SMMI (Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute) & Southampton Business School & Shell Int. Trading & Shipping Co., 2019-2022, for Fangsheng Ge on the thesis "MOORING: Decision models that account for motivation and risk attitude with application to maritime shipping.", co-supervised with Dominic Hudson, £75k.
PhD Scholarship SMMI (Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute) & Mathematical Sciences & Shell Int. Trading & Shipping Co., 2016-2019, for Fangsheng Ge on the thesis "Net Present Value Models to help determine the Economic Operational Speed of a Chartered Ship.", co-supervised with Dominic Hudson, £55k.
CDE Centre for Defence Enterprise (Ministry of Defence, UK), project CDE11426. "Cost-Effective Inventory Management in the Armed Services through Improved ABC Optimisation." (IMAS). 08/2009-11/2009. Sponsor: CDE, MoD, k£60. With: Polaris Consulting Ltd. and Prof. Ruud Teunter (University of Groningen, NL). Function: project Principal Investigator (PI).
EU Project FP7-SEC-2009-1. "Sea Border Surveillance"(SEABILLA). 2010-2013.University of Portsmouth. Sponsor: EC, 10 million euro and 240k euro for UP. With: 25 partners including Selex Sistem Integrati (lead partner), Aleania Aeronautica, Telespazio, EADS Defence and Security, EuroCopter, Indra, BAE Systems, Thales, Sagem, TNO, University College London, and the Joint Research Centre. Function: PI for UP. A collaboration between the Dept. of Mathematics, the Portsmouth Business School and the School of Creative Technologies of UP.
EU Project FP7-SST-2008-TREN 1. "Logistics and Manufacturing Trends and Sustainable Transport" (LOGMAN). 09/2009- 09/2011. University of Portsmouth. Sponsor: EC, 1,82 million euro and 157k euro for Dept. of Maths, UP. With: AustriaTech (lead partner), Oxford University, Vienna University of Economics, Transfer, SYKE Finnish Environment Institute, ProgTrans, Prognos, the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics, and the Joint Research Centre (JRC). Function: PI for UP.
SEEDA Collaborative Projects for the Development of Intelligent Transport Systems (UK). "Congestion Avoidance Dynamic Routing Engine" (CADRE). 02/2007-05/2008. CSL-CADRE-CA-07/01. University of Portsmouth. Sponsor: South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), 320 k euro with 80k for UP. With: Comsine (lead partner), Hampshire County Council, Smartcom Software, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), and ViaMichelin. k£80 UP. Function: PI for University of Portsmouth. A collaboration between the Department of Mathematics and the Institute of Industrial Research (IIR) of UP.
EU Leonardo Programme. “Master of European Business Engineering” (MABUSE), 02/2003 - 04/2004, K.U.Leuven, sponsor: EC, function: development of course material for reverse logistics.
IWT Project (Belgium). “Integrated tool selection and production planning for bent sheet metal parts”, IWT-Project 000318, 08/2000 - 12/2003. K.U. Leuven - LRD, sponsor: IWT, LVD nv, 835.245 euro, function: researcher.
EU Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme. “Reverse Logistics and its Effects on Industry” (REVLOG), Project ERB 4061 PL 97-0650, 01/1998 - 12/2002, Erasmus University Rotterdam, sponsor: EC, function: researcher.
EU Brite Euram Project. “RailVehicle Eco-Efficient Design” (RAVEL), Brite Euram project BE97-4174, 11/1998 - 10/2001, K.U. Leuven - LRD, sponsor: EC, 13.800.000 Bfr, function: researcher.
EU Esprit Project. “Reverse Logistics Chain Optimization” (RELOOP), Esprit project 25552, 01/1998 - 04/2001, K.U. Leuven - LRD, sponsor: EC, 5.000.000 Bfr., function: coordinator for K.U. Leuven and researcher.
2. SMALL GRANTS
Southern Operational Research Group, Operations Research Society. PhD Conference Grant for J. Ries to present at the OR50 Conference. Awarded August 2008. (£250)
Purple Door, University of Portsmouth. Small Research and Knowledge Transfer Grant in the context of the CADRE project. April-July 2008. (£3,000)
The Royal Society. Round 4 Conference Grants Scheme, “CORS/Optimization Days 2006”. Awarded February 2006. (£838)
Academic Exchange Fund, City University of Hong Kong. Funding support to visit Prof Y.C. Chan, City University of Hong Kong. Approved July 2005. (£1,000)
3. PhD GRANTS
Government of Malaysia. PhD bursary for N.Z. Zaibidi. "Cooperation in logistics". 12/2007-12/2010. (£28,000)
K.U. Leuven Research Fund (Belgium). Postdoctoral grant II for P Beullens. "Distribution Systems for Reverse Logistics" 05/2003 - 08/2003, 12/2003 - 07/2004.
K.U. Leuven Research Fund (Belgium). Postdoctoral grant I for P Beullens. "Quantitative Approaches for Reverse Logistics" 01/2002 - 08/2002, 01/2003 - 04/2003.
4. PROJECTS WITH DIRECT SUPPORT FROM INDUSTRY
In the context of project researcher or as supervisor of student’s thesis/PhD work:
Agfa-Gevaert (production planning),
Belgacom (reorganization of the depot network),
Belgian Army (quality control),
Capsugel (time based competition),
Cordia (maintenance simulation),
DAT (aircraft spare parts management),
Dexia Bank (reorganization of the internal mail system),
Dstl (aircraft spare parts management, simulation),
EDF Energy (logistics and reverse logistics of meter replacement)
Interbrew (production scheduling),
Nike (order picking at European Distribution Centre),
Monsanto (transportation),
Samsonite (container call-off planning),
SCA Packaging (supply chain design),
Solutia Europe (returnable packaging, production planning),
Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Net Present Value approach to Supply Chain Management)
Zichuan Hospital China (bed allocation planning)
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Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer, Business School and Mathematics, University of Southampton, England, September 2011 – present.
Reader in Operational Research, Department of Mathematics, University of Portsmouth, England, June 2009 – August 2011 (*).
Senior Lecturer in Logistics and Operational Research, Department of Mathematics, University of Portsmouth, England, September 2004 – June 2009. (*)
Post-doc research associate, Centre for Industrial Management, K.U. Leuven, Belgium, 2002- September 2004 (**).
PhD student / research associate, Centre for Industrial Management, K.U. Leuven, Belgium, 1998-2001 (***)
Research assistant, Centre for Industrial Management, K.U. Leuven, Belgium, 1994-98.
(*) Guest professor in Integrated Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Dept. of Economics, University of Hasselt, Belgium, March - April 2009, 2010, and 2011.
(**) Post-doc research associate, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, September - December 2002.
(***) Visiting research associate, Production Technology Area, the International School of Business Administration INSEAD, France, April - September 1998
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