Joyce W. Yen, Ph.D.

As Program/Research Manager, I execute an array of initiatives addressing programmatic goals of the organization and sponsoring agency, namely to increase the participation of women in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics (SEM). In my role I interact with 21 target departments in the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences as well as with the broader UW community (including the Graduate School, the Provost's Office, the Office of Minority Affairs, and other campus units), and 18 other NSF ADVANCE institutions nationwide to (1) address issues affecting women faculty, (2) spearhead efforts to advance women faculty in SEM at UW, and (3) develop accountability networks for institutional change to ensure advancement of SEM women.

Select Publications Relevant to Women in Science and Engineering

• Riskin, E. Lange, S. E., Quinn, K. Yen, J. W., and Brainard, S. G. "Supporting Faculty during Times of Transition" Forthcoming in the volume Learning from Advance, to be edited by Abigail J. Stewart and Janet E. Malley, to be published by the University of Michigan Press.
• Yen, Joyce W. and Loving, Christopher J. "The Cross Department Cultural Change Program at the University of Washington" ASEE 2005 National Conference Proceedings. Paper selected as a finalist for the ASEE Women in Engineering Best Paper Award. Portland, OR. June 2005.
• Yen, Joyce W., Riskin, Eve A., Quinn, Kate, Lange, Sheila Edwards, and Denton, Denice D. "ADVANCE Mentoring Programs for Women Faculty in SEM at the University of Washington" ASEE 2005 National Conference Proceedings. Portland, OR. June 2005.
• Lange, Sheila Edwards and Yen, Joyce W. "Toolkits for retention and recruitment: utilization and outcomes" Keeping our Faculties III: Recruiting, Retaining, and Advancing Faculty of Color Conference Proceedings. Minneapolis, MN. November 2004.
• Yen, Joyce W., Sheila Edwards Lange, Eve A. Riskin, and Denice D. Denton. "Leadership Development Workshops for Department Chairs" WEPAN 2004 Conference Proceedings. Albuquerque, NM. June 2004

A current CV can be obtained here.

Research

Professor Zelda Zabinsky (UW Industrial Engineering) and I had a research grant from The Boeing Company to study  "Air Traffic Flow Management Under Temporary Constraints." Our research webpage can be found at http://ieng.washington.edu/airtraffic.

Additional research:

• A stochastic programming approach to the airline crew scheduling problem by Joyce W. Yen and John R. Birge.
• A stochastic integer program approach to solving a synchronous optical network ring design problem by J. Cole Smith, Andrew J.Schaefer, and Joyce W. Yen.

Education

B.S. Mathematics

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

M.S. and Ph.D. Industrial and Operations Engineering

University of Michigan College of Engineering 

Dissertation topic: Stochastic programming approach to airline crew scheduling

Professional Organizations

• INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science
• IIE, the Institute of Industrial Engineerins
• SWE, the Society of Women Engineers
• Check out the University of Michigan College of Engineering's Grad-SWE, graduate committee of SWE
• ASEE, the American Society for Engineering Education
• Check out the University of Michigan College of Engineering's student chapter of ASEE
• WEPAN, the Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network

Contact Information

Office:

367 Loew Hall

 

Mailing address:

University of Washington
Box 352180
Seattle, WA 98195-2180

 

Other information

joyceyen@u.washington.edu

(206) 543-4605 (phone)
(206) 685-0666 (fax)