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Tenured Associate Professor 2502 West Ridge Drive Department of Business Administration Emporia, Kansas 66801 & Education Tel:(620)-343-3285 (H) School of Business Fax:(620)-343-3285 (H) 309 Cremer Hall 1200 Commercial Street Emporia State University Emporia, KS 66801 Email: mchowdhu@emporia.edu Tel: 620-319-5659 (Off) Fax: 620-319-6345 (Off)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1987 Areas of Concentration: Econometrics, Statistics, Quantitative Analysis, and Micro-economics
M.A. Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, May 1985 M.Sc. Statistics, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, 1973
COURSES TEACHING/TAUGHT :
Emporia State University
Graduate: BU 820 - Quantitative Analysis for Business
Undergraduate: BU 255 - Business Statistics Undergraduate: BC 104 - Micro-economics Undergraduate: BU505 - Business Forecasting
COURSES TAUGHT :
at other institution
Graduate: BUAD 501 & 601-Quantitative Analysis for Business I & II
Undergraduate: MGMT 327 -Management Science & Systems MGMT 328 -Production and Operations Management ECON 413 - Mathematical Economics ECON 414 - Econometrics ECON 312 - Principles and Methods of Statistics II
COMPUTER FAMILIARITY:
Main Frame/PC: SAS, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, QM for Windows, APL, SPSS, Fortran, WordPerfect, The Management Scientist
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Applied Research on Statistical Modeling and forecasting, Data Mining, Optimization, and Input-Output Models.
REFERRED JOURNALS:
Chowdhury, M., “An Expert System to Help End-Users Identify Multivariate Statistical Methods,” International Journal of Business and Economic Perspective , (Co-authored With Khaled Al-Share, Arsjad Sjamsuddin, and Elizabeth Williams), Vol 1, Number 1, pp. 96-102, Spring 2006.
Chowdhury, M., "K-C Model of Three Customer Contact Dimensions: An Exploratory Hospital Field Test," International Journal of Services and Standards , (Co-authored William L. Smith) (Forthcoming 2006)
Chowdhury, M., "Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA): A Review of Concepts and Applications," International Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives , Vol. 3, Number 2, 2006 (Co- authored With Khaled Al-Share) (Forthcoming 2006)
Chowdhury, M. and Miller, D., “Application of the Logit Model in a Decision Making Process,” Business Journal , pp. 57-62, Fall-Spring 2001.
Chowdhury, M. and Groneman, N., “Respecification and Application of a Model for Efficient Estimation in Presence of Serial Correlation,” Emporia State Research Studies , Vol. 42, pp. 5-22,
Chowdhury, M. I. and Hoffman K., “School of Business Salary Equity and Compression at a Regional Midwestern University,” Business and Economic Review , Vol. 14, No.1, pp. 30-40, Fall
Chowdhury, M., “AShort Term Hourly System Load Forecasting Model,” The Journal of Business and Economic Studies , Vol. V, No. 1, Spring 1999, pp. 1-13.
Kenneth Hoffman and Mohammad I. Chowdhury, “Developing a Common Language for Work Place Ethics: Comparing the Options of Educators and Business Representatives,” Delta Pi Epsilon Journal , Vol. XXXX, No. 4, Fall 1998, pp 190-201.
Chowdhury, M. and Hoffman, K., ADoes Class Standing Make a Difference in the Distribution of Examination Scores In a Business Statistics Class,” Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association (IBSCA), pp. 13-21, July 2001.
Chowdhury, M. and Hoffman K., “Is there a Grade Difference in A Business Statistics Class? An empirical Analysis,” Proceedings of the DSI 30nd^ Annual Conference, p.989, 1999.
Chowdhury, M. and Hoffman K.,AGrade Inflation Revisited: An Empirical Approach,@ Proceedings of the Twenty Seventh Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association (IBSCA), pp.1-6, July 1999.
"Short-Term Electric Load Demand for Residential Customers in Central Maryland," Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association (IBSCA), pp. 303-313, 1995
"Model Specification and Efficient Estimation of a Model in Presence of Serial Correlation," Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association (IBSCA), pp.462-468, 1994
AAn Application of Deseasonalized Forecasting Using System Load Data", Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association (IBSCA), pp 185-190, 1993.
"Application of Probability Model in a Dichotomous Dependent Variable", Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the International Business School Computer Users Group (IBSCUG), pp. 352-357, 1992.
PAPER UNDER REVIEW:
"Faculty Salary Equity in the College of Arts and Sciences at a Regional Midwestern University," is under review by the Journal of Business and Economic Review (Co-authored with Thomas E. Slocombe and Khaled Al-Share)
PROCEEDINGS (PUBLISHED):
"Estimation of Domestic Car Sales in the United States", Fourth Annual Conference of the Urban Business Association, Baltimore, Maryland, April 29, 1995.
"An Application of Deseasonalized Forecasting Using Auto-regressive Model", Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Urban Business Association, PP 223-226, Baltimore, Maryland, April 24, 1993.
"Application of Non Linear Probability Model in a Dichotomous Dependent Variable", Proceedings of the 1992 Annual Conference of Urban Business Association, pp. 122- 126, Baltimore, Maryland, April 25, 1992.
"An Exercise on Forty Eight Hour System Load Forecasting by Using APL", Proceedings of the 1991 Annual Conference of Urban Business Association, pp. 116-126, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1991.
PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES:
Chowdhury, M., "Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA): A Review of Concepts and Applications," The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Spring Conference, April 24, 2006, Dallas, TX (Presented with Dr. Khaled Al-Share)
Chowdhury, M., ADoes Software Competency Make a Difference in the Performance of Business Statistics Assignments? An Empirical Analysis, 30th^ Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association, Savannah, Georgia, July 2002.
Chowdhury, M., “Does Student Background in an Open Admission Policy School Matter in A Business Statistics Class at a Small Mid-Western University?,” DSI 32nd^ Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 18-20, 2001.
Chowdhury, M. and Hoffman, K., “Does Class Standing Make a Difference in the Distribution of Examination Scores In a Business Statistics Class,” Twenty-ninth Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association (IBSCA), Providence, RI, July 2001.
Chowdhury, M., “School of Business Salary Equity and Compression at a Regional Midwestern University,” INFORMS Annual Meeting 2000, San Antonio, TX, November, 2000.
Chowdhury, M. and Hoffman K., “Is there a Grade Difference in A Business Statistics Class? An empirical Analysis,” DSI 30nd^ Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 1999.
Chowdhury, M., “Grade Inflation Revisited: An Empirical Analysis,” Twenty Seventh Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing association Conference (IBSCA- 99), Georgia institute of Technology, July 20, 1999.
Chowdhury, M., "Short Term Electric Load Demand for Residential Customers in Central Maryland," Twenty-Third Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association, Kalamazoo, Michigan, July 23-26, 1995.
ii. The Dynamic Interactions of Quality and pricing in the Presence of Advertising iii. Modeling SO2 Allowance Prices: A Projected Dynamical Systems Approach iv. Exploring the Need for Node Biases in Artificial Neural Networks for Time Series Forecasting
1999 Decision Sciences Institute in New Orleans, LA, November 20- Statistics, Decision Analysis & Forecasting Track: i. Roulette Revisited- Of martingales, Dollar Auctions, and Sunk Costs ii. Identifying Factors Characterizing Patient Satisfaction to Measure Success of Telemedicine in Rural Alaska
MS/OR: Techniques, Models, and Applications i. Determining Faculty Salary Equity Adjustments: A Multiple Objective Programming Approach ii. A Simplified Model for Discrete Multi-criteria Decision making. iii. Goal programming Model for Construction Bidding.
1999 International Business Schools Computing Association meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, July 19-
i. Laptop Computing-Initial faculty Responses to a New Phenomenon.
1998 International Business Schools Computing Association meeting in Denver, Colorado, July 9- 11
i. A proposal for a Mission Driven Faculty Development System in the spirit of TQM. ii. The Paperless Term Paper: Shaping Students= Skills For The 21st Century.
1995 DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE meeting in Boston, MA
i. Chance Constrained Programming Model of Casualty insurances ii. A Two Step Programming-Assignment Model for U.S. Air Force Sortie Assignment Decision 1995 NORTHEAST DSI meeting, March, Providence, Rhode Island
i. The Use of Patent Statistics to Measure & Predict International Competitiveness. ii. Pressures for technological Protectionism: An Empirical Analysis.
1994 DSI MEETING: MS/OR techniques, November, Hawaii.
i. Development of a Framework for Discrete Event Simulation ii. A Model for Planning Staff and Bed Requirements in a Blood Bank iii. An Efficient Algorithm for Minimum Flow in Planar Networks
UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL(ESU):
Member: Assessment Committee, SB, 2006- Member: MBA program Committee, SB, 2005-2007, 2001- Member: General Education Council, ESU, 2000- Member: MBA Curriculum Committee, 1999- Member: Dean’s Faculty Advisory Council, Fall 2002 Chair: Strategic Planning Committee, Spring 2001. Member, VPAA’s Faculty Advisory Committee, Spring 2000 Member: AACSB Accreditation Team, Continuous Improvement of Faculty Qualifications and development, Fall 1998, Fall 1999, Fall 2000 Member: AACSB Faculty Development Committee, Spring 1999. Member, Division X Acting Chair Search Committee, Summer 1999. ESU Ombudsman for 1998- Member: Dean’s Faculty Advisory Council, ESU, 1997- Spring 2001. Member: Division X search committee, May 2000 Member: Faculty Composition and Development Committee, SB, ESU, 98-
DEPARTMENT (ESU)
Member, Faculty Development Committee, SB, 2004-2005. Member, Diversity Committee, SB, 2004-2005. Member, Faculty Development Committee, 2003- Member, POM Search Committee, Fall 2001 Member, Business Law Search Committee, Fall 1999. Member: Regents Program Review Committee, ESU, 1998- Faculty Development Committee, 1997-
(Other Institution) Member, Teaching Effectiveness Committee, MSU, 1993 Member, Library Committee, MSU, 1991- Made requests for acquisitions of new books in Soper library. Chairman, Facilities Committee, School of Business & Management (SBM), MSU, 1995- Member, Facilities Committee, 1992-95.
Developed a Work Order Request Form for McMechen Hall; Have filled Order Request Forms for Jenkins, Banneker Communications, NorthWood Complex, and Portable Units.
Member: Graduate Admissions Committee for MBA, SBM, MSU, 1991-94. Developed Placement Tests for Quantitative Analysis for Business I and II Courses, 1992. Developed a criterion of admission based on probability using GMAT and GPA, 1993.
Seminar of Case Studies, Presented by Dr. Bill Remington, Dr. Sridhar Sundaram, and Dr. Mary Margaret Weber, Emporia State University, November 19, 1998.
AThe Impact of Globalization on Business and Business Studies: An Indian Perspective@ by Dr. K. Chandrasekhar, Emporia State University, August 26, 1997.
AInternationalizing the Business Curriculum at Morgan State University," Conducted by the Memphis State CIBER, McMechen 504, Jan.13, 1994.
"The impact of firm type on tax preference shifting in 1986", by Dr. Brad Childs, Mckelden 309, Morgan State University, April 5, 1994.
"Intelligent Scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems" by Dr. Zigish Zaveri, Mckelden 309, Morgan State University, April 29, 1994.
"Internationalizing the Core Program in Marketing, Management, and Accounting", presented by Dr. Lee Preston, Director, University of Maryland Ciber Institute, Morgan State University, November 18, 1993.
"Asian Studies Development Program", Presented by Scholars from the East/West Center in Hawaii, McMechen 504, Morgan State University, October 26, 1993.
"Japan: An Intercultural Training Program", Mitchell Building, Rm 122, Morgan State University, May 25-26, 1993.
"Teaching Effectiveness Workshop" by Dr. Harvey Brightman of Georgia State University, Mckelden Ball room, Morgan State University, March 19, 1993.
Xerox Corporation: Quality Improvement Process Seminar and Problem Solving Skills Training, Leesburg, Virginia, 1991.
Quality Control Seminar: Presented by an IBM executive, McMechen 504, Morgan State University, April 9, 1991.
Greater Baltimore County and Morgan State University Reception, USF&G, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Nov. 15, 1990.
A Talk offered by an executive from Manekin Corporation, McMechen 504, Morgan State University, Oct. 24, 1990.
CONFERENCE DISCUSSANT:
“Applying Data Cleansing Techniques” by Paul Ziegler and Ronald King, The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Conference, April 20-23, 2006, Dallas, Texas.
“Determining IT Support Staffing Levels in K-12 Schools in Texas” by Jonathan Coppin and Karl Walker, The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Conference, April 20-23, 2006, Dallas, Texas
Twenty Second Annual Conference of the International Business Schools Computing Association ( IBSCA ), Baltimore Inner Harbor, July 19, 1994.
"A Strategic Multiechelon Distributed Database Model for Training and Development Systems" by Mr. Hany Fanous, session M6, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Maryland, July 18, 1994.
Urban Business Association Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1992. "Forecasting Highway Mileage in Virginia" by Samuel K. Moak, Department of Marketing and Management, Virginia State University, Petersberg, Va 23803.
"Issues in marketing and Services" session 19, Baltimore, Maryland, April 25, 1992.
Urban Business Association Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, April 27, 1991. "Brownian Motion & its applications to POM" by Dr. Mark Tang. "A Computer Program for Statistical Output Analysis from a Queing Simulation" by Dr. Dennis Agboh.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
08/97-Present Associate Professor of Business Administration and Education, School of Business, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas 66801
08/90-05/97 Assistant Professor, Information Science & Systems, School of Business and Management, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland 21239.
Have been involved with applied econometric/statistical modeling research; provide students and the university with quality instruction and service to meet the educational needs of a diverse student population through class meetings, labs, workshops, seminars, professional meetings, publications, research projects, and various committee assignments.
Session Discussant: International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines Conference, April 20-23, 2006, Dallas, Texas
TEACHING AWARD:
WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICA'S TEACHERS, 1994. The Best Teachers in America Selected by the Best Students.
TRAINING AWARDS:
Xerox Corporation Integrated Systems Operations: Recognition for the successful completion of Quality Improvement Process Seminar, Leesburg, VA, Fall 1991.
Xerox Corporation Integrated Systems Operations: Recognition for the successful completion of Problem Solving Skills Training, Leesburg, VA, Fall 1991
GRANTS: Summer Research Grant Award, School of Business, ESU, 1998 Summer Research Grant Award, School of Business, MSU, 1994 Summer Research Grant Award, School of Business, MSU, 1991
