Richard Church
Mailing Address:
Geography Department
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060
office:
EH 5717phone:
(805)893-4217fax:
(805)893-3146email:
church@geog.ucsb.eduwebsite:
http://geog.ucsb.edu/~forest/RLC/Index.html
Research Interests:
Spatial optimization, natural resources management, operations research methods, GIS
Spatial optimization, natural resources management, operations research methods, GIS
Education:
PhD, The Johns Hopkins University (Environmental Systems Engineering), 1974
BS, Lewis and Clark College (Mathematics and Chemistry)
Courses Taught:
146, Introduction to Transportation
153D, Spatial Decisions in Retailing
185B, Environmental Issues and Location Decision Making
190, Location Theory and Modeling
191/291, Introduction to Optimization Methods for Geographic Problems
191L, Laboratory in Optimization Methods for Geographic Problems
294, Advanced Topics in Location and Transportation Systems
Honors:
Rick was Chair of the Department from 1984 to 1988. He has served as a consultant to a number of companies and agencies on a wide variety of problems, including systems for manpower deployment as well as systems for scheduling training activities which is used by the US Navy, the German Air Force, and the Australian Army. He is a co-inventor on a US Patent on estimating manpower needs for emergency medical systems from computerized data systems.
Rick was Chair of the Department from 1984 to 1988. He has served as a consultant to a number of companies and agencies on a wide variety of problems, including systems for manpower deployment as well as systems for scheduling training activities which is used by the US Navy, the German Air Force, and the Australian Army. He is a co-inventor on a US Patent on estimating manpower needs for emergency medical systems from computerized data systems.
Publications:
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