
Johan R van Dorp , DSc


	Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Office: 1776 G Street, N.W., Room 135, Washington D.C. 20052 Tel: (202) 994-6638 Fax: (202) 994-0245 Email: dorpjr@gwu.edu Website: http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~dorpjr/ Office Hours : Spring 2007: Tuesday 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Education D.Sc., Operations Research Department, George Washington University (1998). Registered Technological Designer, Mathematical Control- and Policy Modeling, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (1991). M.S., Mathematics & Computer Science (Cum Laude), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, (1989).

Research Interests Distribution Theory, Risk Management Analysis; Probabilistic Risk Analysis; Dependence Modeling for Uncertainty Analysis; Accelerated Life Testing; Reliability Analysis; Engineering/Expert Judgment; Financial Engineering.



Biography René van Dorp received his M.S. (1989) in Mathematics & Computer Science and completed (1991) a 2 year post-graduate program in Mathematical Control and Policy Modeling at the Delft University of Technology. In 1991 he worked as a research analyst in the risk analysis department of the Chemical Multinational DSM at Geleen, Holland. In 1992 he started his joint research with T.A. Mazzuchi in the area of Accelerated Life Testing for the United States Air Force during a short stay at the George Washington University. Upon his return in Holland in 1993 he obtained a research scientist position at the National Aerospace Laboratory where he joined the risk analysis team for Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam. The risk analysis team was tasked to analyze external risk around Schiphol Airport in light of aircraft accidents, like the 1992 accident of Boeing 747 of El Al in an Amsterdam Apartment building. In 1994 he returned to the George Washington University to enter the doctoral program in the Operations Research Department. While continuing his research in Accelerated Life Testing and Reliability Growth Modeling, he worked on research grants regarding (1) Passenger vessel safety on gambling boats in the Port of New Orleans (2) Oil Spill Risk Analysis in the Prince William Sound of Alaska where the Exxon Valdez ran aground (3) Risk Based Bidding on Large Construction Projects. He received his Doctor of Science degree in January 1998 in the Operations Research Department of the George Washington University and joined the Engineering Management faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor from September 1997 to Augustus 1999. In this position he completed with a research team consisting of scientists from the Institute of Crisis, Disaster and Risk management , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, and Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, the Washington State Ferry Risk Assessment in July 1999. Effective September 1999 he started a tenure track position as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department of the George Washington University. In September 2004 he was promoted to Associate Professor.

Journal Puplications Please visit my personal Faculty Web-page at WWW.SEAS.GWU.EDU/~DORPJR for an updated list and electronic copies.
Conference Proceedings Please visit my Faculty Web-page at WWW.SEAS.GWU.EDU/~DORPJR for an updated list and electronic copies
Books Kotz, S. and Van Dorp, J.R. (2004). Beyond Beta, Other Continuous Families of Distributions with Bounded Support and Applications, World Scientific Publishing Company.
Technical Reports Please visit my Faculty Web-page at WWW.SEAS.GWU.EDU/~DORPJR for an updated list and electronic copies