Biography
Professor Tavana has more than 20 years’ work experience in different industries. Before joining FIU as a full-time faculty, he had leading and consulting roles in the airline, cruise line, agriculture, and consumer-packaged goods industries, specializing in pricing, revenue management, business analytics, forecasting and optimization. He has continued to keep a close relationship with the industry.
Professor Tavana earned his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering with an emphasis on Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin. He collaborated with the College of Engineering and Computing as an Adjunct Professor from 2015 to 2021, and joined the Enterprise and Logistics Engineering graduate program (currently ESM) as a full-time research professor in Fall 2021.
Publications
- Tavana H., L. Weatherford. Application of an Alternative Expected Marginal Seat Revenue Method (EMSRc) in Unrestricted Fare Environments, Journal of Air Transport Management, July 2017.
- Huynh N., H.S. Mahmassani and H. Tavana. Adaptive Speed Estimation using Transfer Function Model for Real-Time Dynamic Traffic Assignment Operation. Transportation Research Record, n1783, pp 55-65, Transportation Network Modeling, Sep. 2002.
- Tavana H. and H.S. Mahmassani. Estimation and Application of Dynamic Speed-Density Relation using Transfer Functions. Transportation Research Record, n1710, pp 47-57, Traffic Flow Theory and Highway Capacity, Nov. 2000.
- Tavana H., H.S. Mahmassani, and C. Haas. Effectiveness of Wireless Phones in Incident Detection, a Probabilistic Analysis. Transportation Research Record, n1683, pp 31-37, Advanced Traffic Management Systems, Nov. 1999.
Presentations and Conference Proceedings
- Tavana H. “Airline Revenue Management” course, Airline Management graduate program, Turkish Airlines Academy, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2021-present
- Tavana H. and B. Vasigh. “Pricing and Airline Revenue Management Training”. Instructor, Miami, FL, September 30, 2010.
- Tavana H. “Elasticity 101; Is It Adaptable to Airline Revenue Management”. IATA Revenue Management and Pricing Conference, Dublin, Ireland, October 2005.
- Tavana H. “Optimal Airline Seat Allocation in a Fenceless Environment using Expected Revenue Maximization Method (ERM)”. AGIFORS, Auckland, NZ, March 2004.
- Tavana H. and H.S. Mahmassani. “Bi-Level Non-Linear Programming Formulation to Estimate Dynamic Origin-Destination Flows from Intelligent Transportation Systems Data”. INFORMS, Miami Beach, November 2001.
- Tavana H. and H.S. Mahmassani. “Estimation of Dynamic Origin-Destination Flows from Traffic Counts in Congested Networks”. INFORMS, San Antonio, November 2000.
- Tavana H. and H.S. Mahmassani. “Threshold-Constrained System Optimal Dynamic Assignment for Route Guidance Applications”. INFORMS, Philadelphia, PA, November 1999.
Awards & Honors
- Professional Engineer (P.E.), Texas, 2000-present
- Assurant Group Scholarship, Chapman Graduate School of Business, FIU, 2008-2009
- CFA scholarship, Chapman Graduate School of Business, FIU, 2008
- Mary Kate Collins Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Civil Eng., UT at Austin, 2001
- Professional Development Award, UT at Austin, 1999
Education
- MS, Finance, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2009
- Ph.D., Transportation Engineering; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2001
- MS, Civil (Transportation) Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1996
- BS, Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1987
- MS, Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1987