PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Francis J. Vasko is a
Professor of Mathematics at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Before
coming to Kutztown University in September 1986, he worked for more than eight
years as an employee in the Research Department at Bethlehem Steel solving a
variety of real-world applications in operations research. He then served as a
consultant to Bethlehem Steel Corporation from
September 1986 thru March 2003. Since 2003, he has also done consulting
work for Graphic Packaging, Enterprise Systems Partners, Inc., and Solo
Laboratories Inc. His current research focuses on using a large variety and
combination of combinatorial optimization techniques in order to more accurately
model and solve important real-world
applications in production planning, strategic planning, and resource
allocation.