Liu  Xin
Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Business & Management, Management School,Shanghai JiaoTong University

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Physical Geography - State Key Lab of Estuarine & Costal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R .China, 1997. Focus on Remote Sensing & Geographic Information System, Forecast & Decision Making for System Analysis and Sustainable Development of Coastal Zone
M.S., Computer Mathematics - Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R .China, 1994. With emphasis on Data Processing, Modeling, Arithmetic Designing and various Characteristic Analysising.
B.S., Major : Mathematics - Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R.China, 1991.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Lecture, Management School , Shanghai JiaoTong University  Sep 97- Dec,99
Associate Professor ,Management School , Shanghai JiaoTong University  Dec,99 - present
Visiting Scholar, Rutgers Business School, The State University of New Jersey,Jan,2003-Jun,2003

Independent Consultant, Various Services
Perform a variety of part-time consulting services to various organizations. Promoted strategic applications of management & decision-making tools by understanding business needs first and technology second, and wrote training materials for the Modern Management Technology Exchange Centre’s Project Management courses. Services incl  strategy planning sessions, needs assessment /requirements definition, costs and risks analysis, tool evaluations a emonstrations, small applications development. Prepared several business cases, and managed several small projects. Developed and ran numerous decision support models (Monte Carlo simulation, Excel, Matlab, Mapinfo, etc.) to aid in design and marketing decisions.

INTERESTED RESEARCH AREAS:
Project Management
Decision Analysis
Sustainable Development Strategy

Faculty member for Business program supporting over 1000 students majoring or minoring in Business.Design and teach courses in the Day and Weekend School Programs.

COURSES TAUGHT IN RECENT YEARS
Project Management (MBA, Graduate, Undergraduate)
Economic Analysis of Investment Projects (Graduate )
Managerial Economics (MPA-Master of Project Administration)