ENRE Best Publication Awards

ENRE Best Publication Awards

The ENRE Best Publication Awards are given annually to the journal articles in the areas of interest of ENRE. The objective of the award is to recognize the contributions of ENRE members to the respective research areas. Nominated publications will be judged by separate committees for each area with respect to impact and originality. The winner will be announced during the Business Meeting at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.

Nomination and deadlines

More information on nomination procedure, deadlines and the selection committee of each ENRE award here.

2024 Best Publication:

Energy

Winners: Conleigh Byers, Gabriela Hug

Publication: "Long-run optimal pricing in electricity markets with non-convex costs"

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.07.052

Award Committee: Line Roald (chair), Patrick Panciatici, Elina Spyrou, Stein-Erik Fleten, Rodrigo Moreno, Erin Baker, Elina Spyrou

Natural resources

Winners: Ali Fattahi, Sriram Dasu, Reza Ahmadi

Publication: "Peak Load Energy Management by Direct Load Control Contracts "

https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4493

Award Committee: Mesut Yavuz (chair), Emily Griffin, Fariba Mamaghani, Karthik Murali, Safak Yucel

Environment And Sustainability

Winners: Max T. Brozynski and Benjamin D. Leibowicz

Publication: "A Multi-Level Optimization Model of Infrastructure-Dependent Technology Adoption: Overcoming the Chicken-and-Egg Problem"

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.10.026

Award Committee: Yury Dvorkin(Chair), Kenneth Bruninx, Chiara Lo Prete, Yael Parag, Neha Patankar.

2023 Best Publication:

Energy

Winners: Anirudh Subramanyam, Jacob Roth, Albert Lam, Mihai Anitescu

Publication: "Failure Probability Constrained AC Optimal Power flow"

IEEE Transaction on Power Systems (2022)

Award Committee: Line Roald (chair), Patrick Panciatici, Alexandre Street, Stein Erik Fleten, Daniel K Molzahn

Natural resources

Winners: Alessandro Hill, Andreas Brickey, Italo Cipriano, Marcos Goycoolea, Alexandra M. Newman

Publication: "Optimization Strategies for Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problems in Underground Mining "

Informs journal on computing, 2022

Award Committee: Mesut Yavuz (chair), Ali Fattahi, Esra Buyuktahtakin Toy, Karthik Murali 

Environment And Sustainability

Winners: Owen Q. Wu, Şafak Yücel, Yangfang (Helen) Zhou

Publication: "Smart charging of Electric Vehicles: An Innovative Business Model for Utility firms "

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2022

Award Committee: Christoph Weber (chair), Yury Dvorkin, Trine Krogh Boosma, Sonja Wogrin , Michael Bucksteeg 

2022 Best Publication - Natural resources

Winners: Eyyüb Y. Kıbış, İ. Esra Büyüktahtakın, Robert G. Haight, Najmaddin Akhundov, Kathleen Knight, and Charles E. Flower
Award committee:  Gökçe Palak (chair), Krishna Teja Malladi, Mesut Yavuz, Denys Yemshanov




2022 Best Publication - Energy

Winners: Long He, Guangrui Ma, Wei Qi, and Xin Wang
Award committee: Jalal Kazempour (chair), Luiz Barroso, Stein-Erik Fleten, Line Roald, Pascal Van Hentenryck




2019 Best Publication – Energy

Winners: Burak Kocuk, Santanu S. Dey, and X. Andy Sun

Manuscript: "Strong SOCP Relaxations for the Optimal Power Flow Problem", Operations Research, 64 (2016), pp. 1176-1196, DOI:10.1287/opre.2016.1489.

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2019 Best Publication – Natural Resources

Winners: Harrison B. Zeff, Jonathan D. Herman, Patrick M. Reed, and Gregory W. Characklis

Manuscript: "Cooperative Drought Adaptation: Integrating Infrastructure Development, Conservation, and Water Transfers into Adaptive Policy Pathways", Water Resources Research, 52(2016), pp.7327–7346, DOI:10.1002/2016WR018771


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Honorable Mention:

Authors: Hadi Karimi, Sandra Duni Ekşioğlu, and Amin Khademi

Manuscript: Analyzing Tax Incentives for Producing Renewable Energy by Biomass Cofiring, IISE Transactions, 50(2018), pp. 332-344, DOI: 10.1080/24725854.2017.1401755


2019 Best Publication – Environment and Sustainability

Winners: Dmytro Matsypura, Oleg A. Prokopyev, Aizat Zahar.

Manuscript: Wildfire Fuel Management: Network-Based Models and Optimization of Prescribed Burning, European Journal of Operational Research, 264 (2018), pp. 774–796.

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Honorable Mention:

1. Authors: Saed Alizamir, Francis de Véricourt, Peng Sun.

    Manuscript: Efficient Feed-In-Tariff Policies for Renewable Energy Technologies, by Operations Research, 64(2016), pp. 52–66

2. Authors: Maxime C. Cohen, Ruben Lobel, Georgia Perakis.

    Manuscript: The Impact of Demand Uncertainty on Consumer Subsidies for Green Technology Adoption, Management Science,      62(2016), pp. 1235–1258


Last year recipients

2018 Best Publication – Energy

Winners: Goran Vojvodic, Ahmad I. Jarrah and David P. Morton

Manuscript: "Forward thresholds for of pumped-storage stations in the real-time energy market", European Journal of Operational Research, 254 (1): 253-268, 2016.

Honorary mention: Timo Lohmann and Steffen Rebennack.
Manuscript: "Tailored Benders decomposition for a long-term power expansion model with short-term demand response". Management Science, 63(6):2027-2048, 2017.

Committee ChairShmuel Oren, UC Berkeley


2018 Best Publication – Natural Resources

Winners: Tingju Zhu, Guilherme Fernandes Marques, and Jay R. Lund

Manuscript: "Hydroeconomic optimization of integrated water management and transfers under stochastic surface water supply", Water Resources Research, 51, 3568–3587, 2015.

Committee Chairs: Yu Wei, Colorado State University; Mohamad Hejazi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

2018 Best Publication – Environment and Sustainability

Winners: Shouqiang Wang, Peng Sun, and Francis de Véricourt

Manuscript: "Inducing environmental disclosures: A dynamic mechanism design approach", Operations Research: 64(2) 371-389, 2016.

Committee Chair: Yihsu Chen, University of California Santa Cruz


Winners from previous years

For a full list of past recipients of the Best Publication Award in the field of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment and Sustainability...