Dr. Subhro Mitra, is a Professor of Supply Chain and Marketing Management, in the School of Business at the University of North Texas-Dallas. He was awarded the Distinguished Educator’s Service Award by The National Defense Transportation Association. His research interests include freight flow modeling, security in the supply chain, asset management, life-cycle cost study, optimizing logistics network, and facility location study. He has published widely in top transportation and logistics journals. He has presented at several national and international conferences and has been the keynote speaker in roundtables and symposiums. He has completed a number of externally funded projects in the capacity of Principal investigator. Some of his research has got national recognition.