Dr. John Bell’s teaching and research interests are in logistics and supply chain management, vehicle routing, facility location selection, hazardous material transportation and supply chain strategy and risk. His publications have appeared in various top-tier journals and he is a frequent presenter at meetings of national and international professional societies, including the DSI, POMS and INFORMS.

Bell has won several awards for his management, teaching and research efforts during his academic and military careers. In 1993, he was the General Leo Marquez Award winner as the outstanding maintenance manager in the United States Air Forces Europe. Later, in 1998, he received the Louis Polk Award from the National Defense Industrial Association for his research on countering parts obsolescence in aircraft manufacturing supply chains. In addition, he was a Distinguished Graduate of the Master of Science Logistics Management program at AFIT. He was selected for the Edwin Aldrin Award as the top leader in his class in 1998.

• Migrating Toward Using Electric Vehicle on Campus-Proposed Method for Fleet Optimization – 16-1703, Taekwan Yoon, Christopher Cherry, Megan Ryerson, John Bell.