News for alumni & friends
January 2021
Greetings from Ann Arbor -

The Tauber Community Service Day virtual volunteering events are coming up soon. This year we have volunteer opportunities on two different days. We are excited to partner with Detroit Food Academy on Friday, February 12, and with Argus Farm Stop, DAPCEP, and Mend on the Move on Friday, February 19.

Join other Tauber alumni, students, staff, faculty, and Industry Advisory Board members online to help improve the operations of these worthy organizations!

Please sign up here, or email me with questions.

Celia Osman (EGL BSE/MSE-IOE '22)
Community Service Chair, Tauber Student Advisory Board
Tauber students in high demand for 2021 team projects
In spite of global business disruption, Tauber students are in high demand. Twenty-two companies from a wide range of industries have submitted 28 Tauber team project proposals. Sponsors shared recorded proposal presentations with Tauber students and will answer their questions in live zoom sessions over the next three weeks. At the first student forum of the winter term, Tauber Business Co-director Hyun Soo-Ahn cautioned students to "Buckle up! The ride will be really fast and exciting."
Become an alumni mentor!
Would you like to mentor a Tauber student during their 2021 team project? We are currently creating optimal mentor matches! Please fill out this short survey by Friday, February 5 to help us best align student interests with alumni expertise.
Questions? Contact Admissions & Student Experience Manager Cari Ceo.
"Being ops driven gives me another set of eyes to tackle the problem by focusing on the root cause, stabilizing and streamlining the process while taking a data driven and hypothesis-based problem-solving approach."

Adam Zhang (MBA '18) is a Business Planner at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington. He’s been with the company since he graduated, moving up through the ranks from C+E Marketing Business Planning Intern to his current position. 
Earn your Project Management Certificate
Tauber Institute alumni receive a $100 discount when they register for the upcoming Project Management Certification course provided by the Tauber Institute. Course content will be delivered online in three instruction blocks, followed by the certification exam. Since 2013, all students who took the exam after attending this course have received certification!
Connect with the Tauber Student Advisory Board
This semester, four newly elected members from the Ross School of Business joined Michigan Engineers elected to the 2021 Tauber Student Advisory Board. Volunteer with the SAB for Tauber Community Service Day, and watch for more opportunities to engage with student-led Tauber events.
Thank you for supporting Tauber Institute students
Your contributions ensure our students continue to be the Leaders & Best in operations! Many thanks to Robert & Cathy Culver, Roger Kallock, John Reilly & Cynthia Mount, Raymond & Amy Wacek, Seth Bonder Foundation, Stephen & Helen Lovass Charitable Fund, and Masterman Family Fund for recent gifts, and to all our alumni and friends for your ongoing support.
"I approached the problem like an engineer. If I were designing a piece of software, I’d start by thinking about all the things users might need to do with it — we call these 'use cases.' And I’d think about what the best ways for users to interact with it might be."
Like many other Michigan instructors, Tauber team project advisor and EECS Professor David Chesney quickly redesigned his courses for an online format. Prof. Chesney describes how he embraced teaching via zoom for EECS 495, a highly interactive course where students employ new tech to solve real-world problems.
Ravi Anupindi joins NASEM Board of Global Health
Tauber team project advisor and Michigan Ross faculty member Ravi Anupindi recently joined the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Board on Global Health. In addition to his award-winning teaching and research, Prof. Anupindi contributes his expertise outside the university to make a global impact. His current work is focused on cardiovascular disease interventions and operational analysis of emergency response systems in India, investigations of drug shortages, effectiveness of generic drugs, and challenges of scaling COVID-19 testing.
ICYMI: Positive Links Speaker Series
Tauber Institute is proud to sponsor the Positive Links Speaker Series. Watch this recent event to learn from Julien Mirivel how to transform your communication to foster high-quality relationships and lead more effectively.
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Team Up with Tauber!
According to sponsoring company calculations, the 2020 Tauber team projects resulted in an average of $31 million per project savings over three years. Total projected savings is over $433 million.