Peter Vanberkel
Professor & Associate Dean Research
Email: peter.vanberkel@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-4232
Mailing Address:
PO BOX 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
- Healthcare Operations
- Operational Research
- Management Science
Office
5269 Morris Street, Morroy Building, Room 101
Profile
Dr. Peter T. Vanberkel's primary research involves improving healthcare operations using stochastic operational research methods. He is an Professor with the department of Industrial Engineering at Dalhousie University and a Staff Scientist at the IWK Health Centre. Dr. Vanberkel is a registered professional engineer with Engineers Nova Scotia and has worked as an industrial engineer at the IWK Health Centre, the Capital District Health Authority, Stylus Consulting Inc. and is co-founder of Stromline Technologies Inc. As a researcher he has worked with The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, the British Columbia Cancer Agency, the Nova Scotia Health Authority, the IWK Health Centre, Eastern Health Newfoundland, Halifax Biomedical, Emergency Medical Care Inc. (Medavie EMS Group of Companies), the NS Department of Health and Wellness, Atlantic Veterinary College, and others. Dr. Vanberkel’s research is funded by NSERC, CIHR, NSHRF, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Innovacorp and others.
Editorships
- Area Editor for Mathematical Modelling with Health Systems
- Associate Editor for Operations Research in Health Care with INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research
- Editorial Board Member with Operations Research for Health Care
- Editorial Board Member with Decision Science
Research
- Publications: Google Scholar Profile, Scopus Profile, ORCID Profile
- Support: NSERC, NSHRF, RRFB, Innovacorp, CIHR, CFI, Mitacs
- Openings: PhD, MASc in health care industrial engineering (contact me for information).
- 2017 Winner of the Eugene L. Grant Best Paper Award (Engineering Economist)
- 2016 Junior Faculty Research Award - Dalhousie Faculty of Engineering
- 2015 Industrial Engineering Teacher of the Year - Industrial Engineering Class of 2015
Essays
- Emergency department crowding has gone beyond hallways onto ambulance ramps. Now there’s nowhere left to wait: The Conversation | The London Free Press | TVO.org
- How homeschooling, a plumber and the pandemic made me a better teacher: Times Higher Education
Teaching
- IENG3301: Fundamentals of Industrial Engineering
- IENG3302: Processes and Systems
- IENG3313: Analysis & Design of Work
- IENG3348: Systems Engineering
- IENG4432: Simulation of Industrial Systems
- IENG4454 Design of Inventory Systems
- IENG4548: Systems Engineering
- IENG4564: Design and Optimization of Service Systems
- IENG4581: Industrial Engineering Design Project (Project-in-industry)
- IENG6917: Simulation of Industrial Systems (Graduate)
- IENG6900: Industrial Engineering Methodologies (Graduate)
- 2023 Sexton Award for Teaching Excellence
- 2021 DUES Recognition for In-Depth Technical Knowledge and Effective Communication
- 2015 Industrial Engineering Teacher of the Year - Industrial Engineering Class of 2015
- 2014/15, 2016/17 Dalhousie Undergraduate Engineering Society Outstanding Teaching Award
