Zhigang Lu | Supply Chain Network | Outstanding Scientist Award

Prof. Zhigang Lu | Supply Chain Network | Outstanding Scientist Award

Shanghai Maritime University | China

Prof. Zhigang Lu’s research centers on supply chain networks, complex systems modeling, and intelligent optimization methods, with a strong emphasis on network resilience, partner selection, and information diffusion. The scholarly output comprises 8 indexed documents that have attracted 43 citations from 43 citing works, resulting in an h-index of 4, indicating consistent academic influence. The research portfolio integrates agent-based modeling, multi-objective optimization, community detection, and link prediction to address challenges in electric vehicle supply chains, seaport–dry port networks, carbon-aware logistics, and enterprise cooperation networks. Published in reputable journals such as Expert Systems with Applications, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Systems, Kybernetes, and International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, the work advances understanding of cascade failure dynamics, knowledge diffusion, reputation-based decision-making, and hybrid intelligent algorithms. Collectively, these contributions provide robust analytical frameworks and computational methods for enhancing efficiency, resilience, and sustainability in modern supply chain and networked economic systems.

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Featured Publications

A gravitation-based hierarchical community detection algorithm for structuring supply chain networks
– International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2023

Vladimir Pavlovich Klepikov – Energy logistics -Best Researcher Award

Vladimir Pavlovich Klepikov – Energy logistics -Best Researcher Award

Prof. Vladimir Pavlovich Klepikov distinguished academic and researcher in the field Energy logistics. 

🌐 Professional Profile

Educations📚📚📚

Vladimir P. Klepikov earned his Doctor of Engineering degree in 2008. He completed his undergraduate education at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, where he studied from 1973 to 1979, focusing on aeromechanics and flight technique.

Experience

2015 – Present: Professor at the International Centre for Logistics Training, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

2008 – 2015: Chief Operations Officer at SPLAV-INVEST LTD, Moscow, Russia

  • Developed the logistics section of an investment project for constructing a new metallurgical mill in Beloretsk (Bashkortostan) with a production capacity of 1.2 million tons per year and an investment volume of $800M. The construction commenced in 2013.
  • Implemented logistics projects for the company “En+”.

1994 – 2008: Chief Operations Officer at Multimodal Logistic Center, Moscow, Russia

  • Elaborated a transport reconstruction project for the Beloretsk metallurgical mill and developed complex investment projects for the mill’s products, with an investment of $190M.
  • Implemented logistics projects for various domestic companies (Beloretsk, Chelyabinsk, Cherepovetsk, Orsko-Halilovsk metallurgical combines, Magnitogorsk, Revdinsk production plants, group of companies MAIR, TogliattiAzot, Causticr) and foreign firms (Posco, Sitco, Ender, Erfer, Stemcor, VA Intertrading, Daewoo, Siemens), increasing the total revenue of these companies by more than $50M per annum.
  • Justified and assigned exceptional rates for clients, saving $4M per year.
  • Achieved favorable decisions in International Courts of Justice, amounting to $1.9M.
  • Elaborated exercise programs for participants of concession projects of the Ministry of Transportation RF and opposed doctoral dissertations.

1991 – 1994: Deputy General Manager at NAVIA-INVEST LTD, Moscow, Russia

  • Monitored the transport service market, developed foreign investment projects for domestic mills, and realized multimodal transport projects, increasing annual company revenue by 40%.
  • Implemented investment projects for Chelyabinsk and Beloretsk integrated steel works on CIF terms, decreasing overall production costs by 5%.

1988 – 1991: Director of Transport Branch at NAUKA LTD, Moscow, Russia

  • Conducted marketing analysis and developed foreign investment projects for domestic mills, elaborating estimation procedures for investment in transport infrastructure and preparing project documentation, which increased the annual revenue of consumer firms by 15-20%.
  • Assessed and mitigated risks in bulk cargo delivery projects from Bashkir ORW through the Baltic States and implemented investment projects for steel product delivery on CIF conditions, increasing annual revenue by $2M.

Conferences

  • 2022

    6th International Conference on Advances in Business and Law (ICABL) (Дубай). Presentation: Distribution of Refining Resources in the Context of Refinery Infrastructure Development in Russian Regions

  • 2021

    The 16th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES21) (Dubrovnik). Presentation: Oil tank farm emission trends of Russian refineries

  • INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENERGY, ECONOMY AND SECURITY. Presentation: Trends in capacity changes in oil refining in the European energy sector
  • 2020

    INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENERGY, ECONOMY AND SECURITY (Стамбул). Presentation: Oil tank farm emission trends of Russian refineries

  • 2019

    6th International Congress on Energy, Economy and Security (ENSCON) (Istanbul). Presentation: Crude Oil Deliveries Trends in Southern Europe

  • 3rd International Conference on Advances in Business and Law (ICABL) – Dubai, UAE. Presentation: OIL SUPPLY TRENDS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
  • 2018

    «20th International Conference on Logistics Engineering and Supply Chain» (Берлин). Presentation: Oil Logistics for Refining to Northern

  • Цифровая революция в логистике: эффекты, конгломераты и точки роста (Ростов на Дону). Presentation: ОЦЕНКА ВОЗМОЖНОСТЕЙ ЦЕПЕЙ ПОСТАВОК НЕФТИ НА ЗАПАДЕ ЕВРОПЫ

  • 2nd International Conference on Energy, Finance and the Macroeconomy (ICEFM) (Монтпелье). Presentation: Oil Refining and Transportation Infrastructure in West European countries

  • 2017

    Инновационные достижения зеленой логистики: международный опыт и российская практика (Ростов на Дону). Presentation: ОСОБЕННОСТИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ЭКСПОРТНЫХ ПОСТАВОК НЕФТЕНАЛИВНЫХ ГРУЗОВ ИЗ РЕГИОНА ЧЕРНОГО МОРЯ

  • 2016

    Международная научно-практическая конференция «Водный форум БРИКС» (Москва). Presentation: Logistics of cargoes delivery in the BRICS countries using water transportation

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