Associate Professor
Department of Operations Management and Strategy
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Buffalo, NY 14260- 4000
Office: (716) 645-5234
Email: adityave [at] buffalo [dot] edu
Z. Mousania, M. Miles, A. Vedantam, J.Z. Yang, J.D. Atkinson. “Geospatial Analysis Reveals Socioeconomic Inequities in Access to Recycling Infrastructure in the United States,” Communications Sustainability (Nature Portfolio), 2026, Vol. 1(1): 57. [Paper]
— “Why doesn’t the U.S. recycle more plastic? New study points to lack of access.” University at Buffalo School of Management News Release, April 8, 2026. [Media]
A.V. Iyer, A. Vedantam and P. Lacourbe. “Recycled Content Claims Under Demand Benefit and Supply Uncertainty: Multi-Period Model and Application to Glasswool Insulation,” European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, Vol. 309(2): 745–761. [Paper]
— “How to optimize recycled content in products.” University at Buffalo School of Management News Release, April 3, 2023. [Media]
A. Vedantam, N.C. Suresh, K. Ajmal and M. Shelly. “Impact of China’s National Sword Policy on the U.S. Landfill and Plastics Recycling Industry,” Sustainability, 2022, Vol. 14(4): 2456. [Paper]
— “UB research study reports the impact of China’s National Sword policy on the U.S. landfill and plastics recycling industry.” University at Buffalo School of Management News Release, March 29, 2022. [Media]
A. Vedantam, E. Demirezen and S. Kumar. “Trade-in or Sell in My P2P Marketplace: A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Profit and Environmental Footprint,” Production and Operations Management, 2021, Vol. 30(11): 3923–3942. [Paper]
— “New research shows when apparel resale strategies benefit both planet, profit.” University at Buffalo School of Management News Release, November 12, 2021. [Media]
A. Vedantam, A.V. Iyer. “Capacity Investment Under Bayesian Information Updates at Reporting Periods: Model and Application,” Production and Operations Management, 2021, Vol. 30(8): 2707–2725. [Paper]
A. Vedantam, A.V. Iyer. “Revenue Sharing Contracts Under Quality Uncertainty in Remanufacturing,” Production and Operations Management, 2021, Vol. 30(7): 2008–2026. [Paper]
A. Vedantam, A.V. Iyer. “An Analysis of Voluntary Recycled Content Claims Under Demand Benefit and Uncertain Recycled Input Supply,” Operations Research Letters, 2020, Vol. 48(3): 249–256. [Paper]
A.R. Mashhadi, A. Vedantam and S. Behdad. “Investigation of Consumer’s Acceptance of Product-Service-Systems: A Case Study of Cell Phone Leasing,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2019, Vol. 143: 36–44. [Paper]
D.D. Imholte, R.T. Nguyen, A. Vedantam, M. Brown, A.V. Iyer, B.J. Smith, J.W. Collins, C.G. Anderson and B. O’Kelley. “An Assessment of U.S. Rare Earth Availability for Supporting U.S. Wind Energy Growth Targets,” Energy Policy, 2018, Vol. 113: 294–305. [Paper]
A.V. Iyer, A. Vedantam. “A Market Model for Evaluating Technologies That Impact Critical-Material Intensity,” Journal of Metals, 2016, Vol. 68(7): 1957–1963. [Paper]
A. Vedantam, M. Gangwar, S. Kumar, N. Raja, F. Merle. “Designing Cross-Category Product Lines: Lock-In vs. Self-Selection.”
K. Murali, A. Vedantam, N. Petruzzi. “Discretionary Sell-by Dates with Implications for Product Waste and Availability.”
Goyal, A. (PI), A. Vedantam (Co-PI), Suresh, N., Paschalis, A., Atkinson, J.D., Yang, J., Thundat, T. and Shelly, M. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2022–2025), “Initiative on Plastics Recycling & Innovation, a NYS Center of Excellence,” Amount Funded: $4,500,000.
A.V. Iyer (PI), A. Vedantam (Co-PI). U.S. Department of Energy (2023), “Critical Materials Institute (CMI) 4.3.12: Impact of Research in Global Material Supply Chains,” Direct Cost: $62,500; Indirect Cost: $37,500 (Total Awarded: $100,000).
Atkinson, J.D. (PI), A. Vedantam (Co-PI), Shelly, M. and Ranade, R. SSISTL Sponsored Pilot Research Program (2022–2023), “Motivating Use of Scrap Tire-Derived Asphalt in New York State Roadways,” Amount Funded: $55,240.
Goyal, A. (PI), A. Vedantam (Co-PI), Atkinson, J.D., Shelly, M. and Zhang, Yi. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2021–2022), “Waste Tire Market Study,” Amount Funded: $249,712.
Goyal, A. (PI), A. Vedantam (Co-PI), Paschalis, A., Atkinson, J.D. and Shelly, M. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2019–2021), “Plastics Recycling Market Proposal,” Amount Funded: $744,588.
A.V. Iyer (PI), A. Vedantam (Co-Investigator and PI on subcontract awarded to University at Buffalo, 100%). U.S. Department of Energy (2017–2020), “Critical Materials Institute,” Subcontract Direct Cost: $36,812; Subcontract Indirect Cost: $21,903.
University at Buffalo, School of Management
MGO 303: Introduction to Supply Chain Management (undergraduate core)
MGO 439/639: Sustainable Operations (dual-listed)
MGO 695: Sustainability in Global Supply Chains (MBA elective)
Purdue University, Mitch Daniels School of Business
MGMT 361: Introduction to Operations Management (undergraduate core), Fall 2012 and Summer 2014
Browser-based simulations developed for the courses above. Each runs in the browser—no installation required—and is hosted on GitHub. Source code and instructor notes are linked from each entry.
Another big shipping line is refusing to export the West’s plastic waste. Quartz, April 15, 2022. Available at: https://qz.com/2155412/shipping-lines-are-refusing-to-export-the-wests-plastic-waste/
Study: National Sword increased US landfilled plastic. Resource Recycling, April 12, 2022. Available at: https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2022/04/12/study-national-sword-increased-us-landfilled-plastic/
UB research study reports the impact of China’s National Sword policy on the U.S. landfill and plastics recycling industry. University at Buffalo News, March 29, 2022. Available at: https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2022/03/029.html
It is time to make plastic-recycling labels less confusing. Popular Science, March 10, 2022. Available at: https://www.popsci.com/environment/plastic-recycling-label/
Retailers are jumping on the resale bandwagon now that secondhand clothes are cool (and profitable). Insider, February 5, 2022. Available at: https://www.businessinsider.com/clothing-resale-popular-with-retailers-gen-z-sustainable-shoppers-2022-2
New research compares fashion resale models. Ecotextile News, November 22, 2021. Available at: https://www.ecotextile.com/2021112228646/fashion-retail-news/new-research-compares-fashion-resale-models.html
New study shows which resale fashion strategies are best for the planet and business. Green Queen, November 22, 2021. Available at: https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/resale-fashion-strategies-study/
Secondhand clothing is big business, but is it truly green? Futurity, November 15, 2021. Available at: https://www.futurity.org/secondhand-clothing-2657182-2/
New research shows when apparel resale strategies benefit both planet, profit. University at Buffalo News, November 12, 2021. Available at: https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2021/11/apparel-resale.html
Your secondhand clothes might not be as sustainable as you think they are. Here’s why. World Economic Forum, November 6, 2021. Available at: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/secondhand-clothing-big-business-green-environment/
Last updated: June 2026.