Make sure to read part 1 and part 2 first!
Notes:
The Edelman Award presentations are available here.
The INFORMS Public Information Committee (PIC) web page is here.
A long list of real-life applications of Analytics and O.R. is available here.
The topographic maps above are actual maps of Mars.
O.R. by the Beach 
Awesome story! I wonder how much time it took you two prepare this. Congrats from planet Yildiz-3!
Thanks, Hakan! I’m glad you like it. The short answer to your question is: it took a long time :-) but I like the final product.