Spring 2023
3/24/23
Dr. Jennifer Ryan
Dynamic Resource Sharing in Private 5G Networks with Slicing
3/10/23
Mr. Ken Stonecipher
Patents for Engineers
2/24/23
Dr. Guodong Liu
Microgrid Planning, Operation and Control
2/10/23
Dr. Alexander Vinel
Modeling on-demand public transit
2/3/23
Dr. Yuanyang Liu
Two Tales of Employee Turnover
Fall 2022
11/11/22
Dr. Jingang Yi
Machine Learning-enabled Inertial Sensor-based Activity Detection
10/21/22
Dr. Hong Wang
Decision Making Under Uncertainties
10/14/22
Dr. James Ostrowski
Evaluating the Computational State of the Art in Unit Commitment Formulations
9/30/22
Dr. Hugh Medal
Protecting Facilities When the Effect of Protection is Imperfect
9/23/22
Dr. Huseyn Abdulla
Sustainability as a Service (SaaS) Model
9/16/22
Dr. Illya Hicks
May the Force Be With You
9/2/22
Dr. John-Paul Watson
Stochastic Programming: Practical and Scalable Optimization Under Uncertainty
Spring 2022
5/6/22
Dr. Matt Langholtz
The Economic Accessibility of CO2 Sequestration through Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) in the US
4/29/22
Dr. Christopher Mears
The “Other” Asset management
4/22/22
Dr. Peiling Wu-Smith
Applying Advanced Analytics to Align Contenting Decisions
4/1/22
Dr. Lingfeng Li
Using efficiency frontier to inform operational decision-making
3/25/22
Dr. John Hasenbein
Policy Robustness in Queueing Networks
3/21/22
Dr. Hantang Qin
Qin’s ‘Machine Shop” for advanced manufacturing
3/4/22
Dr. Bing Yao
Physics-constrained Modeling & Optimization of Complex Systems
2/28/22
Dr. Mohammad Hosseinian
Optimization and Data Analytics Methods in Cancer Therapy
2/18/22
Rongyun Tang, PhD Candidate
Prediction of Boreal Peatland Fires with a Two-step machine Learning Framework
Fall 2021
11/12/21
Dr. Tonya Smith-Jackson
Mindset Matters: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
11/12/21
Dr. Omer Verbas
An Integrated Approach to Transit Optimization
11/5/21
Dr. Dave Goldsman
Jackknifing Methods for Simulation Output Analysis
10/29/21
Jonathan Schrock
Exploiting Almost Symmetries in the Unit Commitment Problem
10/15/21
Shahrbanoo Rezaei
Real-time GAN-based Sensor Anomaly Detection and Recovery in Autonomous Driving
9/24/21
Dr. Paulo Costa
Explainable AI Systems–a BN/MEBN approach to Mission Critical Decision Support Systems
9/17/21
Dr. Pratik J. Parikh
Towards Prompt and Definitive Care of Trauma Patients
9/3/21
Dr. Valerie M. Thomas
A Low Carbon Transportation Transition for the US Southeast
8/27/21
Dr. Jiaxin Zhang
Probabilistic Self-supervised Anomaly Detection with Normalizing Flows
Spring 2021
4/23/21
Matthew Baucum
Data-driven medication policies with wearable movement trackers for Parkinson’s patients
3/19/21
Dr. Kevin Taaffe
“Improving Patient Flow, Safety and Physician Wellbeing in the ER”
3/12/21
Wenquan Dong
Automated Material Handling Systems: A Guideline for Future Research
3/5/21
Dr. Sebastian Timmerberg
Techno-economic aspects of international hydrogen production and transport
2/26/21
Dr. Rebekah Herrman
Impact of Graph Structure on the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm Performance
2/19/21
Dr. Divya Srinivasan
Physical Demands and Learning Associated with State-of-the-art Whole-Body powered Exoskeleton
2/12/21
Dr. Binil Starly
Democratizing Manufacturing Service Access Through Knowledge Graph Networks
1/29/21
Dr. Casey Canfield
Decision Analysis for Infrastructure Systems
1/22/21
Dr. Shenghan Guo
Data-Enabled Anomaly Detection in Smart Manufacturing
Fall 2020
11/13/20
Dr. Haileab Hilafu
On the direct & spillover effects of Hospital Acquired Conditions (HACs)
11/20/20
Dr. Laura Echarte
Crop Management for Increasing Water Use Efficiency
10/30/20
Dr. Zhenbo Wang
Autonomous Systems Enabled by Control, Optimization and Machine Learning
10/23/20
Dr. Lihui Bai
Mathematical Models and Analysis for Demand Side Management in Residential Electricity Distribution Networks
10/16/20
Dr. Wendy Tate
Supply Chains and Sustainability
10/9/20
Dr. Ryan Bennink
(Quasi)Probabilistic Representations of Quantum Mechanics for Insight & Simulation
9/18/20
Dr. Allen Greenwood
Simulation as a Virtual Operations Laboratory (VOL)
9/11/2020
Dr. Frank Liu
Machine Learning in Computer Engineering Research
4/24/20
Dr. Michael Lavine
Assessing Procedures vs. Assessing Evidence
4/17/20
Professor Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis
Constrained Differential Games for Secure Decision-Making Against Stealthy Attacks
4/13/20
Dr. Guannan Zhang
“A Scalable Evolution Strategy for High-dimensional Black-box Optimization”
2/28/20
Dr. Daniel Jiang
Sampled Lookahead Approaches in Dynamic Programming
2/21/20
Dr. Gino Lim
Coordinated Control Strategies of Microgrid in Power Distribution Electricity Market
2/7/20
Dr. Zhongshun Shi
A Learning-based Optimization Framework for Production Planning and Scheduling
1/31/20
Dr. Benjamin Leibowicz
Urban land use and transportation planning for climate change mitigation
1/24/20
Dr. Gul E. Kremer
Opportunities & Barriers to Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Supply Chains
1/17/20
Dr. Karen Hicklin
Using Micro-simulation to Assess the Impact of Multi-component Interventions on Colorectal Cancer Screening
11/13/19
Dr. Jiri Klemeš
Circular Economy and Smart Cities relations to Environmental Footprints
11/14/19
Dr. Gregory Harris
Is Industry Ready for Digital Manufacturing?
11/8/19
Dr. Erhan Kutanoglu
Integrated Flood Prediction and Stochastic Optimization
11/1/19
Dr. Rama Vasudevan
Machine & Deep Learning for Materials
10/25/19
Dr. Justin Jia
A Structured Solution of Prescriptive Analytics: Theory & Experiment
9-27-19
Dr. Joseph Geunes
“Logistics Optimization Problems in Railyard Planning”
9/19/19
Dr. Xu Andy Sun
“New Advances in Network Constrained Non-convex Optimization”
9/13/19
Dr. Dali Wang
“Autonomous Non-destructive Evaluation of Resistance SPOT Welded Joints”
8/30/19
Dr. Wei Zheng
“When Design of Experiment Meets Computing”
4/26/19
Dr. Julie Swann
“Engineering Modeling to Assist in Eradication of Guinea Worm”
4/12/19
Dr. Lian Qi
“Dynamic contract under Quick Response in a Supply Chain with Information Asymmetry”
4/5/19
Dr. Hugh Medal
“Estimating Wireless Mesh Network Vulnerability”
3/8/19
Dr. Michael Galbreth
“Consumer Returns: Why They Matter, and What Retailers Can Do About Them”
2/15/19
Dr. Carelton Coffrin
“Novel Computing Platforms: Potential & Challenges for Discrete Optimization”
2/8/19
Dr. Clayton Webster
“Learning High-dimensional Systems from Incomplete Data by Optimal Nonlinear Approximations”
1/25/19
Dr. Robert Lieberthal
“Healthcare Fraud: Current Research and Future Directions”
1/18/19
Dr. Yaoping Wang
“The Vulnerability of Existing and Planned Asian Coal-Fired Power Plants to Changes in Climate and Water Resources”
11/9/18
Dr. Kalyan Perumalla
“Towards Enabling GPU-Accelerated Massively Parallel Mixed Integer Programming”
11/2/18
Dr. Simon M. Hsiang
“Design and Manage Biomechanical Uncertainty”
10/26/18
Dr. Jeff Linderoth
“Perspectives on Integer Programming in Sparse Optimization”
10/19/18
Dr. William Paiva
“Artificial Intelligence and Other Analytics Approaches Applied to Digitized Health Care Data”
10/12/18
Dr. Natashia Boland
“Exploiting Decomposable Structure to Design Better Algorithms for Solving Integer Programs”
9/21/18
Dr. Michael A. Hamilton
“Immersive Virtual Training Environment for Teaching Single & Multi-queuing Theory”
9/7/18
Dr. Yang Chen
“Swarm Intelligence Based Distributed Transactive Operation of Networked Micro-grids Cluster”
8/31/18
Dr. Javad Seif
“Integrating the results of Prognostics in Flight and Maintenance Planning”
4/20/18
Charles Sims
“Hurry up or wait: The effect of climate change & variability on the timing of water infrastructure investments”
4/13/18
Dr. Lisa Maillart
“Optimal Pooling, Batching & Pasteurizing of Donor Human Milk”
2/16/18
Dr. Georgina Hall
“Large-Scale Semi-definite Programs and Applications to Polynomial Optimization and Machine Learning”
2/7/18
Dr. Reza Skandari
“Patient Type Bayes Adaptive Treatment Plans”
1/19/18
Dr. Krystel Castillo
“Integrated Data Analytics: Clean Energy and Defense Manufacturing”
1/12/18
Dr. Daniel Finke
“Similarity Metric for Sourcing Support”
11/17/17
Masoud Barah
“Optimizing Urban Infrastructure Resilience Under Precipitation and Population Growth Uncertainties”
11/3/17
Dr. Vasileios Maroulas
“Classification on the Data Space of Persistence Diagrams”
10/27/17
Dr. Rajiv Saxena
“Supply Chain Optimization in Action”
10/20/17
Dr. Travis Humble
“Systems and Software for Quantum Computing”
9/22/17
Dr. Alice E. Smith
“Design of Order Picking Warehouses”
9/15/17
Dr. Bo Zeng
“Robust and Chance Constrained Optimization in Power and Logistics Systems”
4/21/17
Dr. Honggang Wang
“Data Driven Analysis and Retrospective Optimization”
3/24/17
Dr. Shiqi Ou
“Quantitative Analysis of the Chinese Corporate Average Fuel Consumption”
3/3/17
Haresh Gurnani
“Demonstrations and Price Competition in New Product Release”
2/24/17
Kaike Zhang
“Effective Algorithms for Solving Reliable Facility Location Problem”
2/17/17
Dr. Amy Rose
“Enhancing the Accuracy & Currency of Population Distribution Data: Emerging Advances in Geocomputation”
2/10/17
Dr. Jean-Paul Watson
“Stochastic Unit Commitment: Scenario Generation, Scalable Computation, and Experimental Results”
2/3/17
Dr. Zhimin Xi
“Design of Engineering Products & Systems with High Reliability & Resilience”
1/20/17
Dr. Zhi Zhou
“Uncertainty Modeling & Risk Mitigation of Power Markets Operations”
11/18/16
Dr. Mansee Bal Bhargava
“Looking for a Language of Urban Lake Governance and Sustainability”
11/4/16
Dr. Airton Kohls
“Improving Operations with Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures”
10/31/16
Dr. Tieming Liu
“Data Analytics for Diabetic Retinopathy”
10/28/16
Sean Willems
“Optimizing inventory in practice: what aspects of inventory theory require modification?”
10/21/16
Dr. Alejandro Toriello
“The Dynamic Dispatch Waves Problem for Same-Day Delivery”
9/30/16
Ben Knueven
“Detecting Almost Symmetries of Graphs”
9/23/16
Dr. Oleg Prokopyev
“Sequential Network Interdiction with Incomplete Information”
9/16/16
Dr. Wei Guo
“The Effects of Barometric Relief Dampers on a Typical Large-Scale Retail Building”
9/9/16
Dr. Fei Xie
“The Strategic Planning of the Fast Charging Infrastructure to Alleviate Long Distance Electric Vehicle Range Anxiety”
8/31/16
Dr. Jack Feng
“Lean 6-Sigma Deployment at Organizations Large and Small“
4/22/16
Dr. James Ostrowski
“Optimization Methods for the Unit Commitment Problem”
4/15/16
Murat Kurt, PhD
“Valuing Prearranged Paired Kidney Exchanges: A Stochastic Game Approach”
4/8/2016
Dr. Turgay Ayer
“Prioritizing Hepatitis C Treatment in State Prison Systems”
4/1/2016
Dr. Peter Kelle
“Combined Sourcing with Capacity Reservation”
3/11/2016
Jim Della Valle, Joe Jernigan, & Shirish Joshi
“Get to Know CVS Logistics”
2/5/2016
Dr. Mandyam Srinivasan
“Real-Time Order Tracking for Supply Systems”
1/29/2016
Jinglu Song
“EV Policy”
1/29/2016
Tony Rodriguez
“Improvements to Sign Graph Problems”
1/22/2016
Dr. Changzheng Liu
“Transition Toward Sustainable Transportation Energy”
11/20/2015
Dr. PJ Vlok
“Physical Asset Management: The Ideal Sandpit for Industrial Engineers”
11/13/2015
Dr. Vincent Paquit
“In-situ Process Monitoring and Data Analytics framework for Metal Additive Manufacturing”
11/6/2015
Dr. Eva K. Lee, Georgia Tech
“Optimizing and Transforming the Healthcare System”
10/23/2015
Dr. Guodong Liu, ORNL
“Optimization in Microgrids and Active Distribution Network”
10/7/2015
Dr. Diwakar Gupta, Program Director SMOR Program, NSF
“Service, Manufacturing, and Operations Research”
9/25/2015
Myrtede Alfred, Industrial Engineering, Clemson
“Effect of Virtual Reality on Skill Acquisition”
9/18/2015
Dr. Sarah Powers, ORNL
“Optimizing System Scheduling Parameters in Heterogeneous Computing Environments”
8/28/2015
Dr. David Dietrich, Boeing
“Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace”
4/24/2015
Dr. Pavlo Krokhmal, IE, University of Iowa
“Stochastic Optimization with Certainty Equivalent Measures of Risk”
4/17/2015
Dr. Bogdan Bichescu, BAS, UT
“An Investigation of the Implications of Channel Power for Supply Chain Performance”
3/27/2015
Dr. Sandra Eksioglu, IE, Clemson
“Optimization Models in Support of Production of Renewable”
3/27/2015
Dr. Burak Eksioglu, IE, Clemson
“Optimal Purchasing Strategies with Dual-Sourcing”
3/6/32015
Dr. Jindong, Tan, MABE, UT
“Wearable Body Area Networks and Insertable Surgical Cameras”
2/27/2015
Dr. Ho-Ling Hwang, CTA, ORNL
“The Ins and Outs of Freight Analysis Framework”
2/13/2015
Dr. Ola Harrysson, ISE, NCSU
“From Aerospace to Medical Applications of Additive Manufacturing Technologies”
2/6/2015
Dr. Jamie B. Coble, Nuclear Engineering, UT
“Enhanced Risk Monitors to Support Safe and Economic Operation of Advanced Small Modular Reactors”
1/23/2015
Dr. Jeff R. Knisley, East Tennessee State University
“Adventures in Data Science: More is Better”
1/16/2015
Dr. Sreenivas Rangan Sukumar, Research Scientist, ORNL
“Graph Computing at Scale”
11/21/2014
Dr. Nageswara S. V. Rao, ONRL
“Game-Theoretic Approach to Cyber-Physical Infrastructures”
11/14/2014
Dr. Wei Lu, ORNL
“From Intelligent Transportation Systems to Computational Transportation Science: Challenges and Opportunities”
10/31/2014
Dr. Sheldon Jacobson, University of Illinois
“How Data Analytics is being used to Determine the Outcome of National Elections: A Case Study with the United States Senate in 2014”
10/24/2014
Dr. Jiafu Mao, ORNL
“The Impact of Natural and Human Forcings on the Global Terrestrial Hydrology Cycle and Vegetation Dynamics for the Past Three Decades”
10/10/2014
Dr. Santanu Dey, ISE, Georgia Tech
“Analysis of MILP Techniques for the Pooling Problem”
10/3/2014
Dr. Michel Ballings, Business Analytics and Statistics, UT
“Predicting Increases in Facebook Usage Frequency”
9/26/2014
Leily Farrokhvar, Virginia Tech, Industrial Engineering
“Bulk Tank Allocation to Improve Distribution Planning for the Industrial Gas Industry”
9/19/2014
Dr. Lee D. Han, UT Civil Engineering
“Measuring Speed and Travel Time – Some Technologies and Thoughts”
9/12/2014
Dr. Femi Omitaomu, ORNL
“Facility Location Models for Siting Interim Nuclear Waste Plants”
8/29/2014
Dr. Andrew J. Yu, Associate Professor, ISE, UT
“System Life Cycle and Requirement Engineering”
4/11/2014
Dr. Michael Starke, Power System Research Engineer, ORNL
“Secondary-Use Energy Storage for Grid Applications”
4/4/2014
Dr. Dharma Acharya, AVP Operations Research, CSX Transportation
“Applications of Operations Research Models at CSX”
3/28/2014
Dr. Cole Smith, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Florida
“Revisiting Fortification Algorithms for Facility Interdiction Problems”
3/7/2014
Dr. Scott Mason, Industrial Engineering, Clemson
“Lessons from an Industry-Sponsored Career in Supply Chain Optimization and Logistics Research”
2/28/2014
Dr. Asad J. Khattak, Civil Engineering, UTK
“What is the Level of Volatility in Instantaneous Driving Decisions”
1/31/2014
Dr. Chanaka Edirisinghe, Management Science, UT
“Fleet Routing Position-based Model for Inventory Pickup under Production Shutdown”
01/24/2014
Dr. Shih-Miao Chin, ORNL
“Modeling Link Travel Time Reliability with Conditional Probability Models”
11/15/2013
Dr. Panos Pardalos, University of Florida
“Data Mining and Optimization Heuristics”
11/8/2003
Dr. Andreas A. Malikopoulos, ORNL
“A Duality Framework for Online Optimal Control in Transportation Systems”
11/01/2013
Dr. Sebastian Pokutta, Georgia Tech
“Extended Formulations and Information Theory”
10/28/2013
Dr. Andrew Trapp, WPI
“Finding Multiple Optimal Solutions to Binary Integer Programs”
10/25/2013
Dr. Clark Cheng, Norfolk Southern Railroads
“The Railroad of the Future: Aligning Operations with Customer Requirements for Competitive Advantage”