Students
PhD Advisees (Graduated)
Hussein El-Hajj (2021, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish)
Dissertation title: Robust and equitable public health screening strategies, with application to genetic and infectious diseases.
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo, Canada
Saloumeh Seyedehsaloumeh (2019, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish)
Dissertation title: Optimal data-driven methods for subject classification in public health screening.
Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), School of Management, Binghamton Univ, NY
Ngoc Nguyen (2019, Chair).
Dissertation title: Efficient prevalence estimation for emerging and seasonal diseases under limited resources.
Position: Healthcare Data Scientist, University of Maryland Medical System, MD.
Hrayer Aprahamian (2018, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish).
Dissertation title: Optimal risk-based pooled testing in public health screening.
Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M, TX.
Alba Rojas-Cordova (2017, Co-chair with Dr. Hosseinichimeh).
Dissertation title: Resource allocation decision-making in sequential adaptive clinical trials.
Position upon graduation: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Lyle School of Engineering, SMU, TX.
Hadi El-Amine (2016, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish).
Dissertation title: Optimal blood screening tests with robust performance under prevalence uncertainty.
Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University, VA.
Nevin Mutlu (2016, Chair).
Dissertation title: Optimal demand shaping strategies for dual-channel retailers in the face of evolving consumer behavior.
Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Industrial Engineering &Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Xin Zeng (2012, Chair).
Dissertation title: Comparative statics analysis of some operations management problems.
Position: Senior Statistician/Data Scientist, Apple, San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
Ryan Shiguang Xie (2011, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish).
Dissertation title: Optimal allocation of resources for screening of donated blood.
Position: Analytic Science–Senior Scientist, FICO, San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
Juqi Liu (2009, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish).
Dissertation title: Managing uncertainty in capacity investment, revenue management, and supply chain coordination.
Position: Team Lead Manager, Unity Technologies, San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
Weiping Chen (2007, Chair).
Dissertation title: Firm’s optimal resource portfolio under consumer choice, and supply and demand risks.
Position: Director, Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, IL.
Bacel Maddah (2005, Chair).
Dissertation title: Pricing, variety, and inventory decisions in retail operations management.
Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Rawee Suwandechochai (2005, Chair).
Dissertation title: Capacity investment, flexibility, and product substitution/complementarity under demand uncertainty.
Position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Mahidol University,Thailand.
Seong-Jong Hong (2004, Chair).
Dissertation title: Analysis of the benefits of resource flexibility, considering different flexibility structures.
Position: Project Engineer, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., South Korea.
MS Advisees (with Thesis) (Graduated)
Qiong Wang (2002). Thesis title: Optimal investment strategies for flexible resources, considering pricing and correlated demands.
Rawee Suwandechochai (2002). Thesis title: Analysis of decision postponement strategies for aircraft assignment under uncertainty.
Greg Beskow (2002). Thesis title: Rescheduling of airline pilot training activities following disruptions.
Xiaomei Zhu (2001). Thesis title: A demand driven re-fleeting approach for aircraft assignment under uncertainty.
Hussein El-Hajj (2021, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish)
Dissertation title: Robust and equitable public health screening strategies, with application to genetic and infectious diseases.
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Runner-up, 2021 INFORMS Pierskalla Award for the Best Paper in Healthcare
- Second place, 2019 INFORMS Health Applications Society Student Paper Competition
- Finalist, 2020 INFORMS Seth Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research inHealth Services
- Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2021
Saloumeh Seyedehsaloumeh (2019, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish)
Dissertation title: Optimal data-driven methods for subject classification in public health screening.
Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), School of Management, Binghamton Univ, NY
- Honorable Mention, 2021 IISE Transactions Best Applications Paper Award
Ngoc Nguyen (2019, Chair).
Dissertation title: Efficient prevalence estimation for emerging and seasonal diseases under limited resources.
Position: Healthcare Data Scientist, University of Maryland Medical System, MD.
Hrayer Aprahamian (2018, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish).
Dissertation title: Optimal risk-based pooled testing in public health screening.
Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M, TX.
- Winner, 2020 IISE Transactions Best Applications Paper Award
- Winner, 2019 IISE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award
- Winner, 2018 Paul E. Torgersen Graduate Research Award
- Runner-up, 2017 INFORMS Pierskalla Award for the Best Paper in Healthcare
- Finalist, 2017 INFORMS Seth Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Health Services
Alba Rojas-Cordova (2017, Co-chair with Dr. Hosseinichimeh).
Dissertation title: Resource allocation decision-making in sequential adaptive clinical trials.
Position upon graduation: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems, Lyle School of Engineering, SMU, TX.
- 2016 INFORMS Seth Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in HealthServices
- Winner, 2016 INFORMS Minority Poster Competition
Hadi El-Amine (2016, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish).
Dissertation title: Optimal blood screening tests with robust performance under prevalence uncertainty.
Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University, VA.
- Second-place, 2017 IISE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award
- Finalist, 2015 INFORMS Pierskalla Award for the Best Paper in Healthcare
- 2015 INFORMS Seth Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in HealthServices
- Finalist, 2014 W-INFORMS Student Excellence Award
Nevin Mutlu (2016, Chair).
Dissertation title: Optimal demand shaping strategies for dual-channel retailers in the face of evolving consumer behavior.
Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Industrial Engineering &Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship, 2018-2020
Xin Zeng (2012, Chair).
Dissertation title: Comparative statics analysis of some operations management problems.
Position: Senior Statistician/Data Scientist, Apple, San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
Ryan Shiguang Xie (2011, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish).
Dissertation title: Optimal allocation of resources for screening of donated blood.
Position: Analytic Science–Senior Scientist, FICO, San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
- Winner, 2011 INFORMS Pierskalla Award for the Best Paper in Healthcare
- Winner, 2016 Best Applications Paper in the IIE Transactions Focused Issue on Operations Engineering and Analytics
Juqi Liu (2009, Co-chair with Dr. Douglas Bish).
Dissertation title: Managing uncertainty in capacity investment, revenue management, and supply chain coordination.
Position: Team Lead Manager, Unity Technologies, San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
Weiping Chen (2007, Chair).
Dissertation title: Firm’s optimal resource portfolio under consumer choice, and supply and demand risks.
Position: Director, Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, IL.
- Finalist, 2007 SCALE Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition, University of Florida Supply Chain and Logistics Engineering Center
Bacel Maddah (2005, Chair).
Dissertation title: Pricing, variety, and inventory decisions in retail operations management.
Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Rawee Suwandechochai (2005, Chair).
Dissertation title: Capacity investment, flexibility, and product substitution/complementarity under demand uncertainty.
Position: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Mahidol University,Thailand.
Seong-Jong Hong (2004, Chair).
Dissertation title: Analysis of the benefits of resource flexibility, considering different flexibility structures.
Position: Project Engineer, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., South Korea.
- Finalist, 2003 SCALE Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition, University of Florida Supply Chain and Logistics Engineering Center
MS Advisees (with Thesis) (Graduated)
Qiong Wang (2002). Thesis title: Optimal investment strategies for flexible resources, considering pricing and correlated demands.
Rawee Suwandechochai (2002). Thesis title: Analysis of decision postponement strategies for aircraft assignment under uncertainty.
Greg Beskow (2002). Thesis title: Rescheduling of airline pilot training activities following disruptions.
Xiaomei Zhu (2001). Thesis title: A demand driven re-fleeting approach for aircraft assignment under uncertainty.
- First place, 2003 IIE M.S. Thesis Award (Graduate Research Award)