Academic Degrees

·         Ph.D. Industrial and Management Systems Engineering,                   University of South Florida, 2005

·         M.A. Mathematics,                                                                        University of South Florida, 2005

·         M.S. Industrial and Management Systems Engineering,                    University of South Florida, 2002

·         B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Honors),                                           National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, 1996

Academic Position

·         2011 – Present, Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Systems Engineering & Operations Research, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

·         2005 – 2011, Assistant Professor (tenure-track) , Department of Systems Engineering & Operations Research, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Industrial, Consulting, and Summer Positions

·         2015 – three months in summer – Researcher at Army Research Lab, Adelphi, MD

·         2015 – Spring – three months, Sabbatical at National University of Singapore

·         2012 –2014, two weeks in summer- Co-Investigator on NSF grant related to Optimized Simulation Optimization

·         2011 –2014, two weeks in summer- Faculty Advisor on VISTA, Virginia Initiative for Science teaching and Achievement, funded by the US Dept. of Education

·         2010-2012, two weeks in summer- Co-Investigator on NIH grant related to Liver Transplant Optimization

·         2008 – consulted for the Center for Army Analysis, Ft. Belvoir, VA

·         2007 – 2014, two months summer – Principal Investigator, SUNRISE- NSF/GMU GK-12 Project funded by National Science Foundation

·         2001 – three months in summer –  Interned at BOSCH, Charleston, SC

·         1999 – one month in summer –  Senior Quality Engineer, BOSCH, Stuttgart, Germany

·         1996 – 2000, Senior Quality Engineer, Diesel Injection Pumps, BOSCH, Bangalore, India.