Students

Ph.D. Students

• Zhenlong Jiang (Fall 2018 – Summer 2023), Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR)

  • Role: Advisor and Dissertation Committee Chair

  • Dissertation: Data-Driven Optimization for Disaster Relief Operations: Effectiveness, Equity, and Reliability

  • Awards: C-RASC Transdisciplinary Graduate Research Fellowship (2021–2022); Office of the Provost Summer Research Fellowship (2023)

  • Year of Graduation: 2023

  • Placement: Research Associate, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

• Zhengyang Fan (Fall 2019 – Spring 2023), Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR)

  • Role: Co-Advisor (with Prof. K. C. Chang) and Dissertation Committee Member

  • Dissertation: Models and Algorithms for Data-Driven Scheduling

  • Year of Graduation: 2023

  • Placement: Data Scientist, Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc.

• Omid Hashemi-Amiri (Fall 2020 – Summer 2024), Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR)

  • Role: Advisor and Dissertation Committee Chair

  • Dissertation: Multi-Objective Decision-Making Framework for Smart Municipal Waste Management

  • Awards: Office of the Provost Summer Research Fellowship (2023); Doctoral Research Scholarship (2023–2024)

  • Year of Graduation: 2024

  • Internships: Operations Research Scientist, Amtrak (2023); Optym (2024)

  • Placement: Operations Researcher and Data Scientist, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

• Dong Li (Fall 2021 – Summer 2023), Ph.D. in Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE)

  • Role: Dissertation Committee Member

  • Dissertation: Assessment of Bentonite-Polymer Geosynthetic Clay Liners as Hydraulic Barriers

  • Year of Graduation: 2023

• Babak Aslani (Fall 2021 – Summer 2024), Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR)

  • Role: Dissertation Committee Member

  • Dissertation: Scalable Optimization Algorithms for Enhancing Interdependent Infrastructure Resilience

  • Year of Graduation: 2024

• Chu-Chuan Jeng (Fall 2022 – Present), Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR)

  • Role: Co-Advisor (with Prof. Louise Shelley) and Dissertation Committee Chair

  • Dissertation: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Counterfeiters in Counterfeit Supply Chains

  • Anticipated Graduation: Summer 2025

• Xuyong Lu (Fall 2025 – Present), Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR)

  • Role: Advisor

  • Research Direction: Bus Fleet Electrification and Smart Charging Optimization

• Yuansong Ding (Spring 2025 – Present), Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR)

  • Role: Advisor

  • Research Direction: Bus Fleet Electrification Modeling and Infrastructure Planning

Master’s Students

• Lydia Shirey (Fall 2021), M.S. in Systems Engineering

  • Role: Master’s Thesis Committee Member

  • Thesis: Using City Attributes to Predict Human Trafficking Business Types

  • Year of Graduation: 2021

• Madeline Hass (Fall 2024 – Spring 2025), M.S. in Operations Research

  • Role: Master’s Thesis Committee Member

  • Thesis: Optimal Planning for the Electrification of Bus Fleets in Public Transit Systems

• Graham Hulsey (Fall 2024 – Spring 2025), M.S. in Operations Research

  • Role: Master’s Thesis Committee Member

  • Thesis: Learn to Optimize: Self-Supervised Progressive Hedging and Adaptive Penalties for Multistage Stochastic Network Recovery Planning