Doctoral Defenses
"Nonconvex Optimization for Statistical Learning with Structured Sparcity"
Chengyu Ke
Ph.D. in Operations Research and Engineering Management Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Miju Ahn
April 14, 2023
“Study of Stochastic Market Clearing Problems in Power Systems with High Renewable Integration”
Sakitha Ariyarathne
Ph.D. in Operations Research and Engineering Management Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Harsha Gangammanavar, Assistant Professor
November 28, 2022
“Value-Oriented Business Process Management: Using A Process Reengineering Approach To Identify Productivity Improvement Requirements And Justify Strategic Capital Investment”
Laura Vu
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Eli Olinick, Associate Professor
May 4, 2022
“Robust Optimization with Recourse in Portfolio Management Theory and Applications to Stocks and Projects”
Hedieh Ashrafi
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Aurelie Thiele, Associate Professor
April 1, 2022
“The Intersection of Robotic Process Automation and Lean Six Sigma Applied to Unstructured Data”
Emily McIntosh
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Aurelie Thiele, Associate Professor
April 1, 2022
“Heuristics for Capacity Allocation and Queue Assignment in Congested Service Systems with Stochastic Customer Demand and Immobile Servers”
Adam Q. Colley
Ph.D. in Operations Research and Engineering Management Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Eli Olinick, Associate Professor
March 2, 2022
“A Methodology for Reliability-Based Selection of System of Systems”
Justin Brown
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Eli Olinick, Associate Professor
December 7, 2021
“Sampling-Based Algorithms for Two-Stage Stochastic Programs and Applications”
Siavash Tabrizian
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisors: Dr. Harsha Gangammanavar, Assistant Professor and Dr. Halit Üster, Professor
September 3, 2021
“Blockchain and Its Transformational Impact to Global Business”
Mohammed Abdul Qaudeer
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Halit Üster
June 25, 2020
“A Data-Driven Framework for Decision Making Under Uncertainty: Integrating Markov Decision Processes, Hidden Markov Models and Predictive Modeling”
Farzad Kamalzadeh
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Michael Hahsler, Assistant Professor
January 29, 2020
“Process Reengineering and Optimization in Healthcare for Treating the Uninsured”
Farnaz Nourbakhsh
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Sila Cetinkaya, Professor
November 21, 2019
“Generalized Relay Network Design and Collaborative Dispatching in Truckload Transportation”
Amin Ziaeifar
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Halit Üster, Professor
August 23, 2019
“Cost-and-Time-Effective Regional Evacuation Network Design and Operation under Travel Congestion and Uncertainty”
Nadere Mansouri
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Halit Üster, Professor
August 19, 2019
“Extreme-point Tabu Search Heuristics for Fixed-charge Generalized Network Problems”
Angelika Leskovskaya
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Richard Barr, Associate Professor
July 29, 2019
“Network Design for In-Motion Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles: Models and Algorithms”
Mamdouh Mubarak
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Halit Üster, Professor
August 27, 2018
“Modeling Kidney Transplantation Decisions: Regulatory Oversight, Information Sharing and Post-transplant Drug Choice”
Zahra Gharibi
Ph.D. In Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Michael Hahsler, Assistant Professor
May 3, 2018
“Designing Smart-Grid Telecommunications Systems via Interval Flow Network Optimization”
Anthony Klinkert
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Richard Barr, Associate Professor
April 20, 2018
“Maximizing Financial Benefit of Lean Six Sigma Projects through Optimized Selection Criteria”
Colin Wasiloff
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Eli Olinick, Associate Professor
January 18, 2018
“Private, Public, or Hybrid: An AHP Model for Infrastructure-as-a-Service IaaS Cloud Strategy Selection for Enterprises and Software Development Organizations”
Erik Loen
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Eli Olinick, Associate Professor
May 1, 2017
“A Methodology of Assessing Affordability maturity of U.S. Defense Systems”
Long S. Dong
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Jerrell Stracener, Professor of Practice
April 3, 2017
“Development of Leading Indicator Methodology of University Research Project Performance”
Rodman P. Abbott
Ph.D. in Applied Science Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Jerrell Stracener, Professor of Practice
November 17, 2016
“A Methodology to Design a Program Organization”
Adel K. Alblawi
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Jerrell Stracener, Professor of Practice
April 11, 2016
“Tale of Two States: Using Least-Squares k-Variable Adjudication Methodology (KVAM) to Interpret Economic Growth in Texas and California”
Ted Munger
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Richard Barr, Associate Professor
March 28, 2016
“Inventory Routing Problems”
Yuanyuan Dong
Ph.D. in Operations Research Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Eli Olinick, Associate Professor
November 9, 2015
“Application of Optimization Methods to Bachelor’s Degree Planning”
Tayo Olabumuyi
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Eli Olinick, Associate Professor
October 16, 2015
“Inventory Cost Reduction with Improved Demand Estimation Using the tBISA Distribution”
Razan Kattoa
Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management Praxis Defense
Advisor: Dr. Eli Olinick, Associate Professor
April 28, 2015
“A Methodology for Selecting the Preferred System of Systems during Mission Planning and Acquisition”
Behrokh Mokhtarpour
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering Dissertation Defense
Advisor: Dr. Jerrell Stracener, Professor of Practice
April 27, 2015