Sudhan Bhattarai (PhD student in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Spring 2022 -- current)
Sheng-Yin Chen (PhD student in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Spring 2022 -- current)
Homa Khakan (PhD student in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Summer 2024 -- current)
Daniel Silva (PhD student in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, co-advised with Dr. Tom Sharkey, Fall 2021 -- current)
Di Nguyen (PhD in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Spring 2022, co-advisor. Main advisor: Dr. Cole Smith)
Dissertation topic: Selected Interdiction Games With Uncertain, Risk-Averse, and Simultaneous Play Considerations.
First position: Assistant Professor at UCD Dublin.
Awards: Student Development Award in Clemson IE, 2022; Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, 2022.
Josh Margolis (PhD in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Summer 2021, co-advised with Dr. Scott Mason)
Dissertation topic: Optimization Models and Algorithms for Vehicle Routing and Target Surveillance.
First position: Applied Scientist at Amazon.
Awards: Student Development Award in Clemson IE, 2021; Seth Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in Military and Security Applications, 2020; Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship of IISE, 2020.
Berkay Gulcan (PhD in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Summer 2021)
Dissertation topic: Stochastic Optimization for Renewable Energy System Design and Operation.
Awards: Student Memorial Award in Clemson IE, 2020; Winner of the student case competition of the LSC Division of IISE, 2018; Teaching Assistant of the Year at Clemson IE, 2018.
Murwan Siddig (PhD in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Summer 2021)
Dissertation topic: Multistage Stochastic Programming: Algorithms, Modeling, and Applications.
First position: Postdoctoral Researcher at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Awards: Winner, Best Paper Award of the Operations Research Track, IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2021; Edwin J. Freeman Memorial Award for outstanding graduate teaching assistants in Clemson IE, 2021 and outstanding graduate research assistants in Clemson IE, 2020; Janine Anthony Bowen 89 Graduate Fellowship in Clemson IE, 2019.
Babak Saleck Pay (PhD in Operations Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Summer 2017).
Dissertation topic: Decomposition Algorithms in Stochastic Integer Programming: Applications and Computations.
First position: Data Scientist at Precima.
Emma Simon (MS in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Summer 2024)
Thesis topic: Modeling of Multi-Period Disaster Logistics Planning in the State of South Carolina.
First position: Tesla.
Isabel Strinsky (MS in Mathematical Sciences at Clemson University, Summer 2023)
Thesis topic: Multi-commodity Flow Models for Logistics Operations within a Contested Environment.
First position: U.S. Air Force.
Vikas Garg (MS in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Summer 2020)
Thesis topic: Bilevel and Multi-objective Optimization of Electricity Price Setting with Carbon Emission Consideration.
First position: Optimization Engineer at iValua.
Winner, Best Student Paper Award of the Energy Systems Track, IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2020.
Neha Shrestha (MS in Operations Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Fall 2016).
First position: Associate - Regulatory, Economics, Environmental & Energy Services at ICF.