Ravi Suman: Thesis Title: Optimizing Flow in a High-mix Complex Manufacturing Environments (ongoing)
Yasemin Limon: Thesis Title: Optimization Challenges in Biomanufacturing (ongoing)
Merve Ozen: Thesis Title: Facility Design of Relief Centers (ongoing)
Ashesh Sinha: Thesis Title: Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Leverage in Energy Equipment Manufacturing; Graduated - Aug 2016. (Employment: Assistant Professor, Kansas State University)
Tugce Martagan: Thesis Title: Stochastic Models to Optimize Biomanufacturing Operations; Graduated - July 2015. (Employment: Assistant Professor, TU/e Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
Sanket Bhat: Thesis Title: Dynamic Capacity and Inventory Policies for Manufacturing Systems with Seasonal Demands; Graduated-Aug 2014. (Employment: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, McGill University, Montreal)
Debjit Roy: Thesis Title: Design and Analysis of Warehouses with Autonomous Vehicles; Graduated-May 2011. (Employment: Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad)
Deng Ge: Thesis Title: Integration of Advance Demand Information with Pull-Type Production Control Systems; Graduated-June 2011. (Employment: Senior Consultant at Gap Inc.)
Li Zhang: Thesis Title: Conceptualization Models for Unit Load Warehouse Design based on Autonomous Vehicle Technology; Graduated-January 2008. (Employment: Quantitative Analysis Manager, VP at RBS Citizens Financial Group)
Ram Ramakrishnan: Thesis Title: Queuing Models for Performance Evaluation and Optimal Design of Fabrication/Assembly Systems; Graduated-May 2007. (Employment: Business Analytics Consultant, ZS Associates)
Kumar Satyam: Thesis Title: Analytical Models for Multi-Product Systems with Pull Material Control Strategies; Graduated-May 2007. (Employment: Manager Analytics, Pricewaterhouse Coopers)
Doctoral Students – Joint Supervision
Nico Goossens: Thesis Title: Blocking Systems with Zero Buffers: A Kanban Like Approach; Advisors: Prof. N. Vandaele (Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp) and Prof Ananth Krishnamurthy; Graduated - May 2006. (Employment: Staff, UZ Brussels)
Ali Yasar: Thesis Title: Real Time and Simultaneous Management of Supply and Demand Chains; Advisors: Prof. James M Tien (Dept. of DSES, RPI) and Prof. Ananth Krishnamurthy; Graduated-May 2005. (Employment: Credit Strategy Analytics Lead, Barclays Bank)
Omar Al-Araidah: Thesis Title: Simultaneous Facility Layout and Material Handling Systems Design; Advisors: Prof. Charles Malmborg (Dept. of DSES, RPI) and Prof. Ananth Krishnamurthy; Graduated-May 2005. (Employment: Professor, Jordan University of Science and Technology)
Po-Hsun Kuo: Thesis Title: Modeling and Analysis of Autonomous Vehicle Storage and Retrieval Systems; Advisors: Prof. Ananth Krishnamurthy and Prof. Charles Malmborg (Dept. of DSES, RPI); Graduated-May 2005. (Employment: Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)
Masters Students – Research Thesis
Aswini Hariharan: Thesis Title: Production Control in Semi-Process Industries; Graduatedn-May 2011. (Employment: Manufacturing Engineer, Schlumberger)
Divya Seethapathy: Thesis Title: Production Inventory Control Policies in a Batch Production Environment; Graduated-Dec 2010. (Employment: Assistant Manager, Larsen & Toubro Limited)
David Claudio: Thesis Title: A Simulation Based Analysis of Pull Systems with Advance Demand Information; Graduated-May 2006. (Employment: Assistant Professor, Montana State University)
Student Awards
T, Martagan, 2016, “Stochastic Models for Biomanufacturing”, Dantzig Dissertation Award Finalist, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
T, Martagan and A. Krishnamurthy, 2016, “Stochastic Optimization of Protein Purification Operations”, POMS Applied Research Challenge Award, Orlando, FL
T, Martagan and A. Krishnamurthy, 2015, “Stochastic Optimization of Protein Purification Operations”, MSOM Student Paper Finalist, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
M. Ozen, (PhD Student): Early Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2014-2015).
T. Martagan, (PhD Student): Richard S. and Harriet K. Fein Scholarship (2014-2015).
M. Ozen, (PhD Student): MHIA Honor Scholarship (2014-2015), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
A.K. Sinha (PhD Student): Vinod K. and J Gail Sahney Graduate Student Scholarship (2013-2014).
S. Bhat, (PhD Student): Richard S. and Harriet K. Fein Scholarship (2013-2014).
T. Martagan, (PhD Student): MHIA Honor Scholarship (2013-2014), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
M. Ozen, (PhD Student): MHIA Honor Scholarship (2013-2014), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
T. Martagan, (PhD Student): MHIA Honor Scholarship (2012-2013), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
S. Bhat, (PhD Student): MHIA Honor Scholarship (2012-2013), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
S. Bhat, (PhD Student): Graduate Student Fellowship, NSF CMMI Engineering Research Innovation Conference, 2012.
T. Martagan, (PhD Student): Frazier Industrial Honor Scholarship (2011-2012), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
S. Bhat, (PhD Student): Vinod K. and J Gail Sahney Graduate Student Scholarship (2011-2012).
S. Bhat, (PhD Student): MHIA Honor Scholarship (2011-2012), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
D. Roy, (PhD Student): Best paper-Facility Logistics Track, 2011, “Improving Throughput Capacity in Multi-tier Warehouses with Autonomous Vehicles”, Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Conference, Reno, NV, 2011. (Authors: D. Roy, A. Krishnamurthy, S.S. Heragu and C.J. Malmborg)
D. Ge (PhD Student): Best Paper Award, Finalist for the paper titled “Integrating Advance Demand Information in Supply Chain Contracts”, Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Toronto, Canada, 2010. (Authors: D. Ge and A. Krishnamurthy)
D. Roy (PhD Student): MHIA Honor Scholarship (2010-2011), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
D. Roy (PhD Student): Wunsch Material Handling First Prize (2010) for the best paper on Material Handling, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
D. Roy (PhD Student): MHIA Honor Scholarship (2009-2010), Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
D. Roy (PhD Student): Wunsch Material Handling First Prize (2009) for the best paper on Material Handling Topics, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
D. Roy (PhD Student): K. Vinod and J. Gail Sahney Scholarship (2008) for academic excellence, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
D. Ge (PhD Student): Best paper in Research Track on Manufacturing Systems for the paper titled “Performance Evaluation of the Extended Kanban Control System with Advance Demand Information,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference, 2007, Nashville, TN. (Authors: D. Ge and A. Krishnamurthy)
D. Claudio (MS student): Del Ruth and Karger Dissertation Prize in 2007 for outstanding Masters dissertation in the Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems for thesis titled: A Simulation based Analysis of Pull Systems with Advance Demand Information, by D. Claudio; Advisor: Prof. A. Krishnamurthy, (Dept. of DSES, RPI)
R. Ramakrishnan (PhD Student): Best paper in Research Track on Production Planning and Scheduling for the paper titled “Analytical Models for Production Networks with Assembly Operations,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference, 2006, Orlando, FL. (Authors: R. Ramakrishnan and A. Krishnamurthy)
K. Satyam (PhD Student): Best paper in Research Track on Manufacturing Design for the paper titled “Analytical Models for Multi-product Pull Systems with Batch Sizes,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference, 2006, Orlando, FL. (Authors: K. Satyam, and A. Krishnamurthy)
A. Yasar (PhD student): Del Ruth and Karger Dissertation Prize in 2006 for outstanding dissertation in the Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems for thesis titled: Real Time and Simultaneous Management of Supply and Demand Chains; Advisors: Prof. J.M. Tien (Dept. of DSES) and Prof. A. Krishnamurthy (Dept. of DSES)
R. Ramakrishnan (PhD Student): Best paper in Research Track on Production Planning and Scheduling for the paper titled “Analytical Approximations for Kitting Systems with Multiple Inputs,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2005. (Authors: R. Ramakrishnan and A. Krishnamurthy)
N. Jaggi, (PhD Student of Prof K. Kar, ECSE, RPI): Runner-up for the best paper award in Infocom 2005 for the paper titled “Dynamic Node Activation in Networks of Rechargeable Sensors,” Proceedings of Infocom 2005, Miami, FL, 2005. (Authors: K. Kar, A. Krishnamurthy and N. Jaggi)
D. Claudio (Masters Student): Three Year NSF Graduate Fellowship for doctoral research proposal on “Pull Systems with Advance Demand Information,” March 2005-March 2008. Advisor: Prof. A. Krishnamurthy, (Dept. of DSES, RPI)