Emily Garcia

PhD Candidate

Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Purdue University

garci611 [at] purdue [dot] edu

About Me

Emily Garcia is a PhD candidate in the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. She is co-advised by Dr. Zachary J. Hass and Dr. Paul M. Griffin and conducts research in the Long Term Care Policy/Program/Intervention Evaluation (LTC-PIE) Lab. Her work focuses on developing and optimizing clinical decision support systems that promote operational efficiency, healthcare equity and patient-centered care.

She is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and the Purdue University Doctoral Fellowship. While at Purdue, Emily founded Purdue's Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Graduate Chapter, has served as a Graduate Advisor for the Tau Beta Pi (TBP) Indiana Alpha, and has advocated for engineering graduate student and faculty members as a Purdue Graduate Student Mentoring Fellow.

In 2022 and 2023, Emily interned as data scientist and technology engineer, respectively, at Johnson & Johnson under Janssen Pharmaceuticals in Titusville and Raritan, New Jersey. In 2020, she interned as a software engineer for Cisco Systems in San Jose, California.

Emily received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, she served as president of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) and Lambda Theta Alpha (LTA) Delta Omicron. She was also an active member of Hispanic Engineers and Scientists (HES).

In 2016, Emily was named a Gates Millenium Scholar and was selected as the sole Monterey County recipient of the UC Berkeley Fiat Lux Scholarship.

News

8/2025: I am honored to have been selected as a 2025 NextProf Nexus Fellow. Read more at "Sky's the Limit: Purdue Grad Students Join Prestigious National Faculty Workshop at UC Berkeley"
4/2025: I presented my research at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Midwest Regional Meeting and was awarded Best Poster Award!
2/2025: Very happy to be a panelist for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) at Purdue x Women in Industrial and Systems Engineering "Is Grad School Right for You? Insights from IE Grad Students" event.
2/2025: New paper! "Characterizing Pre-Discharge Interventions to Reduce Length of Stay for Older Adults: A Scoping Review" with Dr. Zachary J. Hass is now online at PLoS ONE.
11/2024: I recently shared quick tips on "Applying to External Fellowships" with Purdue Engineering GradTrack scholars. Check the video here.
9/2024: I have been selected to present my research at the 2024 SHPE National Convention Engineering Science Symposium in Anaheim, CA! Come see me on October 31st at 1:30 pm in the Marriot: Grand Ballroom A. #SHPE2024!
9/2024: I am excited to share that I will be speaking at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA! Come see me on October 21st at 3 pm in the session titled "Casual Discovery, Fairness, and Learning in Healthcare." #INFORMS2024
5/2024: I am very happy to announce I will be presenting my research at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo in Montreal, Canada! Come see me at the "Home and Mobile Health Systems" session on Monday May 20th at 9 am in PCM 515 C. #IISEANNUAL2024
9/2023: Spotlight moment! Very honored to be highlighted by Berkeley IEOR in "Forging a New Future: Emily Garcia (BS IEOR '20) Paves the Way for Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education" by Goldie Negelev.
5/2023: I am sincerely grateful and honored to have been selected as a Purdue Trailblazers in Engineering Fellow this year!

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