Research Group

Martha Lucia Sabogal De La Pava

PhD Student Researcher

Martha joined the Tucker Research Group as a PhD student in Jan. 2021. Her research interests lie in the area of mathematical modeling of supply chains and healthcare systems applying economic, environmental, and community welfare factors. She has previously worked on sustainable supply chain design, supply chain design with financial factors, and optimization of wind energy project portfolios. Martha was awarded the Janine Anthony Bowen ‘89 Graduate Fellow honor in recognition of her exceptional academic performance in Clemson IE. Prior to Clemson, she earned her M.Sc. and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Universidad del Valle in Colombia.

Paper: Sabogal De La Pava and Tucker, 2022: "Drug shortages in low- and middle-income countries: Colombia as a case study"

Preprint: Sabogal De La Pava and Tucker, under review: "Effects of Geopolitical Strain on Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Design and Drug Shortages"

Email: msaboga[at]clemson.edu

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/martha-sabogal 

Aisha Nelson

Graduate: MS Thesis (May 2023)

Aisha joined the Tucker Research Group in Aug. 2021 as an Masters Student Researcher. Her research focused on hospital operations, and she developed the first simulation model of multiple emergency departments under strain. Her industry experience includes internships at the Walt Disney Company and UPS. Prior to Clemson, Aisha graduated from Morgan State University with a BS in IE in May 2021.

MS thesis: Network Effects of Emergency Department Clinician Strain and Patient Congestion

Email: aishan[at]g.clemson.edu

Anisa Young

Graduate: MS Thesis (Aug. 2022), BS (May 2021)

Anisa was a masters student researcher with a focus in optimization and resilience within the context of environmental applications. She initially joined the Tucker group in January 2021 as an Undergraduate Researcher working with large-scale nurse scheduling models before transitioning to an MS researcher in Fall 2021. She had previously worked as an undergraduate researcher to create a heuristic-based optimization model for Savannah River and has industry experience from her work with the Rehrig Pacific Company and with Robert Bosch LLC. Anisa graduated from Clemson University in May 2021 with a BS in IE and with her MS in August 2022.

MS thesis: Park Equity Modeling: A Case Study of Asheville, North Carolina

Preprint of thesis paper: Young et al., An Optimization Approach to Improve Equitable Access to Local Parks

Press release from City of Asheville, NC: Equitable access: Asheville’s parks serve as model for study

Email: anisay[at]g.clemson.edu

Tyler O'Brien

Graduate: MS Thesis (Dec. 2021)

Tyler joined the Tucker group in Jan. 2021 as a Masters Student Researcher, co-advised by Dr. Sudeep Hegde. Tyler’s research focused on campus COVID-19 mitigation efforts and integrating human factors and optimization methods. He earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in Dec. 2020 and his MS in Dec. 2021. Tyler plans to graduate with his M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson in Dec. 2021. After graduation, he joined Accenture as an Asset Performance Management Analyst.

MS thesis:  COVID Response: Iterative Model Development in the Deployment of Hand Sanitation Stations at a Large Public University

Preprint of thesis paper: O'Brien et al. "Iterative location modeling of hand sanitizer deployment based upon qualitative interviews"

Email: tcobrie[at]g.clemson.edu

Brittany Sanders

Graduate: MS (May 2023)

Brittany joined the Tucker group in March 2021 as a Graduate Student Researcher. She earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in December 2020 and an MS in May 2023. During graduate school, she worked as a graduate assistant for Clemson University PEER & WISE to create inclusive and supportive learning environments for underrepresented student populations. Her research interests focus on understanding and addressing widened racial and socioeconomic inequities in academia through OR models and optimization. After graduation, Brittany is the Project Manager of Next Engineers, a five year, $5 million GE-funded project to inspire underrepresented high school students to become engineers.

Email: bfasnde[at]g.clemson.edu 

Hollis Skidmore

Graduate: MS (May 2022)

Hollis joined the Tucker group in Fall 2021 as a Graduate Student Researcher. She earned a BS in Industrial Engineering in May 2021 and an MS in May 2022. Her research focused on non-profit coordination and collaboration, and she developed network flow optimization models. After graduation, Hollis works as an Asset Performance Management Analyst at Accenture. 

Email: hskidmo[at]g.clemson.edu

Shravan Shinde

Graduate: MS (Dec. 2022)

Shravan was a member of the group in Spring-Summer 2021 as a Graduate Student Researcher. He previously worked at a supply chain company in the Procurement and Sourcing Department. He earned his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Mumbai University in 2019. He is deeply interested in learning all aspects about supply chains. Shravan graduated in Dec. 2022 and works as a Deployment Consultant and Solutions Analyst. He is very enthusiastic about playing and watching different types of sports.

Email: sashind[at]clemson.edu

Conference paper: Vann Yaroson E, Tucker EL, Shinde S. (2021) "Towards a predictive supply chain resilience model for global medicine shortages: evidence from the US and Belgium" EurOMA 2021. 

Amit Bairathi

Graduate: MS (May 2022)

Amit was a member of the Tucker Group in Spring 2021 as a Graduate Student Researcher. He worked for Bosch Limited for two years as an Industrial Engineer and dealt with Industry 4.0 projects in collaboration with the Supply Chain and Quality Assurance Department. He earned his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from JECRC University in 2018 and graduated with his MS in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in May 2022. He is highly motivated to pursue research in operation research, supply chain and data analytics models. Swimming and Hiking are his go-to stress busters. He currently works as Project Manager at Convergint.

Email: abairat[at]g.clemson.edu