Eugene Wickett

Ph.D. researcher with experience in humanitarian response

Excerpt from the Spring 2022 edition of Northwestern Engineering magazine.

Welcome!

I am a recent Ph.D. graduate in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University, where I studied under Profs. Karen Smilowitz and Matthew Plumlee. My dissertation research developed methods for using supply-chain information to improve detection of substandard and falsified medical products. My broader interests include humanitarian logistics and operations research applications in low-data and low-resource settings.

Please see my Research page for more information on my work, and my Teaching/Collaboration page for an overview of my interests in education and professional development.

Education

PhD (March 2024): Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

MS (2019): Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

MS (2012): Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

BS (2009): Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

News & Updates

Jun. 10, 2024: Graduation was a wonderful day, and I was very happy to celebrate the conferral of my PhD with my advisors, friends, and family.

Jun. 10, 2024: I am honored to have been conferred the "Outstanding TA" award for the 2023-2024 school year.

Feb. 1, 2024: "Inferring sources of substandard and falsified products in pharmaceutical supply chains" was highlighted as a feature article in the IISE Transactions Special Issue on Analytical Methods for Detecting, Disrupting, and Dismantling Illicit Operations.

(See IISE's post on LinkedIn and X.)

ISEFeb2024_Research.pdf

[This "Research" section is provided for informational purposes only with permission of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers from the February 2024 issue of ISE Magazine, Copyright©2024. All rights reserved. www.iise.org/ISEMagazine.]

Mar. 24, 2023: "Inferring sources of substandard and falsified products in pharmaceutical supply chains" (my first dissertation chapter) was published in the IISE Transactions Special Issue on Analytical Methods for Detecting, Disrupting, and Dismantling Illicit Operations.

Dec. 2, 2022: "Using Supply-Chain Information to Improve Regulatory Actions in Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance" won Best Student Poster during the 11th annual Global Health Symposium, hosted by The Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health. I was honored to have my work recognized by the award panel.

GHD_Eugene Wickett.pdf

Oct. 17, 2022: I presented ongoing work on sampling plans in post-market surveillance at the annual INFORMS meeting in Indianapolis. Thanks to INFORMS for hosting a great event.

Sep. 21, 2022: Featured in "Practical Solutions for a Healthier World" in Northwestern Engineering, along with advisors Karen Smilowitz and Matthew Plumlee (by Brian Sandalow)

Sep. 12, 2022: Congrats to Karen Smilowitz for being named a 2022 INFORMS Fellow!

Last updated: June 27, 2024

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