Nidhima Grover

Nidhima Grover is a Ph.D. student in Operations Research at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. She is advised by Prof. Benoit Montreuil and Prof. Alejandro Toriello. Her thesis is in collaboration with scientists at Amazon. Her research focuses on mathematical modeling for strategic decision making in supply chain and logistics. Outside of research, she volunteers in activities that promote the mental health and well-being of her community.

Education

Ph.D. in Operations Research with Minor in Computer Science, Georgia Tech (Expected 2025)
Master's in Operations Research, Georgia Tech (2022)
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2019)

Research Interests

Data-driven decision making
Discrete, linear, non-linear, stochastic optimization
Transportation and logistics; Sustainability

News

[Dec 2024] I presented my research on "The Fulfillment Regionalization Problem" (joint work with Xiaoyan Si and Alejandro Toriello) at the MIP International Workshop 2024 in Mumbai, India.

[Oct 2024] I presented my research on "The Fulfillment Regionalization Problem" at the Informs Annual Meeting 2024 in Seattle, Washington.

[Feb 2024] I co-organized and presented my research at the Amazon @ Georgia Tech Supply Chain Research Day in Atlanta, Georgia

[July 2023] I attended the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Triennial Conference at Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.

[Aug 2023] I presented my work on Hyperconnected Logistics Networks at the Amazon Internal Modeling and Optimization (MOP) Seminar in Bellevue, Washington.

[June 2023] I presented my work on Hyperconnected Logistics Networks at the International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC) in Athens, Greece.

[May 2023] I started my Research Science internship at Amazon on optimization for strategic design for a regional fulfillment network.

[Oct 2022] I presented my internship research at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.

[Aug 2022] I completed my internship with the Modeling and Optimization team at Amazon on middle-mile network design with vehicle routing constraints.

[Jan 2022] I was awarded the Amazon-GTSCL Doctoral Fellowship to support my Ph.D.

[Dec 2021] I presented my research on parcel consolidation in modular containers at the TSL Workshop at IIM Ahmedabad, India.

[Oct 2021] I presented my research at INFORMS Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California.

[May 2021] I presented my research at IISE and IPIC (virtual).

[Nov 2020] I presented my research at INFORMS Annual Meeting (virtual).

Honors and Awards

[2023] Physical Internet Generation Award

[2022] Amazon-GTSCL Doctoral Fellowship

[2022] Philip J Dolores Graduate Student Health and Wellness Award

[2021] Philip J Dolores Graduate Student Health and Wellness Award

[2020] Stewart Fellowship

[2020] George Family Fellowship

Publications

Grover, N., Toriello, A., Si, X. The Fulfillment Regionalization Problem. ODYSSEUS 2024, 203.
Grover, N., Si, X., Toriello, A. (2024). The Fulfillment Regionalization Problem. MIP International Workshop 2024, Poster.
Grover N., Shaikh S. J., Faugère L., Montreuil B. (2023), Surfing the Physical Internet with Hyperconnected Logistics Networks, Proceedings of IPIC 2023 International Physical Internet Conference, 10p.
Grover N., B. Montreuil (2022). PI Containers: Smart Modular Containers for Efficient Operations (Mandarin & English versions), Chapter of Physical Internet: The Revolution We are Encountering – Hundreds of Schools of Thought Argue About the Physical Internet, Ed. by Tian Min & Ma Hong, China, pp. 234-241, ISBN 978-7-5496-3853-6.
Grover N., Montreuil B. (2021). Dynamic Consolidation and Packing of Parcels in Modular Physical Internet Handling Containers, Proceedings of IPIC 2021 International Physical Internet Conference, Poster, 1p.
Grover, N., & Montreuil, B. (2021). Dynamic Time-Based Parcel Consolidation and Container Loading in Hyperconnected Logistic Hubs. In IIE Annual Conference. Proceedings (pp. 956-961). Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).

Note to young researchers: Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or would like to chat.