Dr. Sasha Dong (PI) is an Associate Professor at the University of Houston. She received her Ph.D. degree from Cornell University (2015), M.S. degree from Columbia University (2012), and B.S. degree from Nanjing University (2011). Before joining Texas State University as an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, she worked at CSX Transportation and FedEx Freight.
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Dr. Xiaohang Zhu graduated from SUNY Buffalo with his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering, and joined the group as a postdoc researcher in Summer 2023.
Dr. Miao Yu (Postdoc) his Ph.D. degree in transportation engineering from the University of North Carolina--Charlotte, in 2018. He was an Associate Professor in the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering at Hohai University, China.
Najmaddin Akhundov (Postdoc) graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering, and join the group as a postdoc researcher in Spring 2023.
Qingyang Xiao (Postdoc) graduated from SUNY Buffalo with his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering, and joined the group as a postdoc researcher in Spring 2023.
Hasti Seraji (Ph.D. student) received her M.S degree and B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering both from Azad University, Iran.
Farzane Ezzati (Ph.D. student) received her M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology in 2020, and her B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from AmirKabir University of Technology in 2018.
Haowei Yang (Ph.D. student) received his M.S. degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2022, and his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics & Statistics (double major) from Stony Brook University in 2019.
Yihan Zhou (Ph.D. student) received his M.S. degree in Applied Data Analytics from Boston University in 2022, and his B.S. degree in Actual Science from Penn State University in 2019.
Detong Che (master student) received her M.S degree in Database Technologies from New York University in 2021, and her B.S. degree in Applied Engineering Sciences with a concentration in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University in 2018. Her current research focuses on supply chain and operational analysis. Her work is supported by NSF D-ISN grant and NSF regional I-Corps grant.
ALUMNI
Dr. Yanqing Kuang
Postdoc @ TXST-UH, 2022
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida
Placement: Operations Research Analyst, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Dr. Rui Dai
Postdoc @ TXST, 2021-2022
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of South Florida
Placement: Senior Operations Research Analyst, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Dr. Qiu Guo
Postdoc @ TXST, 2020-2022
Ph.D. in Transportation Planning and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Placement: Associate Research Professor, Nanjing University, China
Dr. Shaolong Hu
Postdoc @ TXST, 2018-2020`
Ph.D. in Management Science and Management, Tongji University, China
Placement: Assistant Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University
Jinli Liu
Ph.D, student @ TXST, 2021
M.S. in Transportation Planning and Management, Texas Southern University
Placement: Ph.D. student in GIS at TXST
Alexander Little
IE master student @ TXST, 2020-2022
Master Thesis: “Identifying Pandemic Twitter Misinformation Using Deep Learning Ensemble & Explore Roles of Authoritative Orgs on Social Media”
Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Recipient
Placement: Data Scientist, Zilliant
Dixizi Krystal Liu
IE master student @ TXST, 2019-2021
Master Thesis: “Machine Learning Applications in Emergency Management”
PEO International Peace Scholarship (IPS) Recipient
Placement: IE PhD student, Clemson University
Lingyu Meng
IE master student @ TXST, 2018-2020
Master Thesis: “Sentiment Analysis and Ridesharing Models of Disaster Response”
2020 IISE Annual Conference Logistic and Supply Chain Track Best Student Paper
Texas State Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Placement: Assistant Professor, Army Engineering University of PLA
Oluwasegun Gabriel Olanrewaju
IE master student @ TXST, 2017-2019
2019 IISE Annual Conference Modeling and Simulation Track Best Student Paper
Texas State Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award
Placement: IE PhD student, University of Miami
Leah Lewis
IE undergraduate @ TXST, 2021
Placement: Manufacturing Process Engineer at Vitesco Technologies
Menna Hassan
CS undergraduate @ Purdue University, 2020-2021
INFORMS ORMS Today First Undergraduate Mini Research Poster Competition, First Place, 2020
IISE OR Division Undergraduate Research Dissemination Award, Third Place, 2021
Daniel Jacobson
IE undergraduate @ Virginia Tech, 2020-2021
INFORMS ORMS Today First Undergraduate Mini Research Poster Competition, First Place, 2020
IISE OR Division Undergraduate Research Dissemination Award, Third Place, 2021
Placement: Data Analyst at Wells Fargo
Joseph Munar
IE master student @ Rice University, 2020 Summer)
Recipient of Rice CAAM-Chevron Prize
Jorge Dozal
IE undergraduate @ TXST, 2019
INFORMS ORMS Today First Undergraduate Mini Research Poster Competition, Honorable Mention, 2020
Placement: Project Manager at Airogistic
Lauren Christenson
IE undergraduate @ TXST, 2018-2020
Recipient of Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
Melina Mijares
IE undergraduate @ TXST, 2018
Placement: Programs Assistant at Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute
Loraine Ribon
IE undergraduate @ TXST, 2018
Placement: Operations Analyst at Minigrip
Zachary Schneiderman
EE undergraduate @ TXST, 2017-2018
Placement: Hardware Verification Engineer at AMD.
Paula Andrea Cruz
IE undergraduate @ TXST, 2018-2019
Placement: Hardware Verification Engineer at Samsung.
Haichao Chen
Visting master student from Southwest Jiaotong University, 2019
Penghui Guo
Visting Ph.D. student from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautic, 2019
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