Professional Experience

Research Experience

Operations Research Postdoctoral Research Associate, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (April 2021 - Present)

  • Studying energy-efficient unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) deployment optimization under different delivery scenarios, operating, and environmental conditions

  • Developing efficient mathematical optimization approaches to provide insights into using drones compared to ground-only vehicles in different delivery scenarios, operating, and environmental conditions

  • Implementing and validating a biomass pre-processing model

Research Aide, Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL (Summer 2020)

    • Worked on solving a power generation capacity expansion and operational (unit commitment/economic dispatch) planning problem with variable renewable energy integration and storage

    • Implemented a scenario reduction algorithm to approximate the yearly planning horizon by a smaller number of periods that makes the mixed-integer programming model computationally efficient

    • Modified the model implementation to improve AMPL/CPLEX memory efficiency

    • Analyzed the effects of different problem parameters on the capacity expansion decisions

Graduate Research Assistant, Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2018 - 2021)

    • Developing models and algorithms for an attacker-defender wireless network jamming problem under several models of radio interference

    • Studied the submodularity property of the stochastic program with endogenous uncertainty for the reliability of complex networks and proved that the reliability maximization objective function is submodular when the uncertain parameters are exponentially distributed.

    • Implemented supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms to find critical points in high-dimensional energy landscapes, with the goal of improving material simulations.

    • Developed data-driven stochastic programming models and decomposition algorithms for optimization problems with endogenous uncertainty

Data Analytics Intern, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA (Summer 2018)

    • Developed accelerated decomposition algorithm for scheduling of cloud computing resources under uncertainty

    • Worked on developing risk-averse models to protect smart-grid systems against random cyber-attacks

Graduate Research Assistant, High-Performance Computing Collaboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (2016 - 2018)

    • Developed a hypergraph library for parallel computing to simulate large-scale hypergraphs

    • Implemented a scalable graph simulation algorithm that scales-up graphs to billions of nodes containing normal and malicious traffic

    • Developed supervised machine learning algorithms to detect malicious cyber nodes in large, highly class-imbalanced real-life graphs

Data Analytics Intern, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA (Summer 2017)

    • Developed stochastic programming models and algorithms for scheduling cloud computing resources in executing complex scientific workflows

Graduate Research Assistant, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (2015 - 2018)

    • Utilizing the concept of an attack graph, developed a two-stage stochastic programming model and Implemented a Sample average approximation algorithm with an L-shaped decomposition algorithm for finding optimal security countermeasure deployment decisions under uncertain attack success probabilities.

    • Developed a bi-level risk-averse stochastic programming model and accelerated constraint-and-column generation algorithm for finding the optimal security countermeasure deployment decisions against multiple potential attackers under uncertain attackers' capabilities

Teaching Experience

Instructor (Graduate Teaching Associate), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA (Fall 2020)

  • Taught “Supply Chain Engineering/Advanced Supply Chain Engineering” course (IE 430/530) to both undergraduate and graduate levels

Assistant Professor (On Leave), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2014- Present)

    • Undergraduate Theory Courses Taught:

        • Industrial Management

        • Ergonomics and Safety Management

        • Material Handling and Maintenance Management

        • Product Design II

    • Undergraduate Laboratory Courses Taught:

        • Manufacturing Process II Lab

        • Product Design II Lab

        • Measurement, Control, and Instrumentation Lab

        • CATIA Design Lab

Lecturer, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2012- 2014)

    • Undergraduate Theory Courses Taught:

        • Industrial Management

        • Ergonomics and Safety Management

        • Product Design I

    • Undergraduate Laboratory Courses Taught:

        • Manufacturing Process I Lab

        • Product Design I Lab

        • Quality Control Lab

        • Material Handling and Maintenance Lab

        • Measurement, Control, and Instrumentation Lab

        • Human Factors and Ergonomics Lab

Adjunct Assistant Professor, United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2014-2015)

    • Undergraduate Theory Courses Taught:

        • Industrial Management

Adjunct Lecturer, United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2014)

    • Undergraduate Theory Courses Taught:

        • Industrial Management

Adjunct Lecturer, Northern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2014)

    • Undergraduate Theory Courses Taught:

        • Industrial Management

Adjunct Lecturer, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2012)

    • Undergraduate Theory Courses Taught:

        • Ergonomics and Productivity Engineering