Xiaowei Guo. Research Area: Network Optimization and its Application to Public Policy Problems. Expected Graduation: August 2026.
Farhatul Janan. Research Area: Disrupting Illicit Drug Trafficking Networks through Novel Interventions. Expected Graduation: August 2026.
On February 10, 2020, Yeming Shen passed away tragically from complications of the flu. I would encourage you to read his research obituary that I wrote shortly after his passing. He was in his third year of pursuing his PhD under my supervision. He would have formed his committee and defended his dissertation proposal by June 2020. There is absolutely no doubt that he would have been successful in his defending his PhD in 2021 and I nominated him for a posthumous PhD to honor his research contributions.
Daniel Lopes da Silva, co-advised with Yongjia Song. Bilevel Network Interdiction Models for Human Trafficking Disruption, August 2025.
Lucky Cho. Essays on Integer Programming Approaches to Analyze Equilibrium Solutions in Games. PhD defended August 2023.
Mustafa Can Camur. Large-Scale Optimization Models with Applications in Biological and Emergency Response Networks. PhD defended June 2021.
Dan Kosmas, co-advised with John E. Mitchell (Math, RPI). Integer Optimization for the Understanding and Disruption of Illicit Networks, PhD defended June 2022.
Ni Ni. Modeling the Impact of Large-Scale Disruptions on Supply Chains and Their Recovery, PhD defended May 2019.
Huy Nguyen, co-advised with John Mitchell. Optimizing the Recovery of Supply Networks, PhD defended June 2018.
N. Orkun Baycik. Interdicting Layered Networks: A Reformulation and its Applications, PhD defended March 2018.
Hongtan Sun. On Approximation Algorithms and the Price of Decentralization for Problems in Network Restoration. PhD defended July 2017. Recipient of the 2018 Del and Ruth Karger Dissertation Prize from the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department.
Emily Heath, co-advised with John Mitchell. Optimization Approaches to Problems in Network Mitigation and Restoration. PhD in Mathematical Sciences defended June 2016.
Sarah G. Nurre. Integrated Network Design and Scheduling Problems: Optimization Algorithms and Applications. PhD defended on June 7, 2013. Recipient of a Sandia-RPI Excellence in Engineering Fellowship (2011-2013) and the 2014 Del and Ruth Karger Dissertation Prize from the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department.
Jiaming Qiu. Dynamic Resource Location Problems: New Applications, Models and Algorithms. PhD defended on July 12, 2012.
Ajay Malaviya. Multi-Period Network Interdiction Problems with Applications to City-Level Drug Enforcement. PhD defended on November 19, 2010.