Master’s students
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Charchit Shukla is a master’s Student in IMSE. Prior to this, he earned his bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science. His master’s thesis focuses on creating a model and simulating the annual costs from billion-dollar natural disasters in the United States. His conference paper was recognized as the best paper in the Engineering Economy Division track for the Institute for Industrial & Systems Engineering (IISE) annual meeting in 2020. His research interests lie in the decision science, risk analysis, and 3D printing. He also holds two years of industry expertise in manufacturing. Passion for learning and applying system-based thinking are his strengths. He served as teaching assistant for IE 560 Engineering Risk Analysis. |
Undergraduate students
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Charisse Lee is a freshman pursuing a B.S. in IMSE. As a freshman researcher in the Academic Program for Excellence (APEX), she is he is helping to create an online Excel tool to assist with electricity power planning. She is planning to pursue MBA as well. In my spare time, I enjoy painting, drawing, reading, traveling, and photography. |
Kegan Wallis a senior at Iowa State pursuing a B.S. in IMSE and an MBA. As an IMSE URA, she assistaed with the regional food transportation network project and researching emerging threats to Iowa for the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Kegan is the social events chair for the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) student chapter at ISU. Kegan is planning to study abroad in Ireland before pursuing an MBA and enjoys golfing, painting, and watching Disney movies. |
Former Students
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Ramin Giahi earned his Ph.D. degree in IMSE in 2020. He currently works as a data and operations research scientist at Principal Financial. Ramin’s dissertation research focused on using simulation optimization to solve problems in engineering system design. He won the best paper award for his design optimization with flexibility at the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) in May 2019. He published his paper on design for resilience for risk-averse firms in Computers & Industrial Engineering. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tehran. In his spare time, Ramin likes to play chess and volleyball and enjoys cooking and traveling. |
Minxiang Zhang graduated with a M.S. degree in industrial engineering from IMSE in Spring 2017, and he is working with Kroger as operations researcher analyst. During his graduate work, he helped Boeing Aerospace develop operations research models to help the company develop long-term plans for its painting operations. His research developed a new forecasting method for long-term strategic planning with deep uncertainty and he analyzed different decision-making methods for these production and planning problems. Minxiang earned his bachelor degree in chemical engineering from East China University of Science and Technology. He previously worked as a quality and process engineer in SINOPEC Shanghai Engineering Company for four years where he published a paper predicting engineering design quality with a logistic regression model. |
Amit Sonar graduated with a master’s engineering degree in IMSE in 2017. He is currently a Process Improvement Lead at Whirlpool Corporation. His book chapter applying the Wagner-Whitin model to a supply chain disruption appears in Supply Chain Risk Management: Advanced Tools, Models, and Developments. Apart from his academic life, he is interested in hiking and adventure sports. Amit received his bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University. He joined Dassault Systems as a product quality analyst for 3 years where he received recognition from the director of the company for his exceptional work in meeting the product standards |
Arun Vinayak graduated with a M.S. degree in industrial engineering from IMSE in Spring 2017. After graduation, he worked for Tesla in California, and he currently works on the sourcing team for Protera, an automotive and energy storage company. He specialized in applied operations research with research interests in supply chain management, engineering risk analysis, inventory control, and production planning. His book chapter analyzing the impact of consumers on business following a supply chain disruption appears in Supply Chain Risk Management: Advanced Tools, Models, and Developments. He also developed a quantitative model to assess new suppliers and he presented that work at the 2017 IISE conference. Arun was a member of Iowa State’s student chapter of Alpha Pi Mu and INFORMS. Arun received his B.E. (Hons.) degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India. |
Alexan dria Stewart received her M.S. degree in industrial engineering from IMSE in Summer 2017. Her research focused on developing an agent-based simulation to analyze the risk of an active shooter situation. Her broad research interests include risk and decision analysis, continuous improvement, and manufacturing. Alex currently works in manufacturing engineering at Danfoss Power Solutions. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering in December 2014, also from Iowa State University. In her undergraduate years, she served as President of Alpha Pi Mu and won the Senior Capstone Design Competition. |
Aditya Pathak graduated with an M.S. degree in industrial engineering from IMSE in Summer 2017. His research developed a new dynamic economic model to analyse and predict the economic consequences of disruptions based on stock market price indices. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune. Apart from academics, Aditya is an automotive enthusiast and has been a part of the BAJA and FSAE competitions for building ATVs and race cars, respectively. |
Lei Yao earned his M.S. in industrial engineering from IMSE in Fall 2017. His researched focused on allocating resources in situations with deep uncertainty, and presented part of his work on resource allocation for deep uncertainty at the 2017 IISE annual meeting and at the 2017 INFORMS annual meeting. He also earned an M.S. degree in engineering management from the University of Alaska Anchorage. After graduation, he worked for a world leading cryogenic company, Air Liquide, for a few years and served as a risk management representative where he was responsible for project and company risk management including risk analysis and assessment, risk register, and annual training. He has several conference papers and journal articles on renewable energy and risk analysis. Lei enjoys jogging, racquetball, badminton, cooking, and traveling. |
Sarat Sivaprasad graduated with an M.S degree in industrial engineering in Fall 2017. As a graduate student, Sarat researched the relationship between subjective expected utility theory and interval analysis within decision analysis. His paper on this research will appear soon in the journal Decision Analysis. Another paper uses probability distribution to model the risks associated with injuries in the English Football Premier League. Sarat graduated with a B.S in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India in 2013. After graduation, Sarat worked for two years as an operations engineer in Tata Power, an integrated power company based out of Mumbai. Sarat is a huge sports enthusiast and loves watching soccer, cricket and tennis. Manchester United is his favorite team and he is also a huge fan of Roger Federer. Besides sports, Sarat likes watching movies, travelling and cooking. |