Research members

Current Ph.D. Candidates:

• Rick Mueller, Disruptive Innovation: Regaining Momentum by Overcoming the Barrier of Tautology, GET Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2014-Present.
• Kenneth Gembel, A Structured Methodology for Tailoring and Deploying Lean Manufacturing Systems, GET Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2012-Present.
• Donna Bell, Understanding the Relationship of Innovation and Quality in a Fast-Changing Market: An Automotive Industry Perspective, Wayne State University, 2014-Present.
• Shannon Dare, Framework for Strategic Product Planning, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2014-Present.
• Gwendolyn Holowecky, Framework for Effectively Integrating Flexibility and Lean, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017-Present.
• Esam Qattan, Discrete-Event Simulation: Process-logs Enabled Modeling & Execution Framework, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2014-Present. (Co-Advised by Dr. Murat)
• Elham Nosratmirshekarlou, Characterizing Customer Choice for Product Introduction and Assortment Management, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2014-Present. (Co-Advised by Dr. Dalkiran)
• Michael Ini-Abasi, Maximizing Customer Engagement Value through Persuasion Profiling: A Reinforcement Learning Perspective, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017-Present.

Current Ph.D. Students (at an Early Stage):

• Najibesadat Sadatijafarkalaei, Healthcare Analytics, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2015-Present.
• Elham Taghizadeh, Supply Nework Resilience, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2016-Present.
• Faria Manaj, Healthcare Analytics, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2016-Present.
• Juman Doleh-Alomary, Cyber Security, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2016-Present.
• Kevin Gembel, Maintenance Management, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2016-Present.
• Rahul Dixit, Product Development, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017-Present.
• Ifeoma Okechukwu, Service System Design, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017-Present.
• Ali Kamali Mohammadzadeh, Healthcare Analytics, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2018-Present.
• Seung Jin Wang, Automotive Analytics, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2018-Present.
• Hamed Niakan, Automotive Analytics, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2018-Present.
• Andrew Pokoyoway, Diagnostics & Prognostics, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2018-Present.

Ph.D. Graduates:

• Fatih Camci, Process Monitoring, Diagnostics & Prognostics Using SVMs and HMMs, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2005. [Faculty Member, Antalya International University, Turkey] [Dissertation]
• Mahmoud El-Banna, Dynamic-Resistance based Intelligent Resistance Welding, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2006. [Faculty Member, German Jordanian University, Jordan] [Dissertation]
• Ramakrishna Govindu, Multi-Agent Systems for Supply Chain Modeling: Methodological Frameworks, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2006. [Faculty Member, University of South Florida - Sarasota-Manatee, USA] [Dissertation]
• Pundarikaksha Baruah, Supply Chains Facing Atypical Demand: Optimal Operational Policies and Benefits Under Information Sharing, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2006. [Manager, Avaya] [Dissertation]
• Gangaraju Vanteddu, Strategic Supply Chain Modeling: A Supply Chain Perspective of Cost Efficiency and Responsiveness, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2008. (Co-Advised by Dr. Yang) [Faculty Member, Southeast Missouri State University, USA] [Dissertation]
• Ibrahim Dogan, Modeling & Control of Closed-loop Remanufacturing Supply Chains under Non-stationary Demand, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2008. [Faculty Member, Erciyes University, Turkey] [Dissertation]
• Dingzhou Cao, Novel Models and Algorithms for Systems Reliability Modeling and Optimization, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2011. (Co-Advised by Dr. Murat). [Research Scientist, ReliaSoft] [Dissertation]
• Akhilesh Kumar, An Integrated Decision Support Framework for Remanufacturing in the Automotive Industry, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2011. [Pricing and Revenue Management Analyst, JDA Software Group (bought i2 Technologies), India] [Dissertation]
• Chongwen Zhou, Early Warranty Detection Using Upstream Supply Chain Information, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2011. [Manager, Faurecia] [Dissertation]
• Jehad Zughyer, Trucking Industry: Spot-Market Dispatching Model, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2011. (Co-Advised by Dr. Murat). [Engineer, GM] [Dissertation]
• Ali Guner, Dynamic Routing on Stochastic Time-Dependent Networks Using Real-Time ITS Information, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2011. (Co-Advised by Dr. Murat). [Faculty Member, Zirve University, Turkey] [Dissertation]
Hatice Ucar, Bottleneck Management and Throughput Optimization in Production Flow Lines, Ph.D.
• Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2011. (Co-Advised by Dr. Murat). [Faculty Member, Zirve University, Turkey] [Dissertation]
• Arun Timalsina, A Framework for Personalized Dynamic Cross-selling in e-Commerce, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2012. [Faculty Member, Tribhuvan University, Nepal] [Dissertation]
• Ramesh Subramoniam, Remanufacturing for the Aftermarket: Strategic Planning and Decision Making Framework, Ph.D. Dissertation, International Off Campus Programme on Cleaner Production, Cleaner Products, Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Development, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2012. (Co-Advised by Dr. Donald Huisingh) [Associate Director, Verizon Wireless] [Dissertation]
• Farshid Azadian, An Integrated Framework for Freight Forwarders: Exploitation of Dynamic Information for Multimodal Transportation, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2012. [Faculty Member, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University]. [Dissertation] Erkan Isikli, Decision Support Tools for Managing External Variety of Configurable Products, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2012. [Faculty Member, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey]. [Dissertation]
• Ali Taghavi, An Integrated Framework for Configurable Product Assortment Planning: Considerations for Supply, Demand, Manufacturing, and Distribution Issues, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2012.[Research Scientist, Llamasoft]. [Dissertation]
• Darrell Williams, Product Development Framework for Managing Complexity & Flexibility in Defense Industry Projects, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2013. [Director of Engineering, Terumo]. [Dissertation]
• Rachel Itabashi-Campbell, Engineering Problem Solving & Sustained Learning, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2013. [Functional Safety Engineer, Takata]. [Dissertation]
• Edward L. Umpfenbach, Strategic Planning of Configurable Products: Considerations for Global Supply, Demand, and Sustainability Issues, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2013. [DOD SMART Scholar; Scientist, TARDEC]. [Dissertation]
• Saman Alaniazar, Capacity Planning for Innovative Products, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2013. [Research Analyst, Ford Credit] [Dissertation]
• Nancy Philippart, Global e-Mentoring: Overcoming Virtual Distance for an Effective Partnership, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, GET Ph.D. Dissertation, Wayne State University, 2014. [Consultant & Partner, BELLE Michigan]. [Dissertation]
• Shanshan Qiu, Near Real-time Management of Patient Flow in Health Care Systems, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Ph.D. Dissertation, Wayne State University, 2014 [Research Analyst, Ford Credit]. [Dissertation]
• Mahyar Movahednejad, Adaptive Routing Algorithms for Electrified Vehicles Considerations for Efficiency, Personalization, and Infrastructure, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2015 [Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma]. [Dissertation]
• Peter Chhim, Manufacturing Knowledge Management, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2015 [Corporate Warranty Manager, Tenneco]. [Dissertation]
• Fling (Finn) Tseng, Evolving Clustering Algorithms and their Application for Condition Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017. [Research Engineer, Ford] [Dissertation]
• Mark Dolsen, Developing Innovation Capability in a Mass Production Organization, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017. [President, TRQSS]. [Dissertation]
• Sina Faridimehr, Essays on Stochastic Programming in Service Operations Management, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017. [Dissertation]
• Stephen Rapp, Resilience Engineering with Regions in Set-Based Design, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017. (Co-Advised by Dr. Witus) [Scientist, TARDEC - U.S. Army]. [Dissertation]
• Rita D'Angelo, Deploying Lean Programs in Health Care, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017.
• Greg Hartman, Enhanced Set-Based Design to Engineer Resilience for Long-Lived Systems, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017. (Co-Advised by Dr. Witus) [Scientist, TARDEC - U.S. Army]. [Dissertation]
• Haidar Almohri, Big Data Analytics for Automotive Dealership Performance Management, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2017 [Scientist, Siemens]. [Dissertation]
• Seungyup Lee, Proactive Resource and Task Allocation for Coordination in Service Networks, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2018. [PostDoc, University of Calgary] [Dissertation]
• Samira Fazel Anvaryazdi, Managing Operational Efficiency & Health Outcomes at Outpatient Clinics through Effective Scheduling, Ph.D. Dissertation, Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Wayne State University, 2018. [Visiting Professor, Louisiana Tech University] [Dissertation]