Come out and meet the officers of the Operations Research Grad Student Association (ORGSA) and find out how to navigate research and well being as a Ph.D. student in Operations Research. OR Alums and friends are welcome.
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Navigating Research and Well Being as a Ph.D. Student in Operations Research
Annisa Marlin Masbar Rus
My name is Annisa Marlin Masbar Rus, and I am in my fifth year of the Ph.D. program at ISE. I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universitas Indonesia in Indonesia and my Master’s degree in Service Management and Design from Warwick University in Coventry, U.K., in 2014 and 2016, respectively. My research mainly focuses on natural language processing applications, particularly topic models, in health systems text data that is not clinical note. I have worked on a project aimed at extracting topics from emergency communication during COVID-19 in two health systems and predicting call outcomes from call transcripts of a care management company. My advisor is Dr. Maria Mayorga.
Mat Fukuzawa
My name is Mat Fukuzawa, and I am in my 3rd and final year of my PhD in Operations Research. My research area is the application of blockchain smart contracts. I received a Bachelors in Mathematics from Michigan State University in 2005 and a Masters in Applied Mathematics from the Navel Postgraduate School in 2014. I have been an active-duty Army officer since 2005 and am currently an OR/Systems Analyst I have teaching experience at United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point (’14-’17) and will return their after completion of my PhD. My advisors are Dr. Brandon McConnell, Dr. Michael Kay, Dr. Kristin Thoney-Barletta.
Kuangying Li
My name is Kuangying Li, and I am currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student in operations research. I got my bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and petroleum engineering and my master’s degree in software engineering. My research interests lie in optimization under uncertainty and humanitarian logistics. More specifically, focusing on formulating the optimization model for a reality logistics problem as a location, allocation, or routing problem and developing a solution algorithm for the optimization model while considering the combinatorial complexity due to the large-scale data input and mixed integer decision variables. I am co-advised by Dr. Leila Hajibabai and Dr. Ali Hajbabaie.
Veronica Diaz Pacheco
My name is Veronica Diaz Pacheco. I am a third-year Ph.D. student in Operations Research. I have a bachelor’s degree in economics and statistics and a master’s in industrial engineering. My research focuses on emergency management, energy systems, simulation, and optimization. I’m particularly interested in developing optimization models that inform public policy decisions and aim to promote social welfare. My advisor is Dr. Jordan Kern.
The ORGSA at NC State serves operations research graduate students by fostering communication between students and faculty, establishing and maintaining a sense of identity and community within the OR program, and promoting events, interactions, and programs that enhance the quality of education for students and their outcomes after graduation.
