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The operations research area focuses on optimization, stochastic processes, applied probability and risk analysis.
Dr. Manish Bansal is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech. He received his doctoral degree from the department in 2014. His research interests include operations research, integer programming, stochastic and distributionally robust optimization, and location science.
Dr. Austin Buchanan is an assistant professor at Oklahoma State University. He received his doctoral degree from the department in 2015. His research interests include solving combinatorial optimization problems in networks, particularly those with connectivity or distance constraints, including applications in political redistricting. Buchanan received the 2020 National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
Dr. Adolfo R. Escobedo is an assistant professor at Arizona State University. He received his doctoral degree from the department in 2016. His research interests include computational social choice, power systems operation and planning, circular economy and computational linear algebra.
Dr. Michelle Alvarado is an assistant professor at the University of Florida. She received her master’s degree in 2010 and doctoral degree in 2014, both from the department. Her research interests include improving the operation of complex systems under uncertainty through the use of integrated simulation and optimization methods applied to health care systems engineering for decision-making under uncertainty.