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Industrial Engineering & Management NewsletterVolume 4, Issue 1 April 2015

Alumni and friends of IEM,

As I write this message on the first day of Spring, we have much to look forward to as we build on the successes we have had in the past few months. I will outline just a few of those here.

First, IEM’s position in the US News and World Reports Graduate program ranking improved from 42 in the past two years to 33 this year! This is a significant jump and we appear to be on track towards our goal of ranking in the top 20 by 2020.

To celebrate accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff and alumni, we have a bell in the newly refurbished IEM lobby (see page 14). This bell is rung by the honoree(s) to celebrate their national or international recognition. In the last few months, we must have rung the bell at least six times, often by more than one person for their individual accomplishments.

I am proud to report that Dr. Cecil was elected as Fellow of ASME. Fellow status is prestigious and is highly competitive. A very small percentage of a professional society’s membership is allocated for Fellows. Our kudos to Dr. Cecil for his contributions to information centric engineering!

Dr. Zhao was conferred the Jim and Lynne Williams Assistant Professorship for her research work in energy generation forecasting and distribution.

Several of our students, faculty and alumni will receive high profile awards at the annual conference of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) in Nashville, TN. We are likely to receive additional awards at the conference and these will not be known until the banquet on June 1st, so I will share the full details of all awardees in the Fall newsletter.

A student team participated in an international simulation competition and placed first. See page 10 for more details. The team competed with 130 teams from all over the world and received high praise for their work. I encourage you to watch the video link in http://www.simio.com/academics/student-competition.php. Congratulations Eric, Kaitlin, Chinnatat, Nuthapong and their advisor, Dr. Ingalls.

Student teams placed first and third in the 2015 South Central Regional Conference Technical Paper Competition organized by University of Oklahoma’s IIE student chapter (see page 11). Student teams from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas participated. Congratulations Andrea Lewis, Katey Luster, Weikao Wu and James Darling! Over the past few years, OSU’s IEM program has had a great track record in making senior design project teams competitive at the national level and winners of competitions.

We are delighted to welcome two new faculty members – Austin Buchanan and Farzad Yousefian – to IEM. Austin completed his Bachelor’s in IEM at OSU and is about to complete his PhD studies at Texas A&M. Farzad completed his PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Penn State. Both will join OSU this fall. Sarah Schmidt is a new administrative support assistant in IEM. Lauren Ferri moved from IEM to the School of Veterinary Medicine as an administrative support assistant and we wish her well in her new job.

Table of ContentsA Message from the School HeadIEM Faculty and Staff Page 2

Who’s Who in IEM Page 2

A Message from School Head Cont. Page 4

Letter from the IAB Page 5

Distinguished Speaker Series Page 6 IEM Seminar Series Page 7 Honors and Awards Pages 8

Fall Graduates Page 13

Lobby Renovations Page 14

Student Chapters Page 15Research Article Page 16Research and Grants Page 18Incoming Graduate Students Page 20

Dr. Sunderesh S. HeraguSchool Head

Dr. Manjunath KamathGraduate Program

Director

Dr. David B. PrattUndergraduate Program

Director

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WHO’S WHO IN IEM

Dr. Manjunath Kamath has been with IE&M for 26 years. Research on object-oriented modeling and simulation led by Regents Professor Joe Mize was a key factor in his joining IE&M in

1989. Dr. Kamath says that he is forever indebted to Professor Mize who inspired him to pursue research and curriculum development in enterprise modeling and information systems. During this time, he also continued his research in analytical modeling using queueing and is thankful to his graduate students who developed the queueing network solver RAQS and have contributed to its enhancement over the years. RAQS has been continuously available on the Web since 1995. Dr. Kamath likes to maintain a balanced portfolio that includes teaching, research, and administrative work. Dr. Kamath believes that it is essential to stay active in research to develop new courses and keep the curriculum current. As the Graduate Program Director, he is responsible for helping new graduate students transition into their degree program and he acts as the advisor for new MS students during their first semester. IE&M provides a conducive atmosphere for learning and I have enjoyed the opportunity to pursue diverse interests and learn new things.

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SPOTLIGHTFACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Dr. Manjunath Kamath

G. Satish, one of Dr. Kamath’s first MS students in 1991, has co-founded a new company! Connixt offers intuitive mobile apps for global supply chain integration - to onboard suppliers and employees, anywhere in the world can commence transactions within minutes, with minimal training/ongoing maintenance. Global Supplier Integration in Minutes™ is the promise. Connixt enables rapid deployment and requires no third party data storage while allowing users to track their assets, share inventory visibility, and connect to transact with suppliers and customers alike. Satish previously co-founded EntComm, a supply-chain software company acquired by Austin-based TAKE Supply Chain in 2011. Satish is a successful entrepreneur with an international track record in supply chain, mobile apps, big data/analytics, and complex enterprise solutions. He believes that the key to successful business growth is a passion for delivering customer delight.

G. SatishALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

IEM Faculty and Staff FACULTY

Dr. Balabhaskar BalasundaramAssociate Professor

Dr. J. CecilAssociate ProfessorDr. Terry CollinsAssociate Professor

Dr. Camille DeYongAssociate Professor

Dr. Jennifer GlennLecturer

Dr. Sunderesh HeraguDepartment Head

Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair

Dr. David PrattAssociate Professor

Undergraduate Program DirectorDr. Chaoyue Zhao

Jim and Lynne Williams Chair Assistant Professor

STAFF Laura Brown

Senior Financial AssistantAdministrative Support Specialist

Megan Hughes Administrative Support Assistant

Sarah Lewis SchmidtAdministrative Support Assistant

Dr. Ricki IngallsAssociate Professor

Dr. Manjunath KamathProfessor

Graduate Program DirectorDr. William J. Kolarik

William Bentley Chair Professor

Dr. Tieming LiuAssociate Professor

Dr. John W. NazemetzAssociate Professor

Dr. Arash PourhabibAssistant Professor


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WHO’S WHO IN IEM

Ann grew up in Houston, Texas where she attended St. Agnes High School. In

high school, she was a part of the engineering team, which sparked her interest in pursuing an engineer-ing degree in college. She chose to pursue a degree in Industrial Engineering at Oklahoma State because she liked the uniqueness. While at OSU, she joined many clubs including Institute of Industrial Engineers, Women Inspiring Successful Engineers, Alpha Phi Mu, and Tau Beta Pi.Once she graduates in May, she will be working at Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, Maryland. Her fa-vorite hobby is baking, and she usually spends her free time watching TV and hanging out with friends or cat.

“Lose your dreams, and you will lose your mind. Ain’t life unkind?” – The Rolling Stones

SPOTLIGHTUNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

SPOTLIGHT

Ann MeisterMASTERS STUDENT

SPOTLIGHT

Uttara Tipnis

Esmaeel Moradi received his B.S. from Sharif University of Technology in 2006 and his M.S. from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) in 2008 both in Industrial Engineering. He has worked more than 3 years for one of the leading ERP companies in Iran developing mathematical models and heuristic algorithms for their software. At OSU, he is working under supervision of Dr. Baski focusing on solving challenging combinatorial optimization problems arising in networks. His dissertation is about detecting low-diameter clusters in graphs which is an important graph-based data mining technique used in social network analysis, bioinformatics, and text mining.

DOCTORAL STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Esmaeel Moradi

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself” - John Dewey

Megan Hughes

Megan joined IEM in October of 2014 as an administrative support assistant to the Graduate Program director. She is originally from the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Her family, including her mom and four younger siblings are all in Minnesota. She received her B.F.A. from Oklahoma State University and specializes in sculpture, oil painting, and mixed media art. She enjoys working on her art and attending art competitions when she can. She is married and lives in Stillwater with her husband, Tom and her cat, George.

STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Uttara earned her bachelor’s degree from Pune University in India, after which, she worked as an assistant with an employability and soft skill training consultancy. During her time in India, she was actively involved in organizing and conducting wildlife camps, and volunteering teach underprivileged children. At OSU, she is working under Dr. Heragu on a clinical decision support system for addressing manic depression. She also served as the treasurer of INFORMS in Fall 2014, and is its president-elect. In the long run, she hopes to work in healthcare analytics to improve patient service. She is an avid reader and is also keenly interested in psychology. She is also a published photographer.

“That you are here - that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.” - O me! O life!, Walt Whitman

WHO’S WHO IN IEM

“We all change, when you think about it. We’re all different people all through our lives. And that’s okay, that’s good, you’ve got to keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear. ” – The Doctor (Doctor Who)

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We instituted a weekly seminar series in Fall 2014 and continue to bring in seminar speakers from academe and industry. If you would like to speak, please send me an email and we will try to slot you in one of our future seminars. We had several speakers last fall including a high profile, widely accomplished speaker from the University of Arkansas (UA). Dr. John A. White, author of numerous top titles in industrial engineering, the former Chancellor of UA, National Academy of Engineering member, former Dean at Georgia Tech, and former President of IIE, gave a compelling talk on leadership. Other speakers are listed on page 7.

We have begun tracking many of the metrics tied to our educational, research, and outreach goals and I have shared some of them in the graphs below.

We are exploring a mentoring program that would allow a group of alumni to mentor lower (freshman and sophomore) and upper class (junior and senior) students throughout their four years. If you have an interest in serving as a mentor, please contact me and I will forward your names to our IAB Chair and two alumni at Wal-Mart who are spearheading this effort. As always we are open to ideas, suggestions and comments on how we can enhance the IEM program at OSU even further. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any suggestions or comments at [email protected].


Head’s Message (Continued)

WHAT’S GOING ON IN IEM

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INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Warren BlackmonMichelin North America

Jason BrittonINTEGRIS HealthKristin Case

Owner, CaseConsultsDan CrawfordPower Costs, Inc.

Industrial Advisory BoardCara Noltensmeyer

Devon EnergyAbhijit RajputCEVA Logistics David Reed

Webco IndustriesMatt Turner

INTEGRIS Health

Stephanie Criner Lockheed Martin Ashley Estes

Miichelin North America Matt Freeman

Burns and McDonnellJeff McKnight

SCIFIT Systems, Inc.

Current IAB Vice-Chair and a Board member since 2012, Dan Crawford has worked with Power Costs, Inc. since 2002 and currently serves the firm as Sr. Director of Operations supporting the firm’s Information Services, Client Services, Release Management, Quality Assurance and Technical Documentation groups. He directs major initiatives in the areas of hosted software, CRM and improving the overall quality of PCI products and their delivery. Mr. Crawford also has a strong background in professional services as well as new product introduction in the software and energy industries.Mr. Crawford has an MBA from Oklahoma City University, a Master’s in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University.

“Variety is the spice of life.” IE’s by training are suited to such a variety of endeavors, and this often leads to a very rewarding and fulfilling career.

Dan Crawford

Want To Be A Board Member?

The OSU IEM Advisory Board continually seeks new members. If you are looking for a great way to give back to your School while networking and influencing the future of IEM, please consider applying. The Board offers the School of IEM industry feedback and assists in maintaining ABET-accreditation. All Board members serve on one of these three committees: The Accreditation Committee works with the IEM Head to maintain ABET-accreditation and can influence curriculum. The Outreach Committee acts as a liaison with IEM alumni and industry to build a pipeline of candidates for Board membership and mentoring opportunities. The Faculty and Student Committee conveys general trends and opportunities within their respective industries and are a resource to help establish a strong foundation as the IEM school pursues its strategic objectives.

Members may to serve up to 2 terms; each term is 3 years. The Board meets once in the Fall and once in the Spring and participates in monthly conference calls. Board members are selected based on several factors, including industry and professional experience. To maintain diversity within the Board, we are currently seeking applicants from the not-for-profit, retail, or financial industries. We are also currently seeking executive level, small business owner, highly experienced (potentially retired), or PhD-holding applicants. Although many members are OSU IEM graduates, this is not a requirement. You do not need to be an OSU graduate or an industrial engineer to benefit the Board and IEM. So, if you are interested in supporting OSU, offering insights to IEM, and looking for an excuse to get to Stillwater twice a year, please contact Warren Blackmon at [email protected].

IAB Spotlight

Letter from the Industrial Advisory Board


INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARD

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER

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Leadership Matters: An Engineers Perspective

On Friday, November 14th 2014, CEAT hosted a seminar by distinguished engineer, professor, and leader, Dr. John A. White. Dr. White served eleven years as the Chancellor of the University of Arkansas and in 2008 he returned to full time professor in Industrial Engineering. Prior, he served as faculty member and Dean of Engineering at Georgia Tech as well as Assistant Director for Engineering at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. He received his BSIE degree from The University of Arkansas, MS from Virginia Tech and PhD from Ohio State. Dr. White is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has served on numerous boards for IIE, AAES, GEM and was elected to membership of Alpha Pi Mu, Golden Key and more. He has also received various awards including the NSF’s Distinguished Service Award, ASEE’s National Engineering Economy Teaching Excellence Award, several awards from IIE, UA IE students presented him with the Best Teacher Award. Dr. White has authored several books, contributed to handbooks, journal articles, encyclopedias and conference proceedings. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and previously served on several others in addition to his consulting experience with AT&T, Briggs & Stratton, Coca-Cola, duPont, Corning, Ford, IBM, U.S. Navy, L.L. Bean, Xerox, and more.

In 2012, The University of Arkansas Engineering Hall was renamed “John A. White Jr. Hall” in honor of Dr. White. The structure is listed in the national register of historic places.

In his presentation, Dr. White drew upon his leadership experience in academia, business, and government to equip engineering students for their individual leadership journeys. Having served on five public corporate boards of directors, founded and led an industrial engineering consulting firm that was subsequently sold to a large public accounting firm, founded and led a university-based research center, led one of the nation’s largest and most respected colleges of engineering, led one of the nation’s land-grant universities, and served on the leadership team for a federal agency, he has faced numerous leadership challenges during his journey. In addition, he has benefited from the advice and counsel from nationally respected leaders in a wide range of organizations. His message was encapsulated in two words: leadership matters.

Dr. John A. White4th Chanceller of the University of Arkansas 1997-2008


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Fall

Aug. 21st- IE&M Introductory Seminar by IEM faculty

Aug. 28th- “Modification of Kernel Fisher Discriminant Analysis”, Dr. Arash Pourhabib, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Sept. 4th- “Data-Driven Risk-Averse Stochastic Program and Renewable Energy Integration”, Dr. Chaoyue Zhao, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Sept. 11th- “State of the Art Evolutionary Algorithms for Multi-Objective Optimization”, Dr. Gary G. Yen, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

October 2nd- “Solving Large Scale Instances of a Special Case of the Quadratic Assignment Problem”, Dr. Eric Moreno-Centeno, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Oct. 9th- “IE skillset, Career Mapping & General Discussion”, Industrial Advisory Board Members

Oct. 30th- “Integer-Linear Models for Optimization in Reliability”, Dr. Kelly Sullivan, University of Arkansas, Fayettville, Arkansas

Nov. 14th- “Leadership Matters: An Engineer’s Perspective”, Dr. John White, University of Arkansas, Fayettville, Arkansas

IEM Seminar Series

Spring

Jan 14th- “Imposing Connectivity Constraints in Integer Programs”, Austin Buchanan, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Jan. 21st- “Distributed Dynamic Event Region Tracking”, Dr. Qi Cheng, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Feb. 4th- “Uncertainty, Nonlinearity & Discreteness in Optimization Problems: Stochastic Approximation Schemes and Applications to Power Systems”, Dr. Farzad Yousefian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Feb. 11th- “Data Analytics for System Performance Improvement”, Mingyang Li, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Feb. 18th- “Data Fusion for Complex System Analysis & Improvements”, Weihong (Grace) Guo, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

March 11th- “Strengthened Benders Cuts for Solving Stochastic Integer Programs with Applications to Service System Scheduling”, Dr. Jim Leudtke, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison Wisconsin

March 25th- “New Formulations and Valid Inequalities for the Optimal Power Flow Problem”, Dr. Santanu Dey, Georgia Institute if Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

April 3rd- Vaccine Prioritization for Effective Pandemic Response, Dr. Eva Lee, Georgia Institute if Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

April 8th- “Risk Constrained Multi-Stage Wind Power Investment”, Dr. Antonio Conejo, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

April 15th- “F-35 Lightning II Systainment Technologies and Processes”, Dr. Neal McCollom, Lockheed-Martin

April 23rd- “The Design of Responsive Sea-Based Logistics Delivery Systems”, Dr. Jennifer Pazour, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Flordia


SEMINAR SERIES

HONORS AND AWARDS


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Dr. Cecil Promoted to ASME Fellow Dr. J. Cecil, Associate professor in the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at OSU has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Dr. Cecil is a leading innovator and educator in the area of information centric engineer-ing and has laid the foundations of a new interdisciplinary area termed “Information Centric En-gineering,” (ICE) which emphasizes the three core facets of modeling, simulation and exchange of information. He is a pioneer in the adoption of e-learning approaches and is a leader in the design of Virtual Learning Environments (involving Virtual Reality based learning mediums) to teach engineering concepts. His recent work involves working with autism and education experts in exploring the impact of virtual environments to teach STEM topics to children with autism. He is part of an inter-university initiative involving the use of the Next Generation Internet which is under development by NSF and other agencies. Dr. Cecil has been active in ASME, having served as the chair of the Material Handling division and organizing numerous symposiums at the annual ASME Congress. He will be recognized at the Annual ASME Congress in November in Houston, TX. “It feels great to be recognized by one’s peers,” said Dr. Cecil. “I want to thank Dr. J.N. Reddy (who nominated me and interestingly is an alumni of OSU’s school of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) and my family for their understanding and support. I also want to acknowledge Ric Mayer (my Ph.D. advisor), students and collaborators inside and outside of OSU who have all played an important role in my overall growth and success.” Cecil acknowledged that Mayer’s ground breaking ideas and perspectives on information modeling and systems engineering during his graduate studies influenced the creation of Information Centric Engineering as an interdisciplinary field. He also added “I have also enjoyed working with faculty in various schools at OSU including Electrical, Mechanical and Aerospace, Civil and Chemical Engineering, and Education, as well as the School of Entrepreneurship”. ASME was founded in 1880 and has more than 140,000 members in 151 countries and only 3,356 of them are Fellow. This non-profit membership organization enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, career enrichment, and skills development across all engineering disciplines toward a goal of helping the global engineering community develop solutions to benefit lives and livelihoods.

Dr. Chaoyue Zhao Receives Chaired Professorship Dr. Chaoyue Zhao, assistant professor in the school of Industrial Engineering and Management now holds the Jim and Lynne Williams Professorship in Energy Technologies. In 2008, Jim and Lynne Williams created the Jim and Lynne Williams Professorship in Energy Technologies to encourage research dedicated to improving energy conservation, developing new sources of energy and improving ways to extract more conventional energy. Jim Williams graduated from Oklahoma State with a degree in Mechanical Engineering while Lynne graduated with a Pharmacy degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Jim as co-owner of Phoenix Petro Corp, Inc., a Texas based company that operates mineral and mining properties in West Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. OSU is a tradition to the Williams family, they have also provided their generous support through service and gifts to the University. Dr. Zhao, as the Jim and Lynne Williams Professorship holder, will continue her work on energy and power related research. She is exploring scientific approaches to address critical and challenging power system problems. Dr. Zhao received her PhD in Industrial Systems Engineering from the University of Florida in 2014, and has received numerous awards and honors including the Graduate Student Council Outstanding Research Award in 2014. Her areas of interest include stochastic integer programming, data-driven risk-averse stochastic optimization, power grid security, as well as energy policy analysis and renewable energy management. The Spring Medallion Ceremony, on Thursday, February 26th, 2015 celebrated and recognized chair and professorship donors and introduced them to the faculty chair holders from across Oklahoma State University/Stillwater campus.

ALUMNI PAGE

Lyndon C. Taylor is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Devon Energy Corporation. He joined Devon in September 2005, and became Executive Vice President and General Counsel in January 2007. Devon is a leading independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Devon’s operations are focused onshore in the United States and Canada.

How has the IEM degree helped you? My IEM degree taught me how to think dif-ferently. It has helped me learn how to look at processes and systems with a mindset of making those processes and systems more efficient and more productive. I have used those skills throughout my career as a lawyer. Because the majority of my 30-year career was spent assisting clients developing large energy infrastructure projects, such as pipelines, refineries, liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, and petrochemical plants, I have had numerous opportunities to utilize the skills I learned in the OSU IEM program in connection with the management of those projects. During my nine years at Devon Energy, I have continued to benefit from my IEM background as I work in my leadership role to promote management philosophies of continuous productivity and quality im-provement throughout our company.

What aspects of your affiliation with OSU (while you were a student) or your faculty interactions stand out? While at OSU as a student, I had the pleasure of being involved in the Engineering Student Council and the Student Gov-ernment Association where I learned a lot about leadership and working with other people. The opportunities to interact with the faculty sponsors for those organizations was also incredibly rewarding. What has motivated you to stay engaged with OSU years after you have graduated? Throughout my career, I have benefited enormously from my IEM degree and my leadership experiences at OSU. Therefore, I feel an obligation to “give back” to OSU in order to provide the current students the types of opportunities that I was afforded. What do you think the future holds for current IEM students? I think the future for IEM students is very bright. An IEM degree provides a great blend of engineering skills and business acumen. This unique combination of skills, together with the mindset of “trying to figure out how to do things better,” affords current IEM students a lot of flexibility in their careers. I am attempting to encourage the engineers at Devon, who might typically focus on hiring only petroleum, me-chanical, or chemical engineers, to hire more IEM graduates and to recognize the broad skill set they bring to the job. My own career as a corporate transactional attorney working on project development and financing transactions is a great example of the kind of flexibility that IEM graduates have in their careers. One or two highlights of your career. From 1995 through 2005, I had the opportunity to serve as the lead project counsel for several energy development companies that were developing and constructing LNG projects around the world. Each of these projects involved billion dollars of investment and several years to develop, finance, and construct the project. In my role as lead project counsel, I worked closely with the senior business representatives and engineers in the overall management of these projects. I negotiated and drafted the construction and operating agreements for these projects and assisted in the project management. The other significant highlight of my career was the opportunity to join Devon in 2005 and take over the management of the Corporate Legal Department. Because Devon had grown so rapidly in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, the company had experienced some growing pains. When I arrived in 2005, the leadership team was recognizing the need to focus on the way we conducted our business. I have been very fortunate to be part of the management team that has over the last few years restructured our company’s operating portfolio and promoted continuous improvement in all of our processes. Why is international exposure important for today’s engineers? How would they benefit from availing of study abroad opportunities? I whole-heartedly endorse international exposure for today’s engineers. During my ca-reer, I have had the opportunity to travel to several dozen foreign countries. Each of those experiences enriched my life and helped me learn how to deal with people from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds. I would encourage all IEM students that have the opportunity to study abroad to give serious consideration to those opportunities.


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Q&A With Lyndon Taylor

A team of four Oklahoma State University Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) students won first place in a worldwide student simulation contest hosted by Simio. Eric Gilbert, Kaitlin Kliewer, Chinnatat Methapatara and Nutthapong Kerdkwan took home top honors and were awarded $1,500 in prize money. The competition was held online in December.

“The simulation competition was a great opportunity to learn more about very valuable software packages as well as a great opportunity to make new friends,” says Gilbert.

Simio’s biannual simulation contest is open to both graduate and undergraduate student

teams. The 2014 competition included 425 participants in 130 teams from 13 countries and 27 universities. Students were presented a problem that included investigating a new start-up business at airports that allows passengers to drop-off their car at a parking facility at the airport. In addition to free parking, they may receive rental income for their car while they are away. With given information, students had to create a strategy that would address specific problems. Resolving the problem challenged students’ model-building skills, project management, video production and presentation skills and required creativity.

The team’s objective was to determine the best layout and make operational decisions to maximize the chance of success and produce acceptable service levels. The team had a month to do all the work, which included a presentation and simulation video, a two-page executive summary and a 25-page explanatory report.

“To find the best solution or recommendation, we ran over a million simulations testing different values for the variables we had, and Chinnatat’s computer was running the simulations for over a week straight,” says Kliewer.

IEM’s team, named Cowboy Nation Simulation, was mentored by professor Ricki Ingalls, Ph.D. who is Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at Oklahoma State University. The team members came together in Dr. Ingalls’ simulation class and all took part in the Industrial and Management Program. Gilbert and Kliewer are from Oklahoma and Methapatara and Kerdkwan are originally from Thailand. The students said they enjoyed working on the model and have gained a lot of experience.

“I’ve learned to use the program more and gained valuable experience,” says Kliewer. “I enjoy working with the program and this might be something I would like to do in the future.”

The competition taught students not only simulation but time management and cooperation as well. Students planned their time in order to meet the goal and presented all the important details in a 15-minute presentation. Overall experience and outcome is beneficial for both. Simio gets a chance to increase awareness and promote the company, while students improve their skill with a chance to win cash prizes. See http://www.simio.com/academics/student-competition.php

IEM STUDENTS WIN WORLDWIDE SIMULATION COMPETITION

HONORS AND AWARDS


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Dr. Ingalls, Eric Gilbert, Kaitlin Kliewer, Chinnatat Mathapatara, and Nutthapong Kerdkwan


HONORS AND AWARDS

At the 2015 IIE Regional Conference held at OU in Norman, OSU garnered two of the three awards! A Fall 2014 Senior Design team, Andrea Lewis, Katey Luster and Weikao Wu, placed first for work they did for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. The logistics, routing, and software tuning recommendations they made had the potential to double the amount of food that can be distributed to the homeless and the hungry in Oklahoma using existing resources. This translates to 90,000 meals per week or more than 4 million meals per year! A panel of judges as well as the audience, were very impressed with the work, report, and presentation. Thanks to Dr. Baski for mentoring the team, Dr. Heragu and Dr. Nazemetz for guiding the team as the class instructors last Fall and Steve Moran for working with the team on the project. The team will now go on to the international competition in Nashville in early June.

James Darling, currently a sophomore, placed third with a paper based on his nternship with a civil engineering company last summer. He was inspired by the things he learned in Dr. DeYong’s Intro to IE class and developed models to optimize the staking, drilling, and lab testing processes in the company. He demonstrated via a report, spreadsheet models and a presentation that his work could save a fast-growing company in Dallas/Fort Worth with 190 employees, approximately $300,000 each week. IIE Student Chapter President Ian Giese and Dr. Heragu guided James.

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2015 IIE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Andrea Lewis and James Darling

OSU IEM students and faculty at the IIE South Central Regional Conference

HONORS AND AWARDS

IEM Alumni Lauren Wolf receives SWE Distinguished New Engineer Award Oklahoma State IEM Alumni Lauren M. Wolf who is a supplier program manager on B-1B for Boeing has received the Society of Women Engineers Distinguished New Engineer award. The awards are presented annually to women who have demonstrated outstanding technical performance, as well as leadership in professional organizations and the community, and are in the first 10 years of their career. Since college, Lauren has been a dedicated Society of Women Engineers member and has held numerous leadership roles including section president, section representative, vice president, secretary, company focal and Region Lt. Governor. Lauren has had great success expanding membership, programs and company sponsorships. She is a determined advocate for SWE, its members and the young girls considering engineering as a career choice. Through SWE, Lauren has continued to give back by mentoring Girl Scouts, and planning, leading, and presenting at Girl Scout events. Over the past several years, Lauren has mentored approximately 1200 adolescents and teens encouraging them to pursue engineering. She tries to break down the engineering stereotype by giving girls a positive role model who knows how to have good, clean fun! “I am overwhelmed and extremely honored to have the society recognize my work and dedication to the STEM environment. I have found so much joy and purpose in building up membership in sections and helping girls realize that they too can be innovators, scientists, and change the world! I know that SWE made a huge impact on my life, and I only hope to help make that impact on the upcoming generation of girls.” Lauren has also received the “Most Promising Engineer Award” from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society in 2012. She is also a member of AISES (American Indian Science & Engineering Society) and NAESC (National Association of Engineering Student Councils) Advisory Board.

STUDENTS RECEIVE MHEFI SCHOLARSHIP On January 23, IE&M faculty and staff met to celebrate four students who received the Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. (MHEFI) scholarships. In addition, they recognized Dr. Nazemetz for receiving his 35-year of service plaque. Laura Brown and Lauren Ferri were recognized for receiving Certificates of Achievement for the Ambassadors program, as well. The 2014-2015 MHEFI Scholarship recipients were undergrads Connor Mojo, Daniel Anderson and Sam Cannon and graduate student, Esmaeel Moradi.

About MHEFI Established in 1976 with a mission to promote the study of material handling, logistics, and supply chains by exposing students and educators to the industry through financial support, MHEFI is an independent charitable organization. Since 1976, more than $2 million in scholarships and grants have been awarded to students at 77 colleges and universities. For more information about the MHEFI and eligibility requirements, please visit: http://www.mhi.org/mhefi.


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HONORS AND AWARDS


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IEM Alumni Lauren Wolf receives SWE Distinguished New Engineer Award


OSU held its fall commencement ceremony on December 12th and 13th . We would like to congratulate the following IEM students for their hard-work and dedication during their time at OSU.

BSIEAndrea J Allen

Erika Lara Glyckherr Brown, Mason M Faulkner

Christina G GarfieldDevin D Hedgepeth Deyawna P Jackson

Taylor Breeana MoodyErica N Poe

Chad R Scott Patricia A TandraSamuel J Webb

MSShriram GoreAbhishek Iyer

Christopher MayorTanmay Patil

Johanna Perez Alvins Jerry Pribyl

Vishal Tamraparni Justin Whisenant

PhD Akkarapol Sa Ngasoongsong

Yingjue Zhou

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Fall Graduation Luncheon

Erika Brown with the Faculty Andrea Allen and family

Devin Hedgepeth and family Dr. Liu, Tanmay Patil and his guiest, Shriram Gore, Dr. Kolarik, Johanna Perez Alvins

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INFORMS (Institute For Operations Research and Management Sciences) is one of the most prestigious professional organizations in the world which brings together professors, students, industrial practitioners, and researchers in the fields of Operations research, analytics and many more specializations. It is a common platform in which people share the opportunities of research and career with the fellow members. The student chapter representing INFORMS was formed at OSU with nine students from Industrial Engineering and Management and the Department Of Management (Business School) as the chapter’s officers. The members of INFORMS student chapter have been conducting numerous activities each year in order to benefit students. Activities include brown bag seminars, software workshops for students, field trips, and interactive sessions with representatives from Industrial. INFORMS- OSU has attained national recognition with its continuing efforts towards students development. INFORMS recognizes the efforts of this student chapter every year by presenting their prestigious awards including Cum Laude and Magna Cum Laude awards.

Alpha Pi MuIndustrial Engineering

Honor Society

The purpose of Alpha Pi Mu is to bring distinction to those who have achieved academic excellence, to promote schol-arly activities, and to foster an atmosphere for social in-

teraction between students and faculty. Be-ing a part of Alpha Pi Mu gives an individual scholarship and volunteer opportunities. This semester, Alpha Pi Mu is planning a tailgate and a food drive. Alpha Pi Mu’s advisor is Dr. Terry Collins. The society is open to juniors, seniors, and graduate students who meet the membership requirements. For more infor-mation about Alpha Pi Mu you can contact Nicole Simmons at [email protected].

IIE is the student or-ganization dedicated to professional devel-opment through edu-cation and networking opportunities. OSU’s student chapter hosts social activities such as a picnic every semes-

ter, information sessions for companies seek-ing students for internships and full time jobs, and continuing education including Six Sigma Green Belt Certification through IIE Headquar-ters. The organization also takes field trips to companies to learn what Industrial Engineers will do in each respective field, and attends re-gional and national conferences and competi-tions as well as networking with practicing pro-fessionals. Membership is through the national organization and comes with a subscription to IE Magazine which highlights current trends in Industrial Engineering. Please be sure to like us on Facebook (IIE Oklahoma State) for more information, or contact us directly at [email protected]

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1. Renewable Power and Its Intermittent NatureRenewable energy, e.g., wind and solar power, has been given high priority by regulators, due to its positive impacts on greenhouse gas reduction, water conservation, and energy security. To promote the growth of renewable energy generation, many countries in Europe and more than 30 states in the U.S. have established the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) regulations, which require a certain percentage of electricity to be produced from renewable sources. For instance, German sets the target to generate 35% of electricity by 2020 and 80% by 2050 from renewable sources, and the California Public Utilities Commission enforces at least 33% of the electricity retail sales from renewable energy by 2020 [1]. As a result, renewable energy has seen an increasing penetration into the power grid. The prediction of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)is that renewable electricity generation can provide more than 80% of total U.S. electricity generation by 2050 while satisfying hourly-based electricity demand in every region of the United States [2].

However, the intermittent nature of the renewable energy brings a high degree of uncertainty to both the supply side and the load side of the power system, and consequently brings profound challenges to maintain the stability and reliability of power grids. The output of renewable energy could change dramatically within a short period of time, and it is very difficult to predict accurately. Thus the penetration of renewable energy brings considerable uncertainties into the power grids and make the ISOs’ (Independent System Operators) decision-making process much more complicated. If these fluctuations in the renewable power generation cannot be addressed, transmission violations, load blackouts and even cascading failures may occur in real time, which could require high-priced remedial actions to correct potential system imbalance. Therefore, the intermittency and unpredicted nature of renewable energy bring significant challenges to both individual energy suppliers and the ISOs.

If the power grid cannot absorb the entire renewable generation, due to physical constraints (e.g., ramping limits of conventional generators and transmission line capacities) and system constraints (e.g., load balance requirement), renewable energy will be curtailed to avoid energy congestion of the system. Therefore, the unused renewable energy becomes a waste, and consequently, the curtailment of renewable energy will lead to low utilization of renewable power and dampen the incentives for renewable power investment in the long run. In addition, excessive reserves are required in case that the actual renewable generation output is much lower than its predicted level. If, due to the large variation from the unprecedented scale of renewable energy, the reserve generation capacity is not sufficient to cover the energy shortage, expensive remedied actions (e.g., committing quick start resources) will need to be taken to correct potential system imbalance, which triggers high costs to maintain the power system. For the individual renewable energy supplier, if the actual renewable output is less than the committed level because of the intermittency, the renewable energy supplier may face shortage penalties.

2. Backup Capacity CoordinationOver the years, industry has devoted significant effort to dealing with uncertainties in the power system. There are a few options for the renewable suppliers to cover the shortage and to mitigate the renewable intermittency, but they all have their own limitations. The energy storage capacities (e.g. batteries, flywheels, pumped hydro storage, etc.) from ancillary service providers are expensive, and their high costs hinder large-volume installations. The balancing market does not guarantee it will provide enough power to cover the renewable supplier’s shortage, due to the uncertainty of both the supply and the demand sides. Another option is to buy backup power made from dispatchable source which can be turned on and off in short time.

Efficient Power Capacity Coordination and Demand Response Facing Renewable Energy PenetrationDr. Chaoyue Zhao and Dr. Tieming Liu

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However, this means the backup power supplier needs to carry all the intermittent risk and that it probably won’t build up enough backup capacity for the renewable supplier without significant incentives. Therefore, an efficient mechanism that can provide incentives to the backup energy supplier to coordinate its capacity decision is needed.

To encourage backup power suppliers to build enough capacity, we design a coordination mechanism where the renewable supplier offers the conventional supplier free or discounted tradable green certificate (TGC) proportional to the backup capacity. For this purpose, we establish a game theory framework to model the market structure with a renewable supplier and a conventional supplier. We show that the coordination mechanism leads to the global optimal investment of backup power capacity and system profit, and the profit can be arbitrarily allocated between the two parties by adjusting the wholesale price of the backup power. Compared with the baseline case without coordination, the coordination mechanism can achieve Pareto improvement for both parties and improve social welfare.

3. Robust Demand Response ModelDemand response (DR) aims to manage end-use consumers’ electricity consumption patterns via time-varying prices, or by offering financial incentives to reduce the consumption of electricity at times of high electricity prices or when system reliability is jeopardized [5]. DR can benefit load-serving entities, consumers, and independent system operators (ISOs) [3]–[5]. In particular, for ISOs, DR can help balance electricity consumption and generation, and can therefore ensure a more stable, reliable, and controllable power grid.

DR has been shown to be an efficient approach to reduce peak load [3, 4]. The U.S. Department of Energy has predicted that by 2019, the total U.S. peak demand could be reduced 20% by DR with full participation [6]. In order to “ensure that demand response is treated comparably to other resources,” the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requires that ISOs and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) “accept bids from demand response resources in their markets for certain ancillary services, comparable to other resources” [7]. Several regional grid operators (e.g., NYISO, PJM, ISO-NE, and ERCOT) have provided opportunities for consumers to participate in DR programs in order to integrate DR resources into the wholesale energy market step-by-step. DR has the potential to accommodate renewable power output uncertainty. For instance, when the renewable power output is higher than expected, DR programs can help absorb the extra renewable power. On the other hand, DR programs can help decrease the load when the renewable power output is low. More importantly, this approach can be widely applied, as compared to pumped storage hydro.

In current research, DR has been mostly modeled as a fixed price-elastic demand curve. However, due to a variety of reasons including lack of attention, latency in communication, and change in consumption behavior, the actual price-elastic demand curve is uncertain in nature [8]. In other words, the actual response from the consumers in real time could be different from forecasted values. Therefore, the consumer behavior should be modeled by an uncertain price-elastic demand curve, which means consumers have different response patterns to the electricity prices under different scenarios. We develop an efficient, robust, unit commitment approach that can consider renewable power output uncertainty and inexact DR information, allowing the price-elastic demand curve to vary within a certain range.

Reference:[1] California Public Utilities Commission. Decision setting procurement quantity requirements for retail sellers for the renewables portfo-lio standard program. 2011.[2] T. Mai, R. Wiser, D. Sandor, G. Brinkman, G. Heath, P. Denholm, D. J. Hostick, N. Darghouth,A. Schlosser, and K. Strzepek. Exploration of high-penetration renewable electricity futures. Renewable Electricity Futures Study, 2012.[3] C. Su and D. Kirschen, “Quantifying the effect of demand response on electricity markets,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1199–1207, Aug. 2009.[4] D. Kirschen, “Demand-side view of electricity markets,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 520–527, May 2003.[5] U.S. Department of Energy, Benefits of Demand Response in Electricity Markets and Recommendations for Achieving Them, 2006. [Online]. Available: http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/ems/reports/congress-1252d.pdf.[6] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, A National Assessment of Demand Response Potential, 2009. [Online]. Available: http://www.ferc.gov/legal/staff-reports/06-09-demand-response.pdf.[7] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Wholesale Competition in Regions With Organized Electric Markets: FERC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 2007. [Online]. Available: http://www.kirkland.com/siteFiles/Publications/C430B16C519842DE1AEB2623F7D-E21D6.pdf.[8] N. Navid-Azarbaijani, Load Model and Control of Residential Appliances. Montreal, QC, Canada: McGill Univ., 1996.



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F. Mahdavi Pajouh, Z. Miao, and B. Balasundaram. A branch-and-bound approach for maximum quasi-cliques. Annals of Operations Research, 216(1):145--161, 2014. Z. Miao, B. Balasundaram and E. L. Pasiliao. An exact algorithm for the maximum probabilistic clique problem. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 28(1):105–120, 2014.S. Butenko, O. Yezerska, and B. Balasundaram. Variable objective search. Journal of Heuristics, Special Issue on Unconstrained Quadratic Binary Optimization, 19(4):697-709, 2013. M. Carvalho, A. Sorokin, V. Boginski, and B. Balasundaram. Topology Design for On- Demand Dual-Path Routing in Wireless Net works. Optimization Letters, Special Issue on Dynamics of Information Systems, 7(4):695- 707, 2013.F. Mahdavi Pajouh, B. Balasundaram, and O. Prokopyev. On characterization of maximal independent sets via quadratic optimization. Journal of Heuristics, Special Issue on Unconstrained Quadratic Binary Optimization, 19(4):629-644, 2013.F. Mahdavi Pajouh, D. Xing, Y. Zhou, S. Hariharan, B. Balasundaram, T. Liu, and R. Sharda. A specialty steel bar company uses analytics to determine available-to-promise dates. Interfaces, 43(6):503-517, 2013.S. Trukhanov, C. Balasubramaniam, B. Balasundaram, and S. Butenko. Algorithms for detecting optimal hereditary structures in graphs, with application to clique relaxations. Computational Optimization and Applications, 56(1):113-130, 2013.J. Cecil, Jones, J., An Advanced Virtual Environment for Micro Assembly, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.72, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 47-56.

Research Articles

H. Panetto, M. Zdravkovic, Jardim-Goncalves, D. Romero, J. Cecil, I. Mezgar, New Perspectives for Future Interoperable Enterprise Systems”, accepted for publication, Computers in Industry, Special Issue: “Future Perspectives on Next Generation Enterprise Information Systems: Emerging Domains and Application Environments”J. Cecil and Cruz, M., A Collaborative Framework for Simulation Environments in Micro Surgery, accepted for publication, International Journal of Virtual RealityA. Gupta, G.W. Evans and S.S. Heragu, “Simulation and Optimization Modeling for Drive-Through Mass Vaccination – A Generalized Approach,” Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory, 32:99-106, 2013.B. Ekren, S.S. Heragu, A. Krishnamurthy and C.J. Malmborg, “Matrix-Geometric Solution for Semi Open Queuing Network Model of Autonomous Vehicle Storage and Retrieval System,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, 68:78-88, 2014.D. Roy, A. Krishnamurthy, S.S. Heragu, and C.J. Malmborg, “Blocking Effects in Ware house Systems with Autonomous Vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 11(2):439-454, 2014.U.R. Tuzkaya, S.S. Heragu, G.W. Evans and M.L. Johnson (2011), Designing a Large-Scale Emergency Network – A Case Study for Kentucky,”European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 8(4):513-534, 2014. “X. Cai, S.S. Heragu and Y. Liu “Modeling and Evaluating the AVS/RS with Tier-to-Tier Vehicles Using Semi-Open Queuing Network,” IIE Transactions, 46(9):905-927, 2014.Padmanabhan, H. and M. Kamath, “The need for a modular approach to IT solutions,” IEEE IT Professional, accepted for publication.


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“K. Satyam, A. Krishnamurthy, and M. Kamath, “Solving general multi-class closed queuing networks using parametric decomposition,” Computers and Operations Research, 40:1777-1789, 2013.Y. Zhou, T. Liu. Impacts of the Renewable Portfolio Standard on Regional Electricity Markets. Accepted for Publication at Journal of Energy Engineering, 2014. A. Pourhabib, Huang, J. Z.,Wang, K., Zhang, C.,Wang, B. and Ding, Y., Modulus prediction of Buckypaper based on multi fidelity analysis involving latent variables, IIE Transactions, 47 (2), 141-152, 2015.A. Pourhabib, Liang, F. and Ding, Y., Bayesian site selection for fast Gaussian process regression, IIE Transactions, 46 (5), 543-555, 2014.A. Pourhabib, Mallick, B. K. and Ding, Y., Absent data generating classifier for imbalanced class sizes, Journal of Machine Learning Research, accepted 2015.A. Pourhabib, Huang, J. Z., and Ding, Y., Short- term wind speed forecast using measurements from multiple turbines in a wind farm, Technometrics, in press, 2015.C. Zhao, J. Wang, J. P. Watson and Y. Guan, “Multi-stage robust unit commitment considering wind and demand response uncertainties,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 28: 2708:-2717, 2013.C. Zhao, Q.Wang, J.Wang, Y. Guan, “Expected value and chance constrained stochastic unit commitment ensuring wind power utilization,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 29: 2696 - 2705, 2014.C. Zhao, Y. Guan, “Extended formulations for stochastic lot-sizing problem,” Operations Re search Letters, 42:278-283, 2014.C. Zhao, Y. Guan, “United stochastic and robust unit commitment,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 28: 3353-3361, 2013

Research Grants

B. Balasundaram, Hicks, Collaborative Research: Risk Averse Cluster Detection in Network Models of Big Data Under Measurement Uncertainty, National Science Foundation, 2014-2017, $271,649.S. Butenko, V. Boginski and B. Balasundaram Clique Relaxations in Biological and Social Network Analysis:Foundations and Algorithms, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 7/12 – 6/15, $452,942.J. Cecil, Research Experiences in Information Centric Engineering, National Science Foundation REU, 8/14-8/17, $360,000.J. Cecil, EAGER: US IGNITE: A gigabit network and Cyber Physical framework for Advanced Manufacturing, National Science Foundation, 10/14-10/16, $237,210.J. Cecil, EAGER: US IGNITE: Web-architectures for Extensible, Adaptable and Scalable Manufacturing, National Science Foundation, 9/12-8/15, $50,000.J. Cecil, COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EAGER: US IGNITE:Exploring Ultrafast Networks for Training Surgeons Using Virtual Reality Based Enviornments, National Science Foundation, 9/12-8/15, $157,000.S.S. Heragu, M. Kamath, C. DeYong, Real-time Decision Support System for Healthcare and Public Health Protection, University of Louisville Research Foundation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 8/13-6/14, $480,002.S.S. Heragu, B. Balasundaram, M. Kamath and T. Liu, “RFID Technology Center at the University of Louisville,” Defense Logistics Agency, 1/14-3/14, $235,000.W. Kolarik, Industrial Assessment Center Program, U.S. Department of Energy, 2011- 2016, $1,500,000. T. Liu, S. Bukkapatnam, Y. Hong, N. Wang and H. Yu, Black Ice Detection and Road Closure and Warning Control System for Oklahoma, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 10/12-9/14, $230,544.J. Nazemetz, Motorcycle Crash Causation Study, United States Department of Transportation- Federal Highway Administration, 2012 - 2016, $3,531,600



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