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Research Group |
| Name | Degree | Research Topic | Expected Graduation |
| Ms. Shahrzad Azizzadeh | PhD (OR Program) | Integrated systems modeling: Civil infrastructure resilience and natural hazards | 2014 |
| Ms. Hana Chmielewski | MS | Resilient coastal infrastructure planning and design | 2013 | Ms. Megan Jaunich | PhD | Policy + technology effects in integrated waste management | 2015 |
| Mr. Brian Piper | PhD (OR Program) | Optimizing and Creating Alternative and Robust Improvement Plans for Civil Infrastructure Systems subject to Natural Hazards | 2013 |
| Ms. Linda Vasil | PhD | Watershed management and ecological implications: The Consequences of Land Use Change to Ecological Flow Regimes | 2014 |
| Name | Degree/Year | Research Topic | Currently at ... |
| Dan Loughlin | MS 1995 PhD 1998 | A Genetic Algorithm-based Optimization Model for Air Quality Management | Research Scientist, US EPA, RTP, NC |
| Eric Solano | MS 1996 PhD 1999 |
Life Cycle-Based Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management | Research Engineer, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) |
| Laura Harrell | PhD 1998 | Methods for Generating Alternatives to Manage Water Quality in Watersheds | Hydraulic Analysis Manager, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Was at Old Dominion University [2003 NSF CAREER Awardee] |
| Sing Yi (Joshua) Fu | PhD 1999 | An optimization Approach for Conjunctive Use of Air Quality Models for Developing Cost-Effective Ozone Control Strategies | Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Ken Harrison | PhD 2002 | Environmental Decision-Making Under Uncertainty |
Research Scientist, NASA |
| Christos Anastasiou | PhD 2002 | Development of a Decision Support Methodology for the Design of Animal Waste Management Strategies to Achieve Regional Environmental Objectives | Assistant Professor Frederick University, Cyprus |
| Jason Dorn | PhD 2004 | Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) to Aid Watershed Management | Partner, Gavel & Dorn Engr. Charlotte, NC |
| Emily Zechman | PhD 2005 | Improving Predictability of Simulation Models using Evolutionary Computation-Based Methods for Model Error Correction | Assistant Professor, NCSU |
| Ozge Kaplan | PhD 2006 | A New Multiple Criteria Decision Making Methodology for Environmental Decision Support | Research Scientist, US EPA, RTP, NC |
| Baha Mirghani | PhD 2007 | High Performance Computing and Environmental contaminant source characterization | CH2M Hill, Gainesville FL |
| Michael Tryby | PhD 2008 | Contaminant Source Monitoring and Characterization in Water Distribution Systems | Research Scientist US EPA, Cincinnati, OH |
| Yong Jung | PhD 2008 | Evolutionary Computation based Pilot Point Methods for Subsurface Characterization | Research Professor Hanyang Univ, Korea |
| Li Liu | PhD 2009 | Real-time Contaminant Source Characterization in Water Distribution Systems |
Associate Professor, School of Civil Engr. Hefei University of Technology, China |
| Jitendra Kumar | PhD 2010 | Asynchronous Hierarchical Parallel Evolutionary Algorithm-Based Framework for Water Distribution Systems Analysis |
Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Lab |
| Hui Wang | PhD 2012 | Improved Streamflow Forecasts in Adaptive Reservoir Operation |
Research Associate, U Texas-Austin |
| Jim Levis | PhD 2013 | A Mathematical Programming Life-Cycle Assessment Model for Solid Waste Management Decision Making |
Research Associate, NCSU |
| Name | Degree/Year | Research Topic | Currently at ... |
| Kevin Neal | MS 1995 | A Decision Support System for the Development of Air Quality Management Strategies | KCI Technologies |
| Heather Hilderbrandt | MS 1996 | A Mixed Integer Approach for the Optimization of Air Quality Control Strategies and the Generation of Alternative Solutions | |
| Bridget Kosmicki | MS 1997 | Evaluation of Alternative Solid Waste Management Strategies in the Presence of Parameter Uncertainty | LaserFiche, Compulink Management Center, CA |
| Patsara Jermwiwatgul | MS 1999 | River Basin Water Quality Management Under Uncertainty | Bangkok Environmental Management Agency, Thailand |
| Dana Gillon | MS 1999 | Alternative Management Strategies for Air Quality Control | |
| Amey Parandekar | MS 1999 | Development of a Decision Support Framework for Integrated Watershed Water Quality Management and a Generic Genetic Algorithm Based Optimizer | Microsoft |
| Kishan Chetan | MS 2000 | Noninferior Surface Tracing Evolutionary Algorithm (NSTEA) for Multiobjective Optimization | SAP |
| Harish Dakshina | MCE 2000 | Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms | |
| Tom Murray | MS 2000 | Application of the Water Quality Management Decision Support System (WQMDSS) in an illustrative watershed management study | WK Dickson-Raleigh |
| Charbel Kodaisy | MCE 2000 | Artificial Neural Network-based Modeling of Water Treatment Plant Operations | AH Environmental Consultants, Inc. |
| Ozge Kaplan | MS 2001 | Consideration of cost and environmental emissions of solid waste management under conditions of uncertainty | Research Scientist, US EPA, RTP |
| Can (Jon) Kuterdem | MS 2001 | Integrated watershed management using a genetic algorithm-based approach | Samsung, Korea |
| Prashant Pai | MS 2001 | Environmental implications of packaging material choice and associated solid waste management alternatives | SAS Institute |
| Jim Halley | MS 2002 | Buffer Classification Framework (BCF): A Classification System Designed to Incorporate High Resolution Image and Topographic Data within a GIS for Riparian Buffer Management | Wildlands Engineering, NC |
| Alper Savas | MCE 2003 | Water treatment plant optimization | Cisco Systems |
| Sunil Rao | MS 2003 | Tchebychef method-based evolutionary algorithm for multiobjective optimization | Merkle, Inc. |
| Partheepan Rajasooriyar | MS 2003 | Hybrid genetic algorithms | E-Trade |
| Kaite Wang | MCE 2004 | Evolutionary Algorithm-based Simulation-Optimization Application to Watershed Management | HDR, River Side, CA |
| Rachel Smith | MCE 2005 | Uncertainty analysis in coliform modeling | |
| Kyutae Lee | MCE 2007 | Life-cycle-based industrial/commercial waste management | |
| Jessica Swanson | MS 2008 | Fuel Life-Cycle Analysis of Hydrogen vs. Conventional Transportation Fuels | Withers & Ravenel |
| Eiman Abbas | MCE 2009 | Hybrid evolutionary algorithms | |
| Brian Piper | MS (OR Program) 2009 | A Decision Framework for Improving Resilience of Civil Infrastructure Systems Considering Effects of Natural Disasters | PhD candidate, NCSU |
| Andrew McNamara | MCE 2011 | Road infrastructure damage assessment due to storm surge | |
| Danielle Touma | MS 2011 | A Quantitative Framework for Assessing the Effects of Climate and Land-use Change on Streamflow | Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Lab |
| Maged Al-Gharably | MS 2013 | Multivariate Function-based Energy Assessment During Early Building Design | Engineer, BEST General Contractor, U.A.E.
PhD candidate, NCSU |
| Rohan Manavi | MR (OR Program) 2013 | Computational implementation of solid waste optimization life cycle framework (SWOLF) | PhD candidate, Rutgers U |
