Current Students
Current PhD Students
ABDULLAH ALBELADI
PhD Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Research Areas: optimization; game theory; carbon capture, utilization, and storage; electricity resource adequacy
Previous: MS, Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan; BS, Industrial Engineering, King Abdulaziz University
STEPHEN BLANDFORD
PhD Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Research Areas: electricity resilience; network optimization; computable general equilibrium modeling
Previous: BS, Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin
CONNOR COLOMBE Link to Connor’s Website
PhD Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Research Areas: optimization under uncertainty; decision analysis; energy policy; carbon capture, utilization, and storage
Previous: MS, Computer Science, UT Dallas; BS, Physics and Mathematics, Harvey Mudd
NINA HEBEL
PhD Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Research Areas: energy policy; electricity resilience; power sector planning; cost-benefit analysis
Previous: MS, Energy and Earth Resources, UT Austin; BS, Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University
YASH KUMAR
PhD Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Co-supervised with Raghu Bollapragada
Research Areas: optimization; nonlinear programming; statistical modeling
Previous: MS, Energy Science, Carnegie Mellon; BTech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi
DONGHAO LIU
PhD Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Co-supervised with Jonathan Bard
Research Areas: optimization; investment planning; project scheduling; energy industry
Previous: BEng, Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
HUIDI MA
PhD Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Co-supervised with John Hasenbein
Research Areas: sampling; risk analysis; biosecurity; invasive species
Previous: BS, Mathematics and Statistics, Wuhan University
KATRINA MAYNOR
PhD Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Co-supervised with Eric Bickel
Research Areas: decision analysis; innovation management; portfolio optimization
Previous: BS, Mechanical Engineering (minor in Business), Texas A&M
Current MS Students
LIBO XU
MS Student, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Co-supervised with Lina Sela
Research Areas: energy-water nexus; optimization; statistical modeling
Previous: BS, Mathematics and Statistics (Minor in CSE), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Alumni
PhD Graduates
RACHEL MOGLEN Link to Rachel’s website
PhD, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2024)
Currently: Research Scientist at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
NAN ZHANG
PhD, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2022)
Currently: Research Scientist at Amazon Lab 126
BATURAY CALCI
PhD, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2022)
Co-supervised with Jonathan Bard
Currently: Senior Scientist at Uber
ERICK JONES, JR. Link to Erick’s website
PhD, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2021)
Currently: Assistant Professor (tenure track) at UT Arlington
GOPIKA JAYADEV
PhD, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2021)
Co-supervised with Jonathan Bard
Currently: Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Apple
QIANRU ZHU
PhD, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2021)
Currently: Research Scientist at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
MILAD EGHTEDARI NAEINI
PhD, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2021)
Co-supervised with Eric Bickel
Currently: Senior Data Scientist at Circle K
ARKASAMA BANDYOPADHYAY Link to Arkasama’s website
PhD, Mechanical Engineering (2020)
Co-supervised with Michael Webber
Currently: Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M
MAX BROZYNSKI
PhD, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2020)
Currently: Senior Director at FTI Consulting
URAIRISA “BIRDY’ PHATHANAPIROM
PhD, Mechanical Engineering (2018)
Co-supervised with Derek Haas
Currently: Nonproliferation Data Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
MS Graduates
AIDAN PIMENTEL
MS, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2024)
Co-supervised with Eric Bickel
Currently: Business Development Analyst at Repsol
LE “HELEN’ LU
MS, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2022)
Currently: Research Scientist, Machine Learning at FORTNA
SEAN CORCORAN
MS, Energy and Earth Resources (2022)
Co-supervised with John Butler
Currently: Senior Associate at CIP Terra Technologies
ELLA MORTON
MS, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2021)
Co-supervised with Shadi Goodarzi
Currently: Project Manager at Apple
ELI RAMTHUN
MS, Energy and Earth Resources (2021)
Co-supervised with David Adelman
Currently: Planning Analyst – Resource Adequacy at ERCOT
EIJI KAWAI
MS, Energy and Earth Resources (2021)
Currently: Chief Engineer at Chiyoda Corporation and PhD Student, Electrical Engineering and Information Systems at the University of Tokyo
CADE BOURQUE
MS, Mechanical Engineering (2020)
Co-supervised with Kevin Clarno
Currently: Graduate Research Assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory
BRITTANY SPEETLES
MS, Mechanical Engineering (2020)
Co-supervised with Michael Webber
Currently: Researcher II at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
CHRIS LANHAM
MS, Energy and Earth Resources (2018)
Currently: Vice President, Project Development at Bluewing Midstream
PETER TUTTON
MS, Energy and Earth Resources (2018)
Co-supervised with Susan Hovorka
Currently: Senior Consultant at AFRY
KUNAL PUNJABI
MS, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (2017)
Currently: Software Engineer at Harmoney
Former Postdoctoral Researchers
BALASUBRAMANIAN SAMBASIVAM Link to Bala’s website
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2021-2023
Co-supervised with John Hasenbein & Kara Kockelman
Currently: Assistant Professor (tenure track) at Mahindra University