Former Postdocs
(Job listed indicates position soon after completing postdoc from MIT.)
Hoda Bidkhori, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, MIT
- Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Lina Sela, Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering, Israel Institute of Technology
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architecture, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Devendra Shelar, Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering, MIT
- Software Engineer, Google Cloud Group
Former PhD Students
(Job listed indicates position soon after Ph.D. Degree from MIT.)
Li Jin, Ph.D in Transportation, 2018
- Thesis: Resilient operations of smart highways: platooning, ramp metering, and incident management
- Assistant Professor, Civil and Urban Engineering, New York University
Mathieu Dahan, Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering, 2019
- Thesis: Strategic and analytics-driven inspection operations for critical infrastructure resilience
- Assistant Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech
Andrew C. Lee, Ph.D in Transportation, 2019
- Thesis: Analytics-driven routing of inspection crews and aerial sensors for post-disaster damage assessment
- Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences, United States Military Academy West Point
Jeffrey Liu, Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering, 2019
- Thesis: On traffic disruptions: event detection from visual data and Bayesian congestion games
- Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Devendra Shelar, PhD. in Computational Science and Engineering, 2019
- Thesis: Resilient operations of smart electricity networks under security and reliability failures
- Software Engineer, Google Cloud Group
Hao-Yu (Derek) Chang, Ph.D. in Computational Science and Engineering, 2021
- Thesis: Risk Assessment and Optimal Response Strategies for Resilience of Electric Power Infrastructure to Extreme Weather
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Manxi Wu, Ph.D. in Social and Engineering Systems, 2021
- Thesis: Information, Learning and Incentive Design for Urban Transportation Networks
- Assistant Professor, Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University [starting in Fall 2022]
Former Masters Students
(Job listed indicates position soon after completion of Masters Degree from MIT.)
Jeffrey Liu, Masters in Computation for Design and Optimization, 2015
- Thesis: On the effect and value of Information in Bayesian routing games
- Continued PhD studies at MIT
Gaurev Kumar, Masters in Computation for Design and Optimization, 2015
- Thesis: Data-driven models for reliability prognostics of gas turbines
- Data Scientist, PayPal
Abhishek Sethi, Masters in Computation for Design and Optimization, 2016
- Thesis: Evaluating intrusion detection systems for energy diversion attacks
- Machine Learning Scientist, Amazon
Mathieu Dahan, Masters in Computation for Design and Optimization, 2016
- Thesis: Network security and min-cost max-flow problem
- Continued PhD studies at MIT
Devendra Shelar, Masters in Transportation, 2016
- Thesis: Vulnerability analysis of electricity distribution networks with large-penetrations of PEVs and DERs
- Continued PhD studies at MIT
Zaid Saeed Khan, Masters in Computation for Design and Optimization, 2017
- Thesis: Value of heterogeneous information in stochastically congestible facilities
- Instructor, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Manxi Wu, Masters in Transportation, 2017
- Thesis: Effect of information in Bayesian congestion games
- Continued PhD studies at MIT
Vargas Olguin, Ignacio Javier, Masters in Transportation, 2017
René Andrés García Franceschini, Masters in Technology and Policy, 2021
- Thesis: Computer vision-based post-disaster needs assessment from low altitude aerial imagery
- Joined U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Former LGO Advisees
Shui Ying Chua, S.M. in Leaders for Global Operations, 2015
- Thesis: Robust network design
Adam Christopher Chao, S.M. in Leaders for Global Operations, 2016
Mohamed Kurdi, S.M. in Leaders for Global Operations, 2017
- Thesis: Optimizing emergency response crew allocation during earthquakes to improve restoration time
Steven B. Link, S.M. in Leaders for Global Operations, 2018
Shai Dekel, S.M. in Leaders for Global Operations, 2018
Emily Stinson, S.M. in Leaders for Global Operations, 2019
Christian Adib, S.M. in Leaders for Global Operations, 2019
- Thesis: Characterization, prediction, and mitigation of Code Help events at Massachusetts General Hospital
Megan McCleneghan, S.M. in Leaders for Global Operations, 2019
- Thesis: Optimizing Inventory Decisions to Improve Wildfire Emergency Preparedness