LOGISTICS
and NETWORKED SYSTEMS
RESEARCH
LABORATORY
Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering
3006 Emerging
Technologies Building
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Research activities in the lab
relate to effective and efficient design and operation of networked systems
that provide consumers with products and services. These activities have three
dimensions:
1.
Effective modeling approaches for efficient design of large scale networked
systems:
Complex and large-scale networked
systems appear in the context of several practical settings. Each of these
systems has its own specific operational and structural characteristics, and it
is imperative to incorporate these characteristics into quantitative modeling
for higher effectiveness. Thus, each networked system possesses both modeling
and methodological challenges. Examples include emergency response networks,
biomass/biofuel logistics networks, closed-loop supply chain networks, and
wireless sensor networks.
2.
Strategic and tactical decision making in networked systems, e.g., supply
chains:
The decision problems that we study
relate to product and service flow management via location, transportation, and
product/service supply planning for the underlying networks; integration of
location, transportation, product/service supply, and inventory decisions; and
contractual issues in location, transportation, product/service supply, and
logistics-service management.
3.
Efficient optimization methodologies to support these design and decision
problems:
The design and decision problems
considered in the context of the above two dimensions dictate large-scale
mathematical optimization models incorporating complex/interrelated nature of
various components of the underlying networked systems. We study the associated
trade-offs inherent in such design and decision making activities with a
systems approach. Thus, the focus of the third dimension of our activities is
to investigate efficient solution methodologies that support the analysis of
these optimization models. The specific methodologies of interest include
efficient exact optimization methods, heuristic approximation algorithms,
hybrid methodologies as well as stochastic modeling and optimization.
Research Projects
Emergency Response Systems Network
Design
Biomass/Biofuel Logistics Network
Design (funded by USDA)
Resilient and Flexible Network
Design
Closed-loop Supply Chains Planning
and Network Design (funded by NSF)
Wireless Sensor Networks Design
(funded by NSF)
Supply Chain Contract Design
(funded by NSF)
Coordination of Inventory and
Transportation Decisions (funded by NSF)
Optimization for Outbound Logistics
Planning and Control (funded by Frito-Lay,
Inc)
Multi-commodity Flow LTL and TL
Transportation Network Design
Production-Distribution System
Design with Inventory Considerations
Members
Dr.
Halit Uster (Director)
Dr.
Sila Cetinkaya
Dr.
Erick Moreno-Centeno
Dr.
Justin Yates
Su
Zhao (Ph.D. student)
Abhilasha
Katariya (Ph.D. student)
Sung
Ook Hwang (Ph.D. student)
Bo
Wei (Ph.D. student)
Yi
Zhang (Ph.D. student)
Jyotirmoy
Dalal (Ph.D. student)
Gokhan
Memisoglu (Ph.D. student)
Nannan Chen (Ph.D. student)
Alumni (with positions upon graduation)
Dr. Xinghua Wang ,
Ph.D. 2012 (Uster and Yates) Discrete
Optimization and Agent-based Simulation for Regional Evacuation Network Design
Problem,
Senior Operations Research Analyst at FedEx, Memphis, TN.
Dr. Liqing Zhang, Ph.D. 2011 (Cetinkaya) Coordination of Inventory and Transportation
Decisions: Premises, Models, and Justification, Research
Scientist, Llamasoft Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.
Dr. Hui Lin, Ph.D. 2010 (Uster) Models and Solution Approaches for Efficient
Design and Operation of Wireless Sensor Networks, Operations Research
Analyst, Bank of America, Dallas, TX.
Dr. Panitan (Ken) Kewcharoenwong, Ph.D.
2010 (Uster) Relay Network Design in
Logistics and Telecommunications: Models and Solution Approaches,
Postdoctoral fellow, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences,
Northwestern University, IL.
Dr. Jaoquin E. Tores-Soto, Ph.D. 2009 (Uster) Dynamic and Robust Capacitated Facility
Location in Time Varying Demand Environments, Assistant Professor of
Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, ITESM Campus Chihuahua, Mexico.
Dr. Gopalakrishnan Easwaran,
Ph.D. 2008 (Uster and Cetinkaya) Decomposition
Based Solution Approaches for Multi-product Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network
Design Models, Assistant
Professor of Industrial Engineering, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX.
Dr. Homarjun Agrahari, Ph.D. 2007 (Uster), Models and Solution Approaches for Intermodal
and Less-than-Truckload Network Design with Load Consolidations, Senior
Operations Research Analyst, BNSF Railway, Fort Worth, TX.
Dr. Burcu B. Keskin,
Ph.D. 2007 (Uster and Cetinkaya), Joint
Optimization of Location and Inventory Decisions for Improving Supply Chain
Cost Performance, Assistant Professor of Operations Management, University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Dr. Fatih Mutlu, Ph.D. 2006 (Cetinkaya), The Transporter’s Impact on Channel
Coordination and Contractual Agreements, Assistant Professor of Industrial
Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey.
Dr. Xingchu Liu, Ph.D. 2005 (Cetinkaya), Supply Chain Contract Design in Supplier-
Versus Buyer-Driven Channels, Pricing Scientist, Zilliant,
Inc., Austin, TX.
Sebnem Dilaveroglu,
M.Sc. 2013 (Uster), Thesis: Optimization
for Design and Operation of Natural Gas Transmission Networks, BOTAS Petroleum
Pipeline Corporation, Ankara, Turkey.
Sarath K. Sasi Kumar,
M.Sc. 2005 (Uster), Thesis: A
Multi-Exchange Heuristic for Formation of Balanced Disjoint Rings, OR
Analyst, Aramark Corporation,
Fabiano Garcia, M.E. 2005 (Uster), Project: Modeling and Optimization Study on A Multi-Product
Capacitated Facility Location Problem with Side Constraints, Miller
Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI.
Vishal Karnik,
M.Sc. 2004 (Uster), Project: Modeling and Optimization Study on A Site
Selection Problem in the Presence of Existing Supply Facilities, Supply
Chain Analyst, Manhattan Associates, Atlanta, GA.
Nimish Maheshwari, M.Sc. 2004 (Uster), Thesis: A Network Design Model for Multi-zone
Truckload Shipments, OR Consultant, ZS Associates, Chicago, IL.
Undergraduate Research
Ahren
Lacey (NSF-REU - Spring 2008)
Richard
A. Ivey (USRG
- Summer 2006)
Josh
Skinner (USRG
- Summer 2005)
Teacher Summer Research (RET)
Annette
Coronado (Summer 2006)
Elena
Pascual (Summer 2006)
Last updated 11/2011