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Author:

Zheng, Yi

Title:

Stochastic Control and Stability for Queueing Networks in Random Environments

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

multiclass many-server queues
Halfin-Whitt (QED) regime
service interruptions
renewal arrivals
alternating renewal process
jump diffusions
discounted cost
ergodic control
asymptotic optimality
Markov modulated process
fast regime switching
exponential ergodicity
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation
stable Markov optimal control

File:

Download Yi_Zheng_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Guodong Pang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair
Lingzhou Xue, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Paul Griffin, Major Field Member
Eunhye Song, Major Field Member

Author:

Wan, Zixuan

Title:

NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON SPATTER BEHAVIOR IN THE GAP-FREE REMOTE LASER WELDING OF ZINC-COATED STEEL

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Remote laser welding
Zigzag oscillation
Zinc-coated steel
Spatter
Welding parameters
Keyhole penetration
Full penetration

File:

Download NUMERICAL_AND_EXPERIMENTAL_STUDIES_ON_SPATTER_BEHAVIOR_IN_THE_GAP-FREE_REMOTE_LASER_WELDING_OF_ZINC-COATED_STEEL.pdf

Committee Members:

El-Amine Lehtihet, Major Field Member
Ed De Meter, Major Field Member
Jing Du, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jingjing Li, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Allison Beese, Outside Field Member

Author:

Meyers, Adam

Title:

Stochastic and Dynamic Network Analytics

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

dynamical networks
resilience engineering
nonlinear time series analysis
quality control

File:

Download Meyers_Dissertation_Final_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Reka Albert, Outside Unit & Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Jing Yang, Outside Field Member

Author:

Maier, Torsten

Title:

An Exploration of Cognitive Assistants and their Challenges

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

cognitive assistant
mental workload
trust
artificial intelligence
brainstorming
affordances

File:

Download Dissertation_Torsten.pdf

Committee Members:

Saeed Abdullah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ling Rothrock, Major Field Member
Chris McComb, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Menold, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hoffman, Michael L

Title:

Online Maintenance Prioritization via Monte Carlo Tree Search and Case-based Reasoning in Complex Manufacturing Systems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

maintenance optimization
condition-based maintenance
case-based reasoning
optimization via simulation
discrete event simulation
predictive maintenance
monte carlo tree search
artificial intelligence

File:

Download hoffman_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor
Russell Barton, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Finke, Major Field Member
Michael Brundage, Special Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Eunhye Song, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kumar, Vijay

Title:

Long term planning under uncertainty: Models and Algorithms

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electricity Investment Planning
Stochastic Programming
Approximate Dynamic Programming
Climate Change
Extreme Events
Reinforcement Learning
Importance Sampling

File:

Download Vijay_Kumar_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mort Webster, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Eunhye Song, Major Field Member
Uday Shanbhag, Major Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alotaik, Osama

Title:

Equitable Food Distribution - Modeling and Analysis of Food Banks Supply Chains Using Machine Learning and Recurrent Optimization-basedSimulation

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

food banks
supply chains
machine learning
simulation
food assistance
equitable distribution

File:

Download Osama_final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eunhye Song, Major Field Member
Saurabh Basu, Major Field Member
Edward Jaenicke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bunn, Kevin

Title:

The Multi-Product Dynamic Lot Sizing Problem with Capacity Constraints

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Supply Chain
Optimization
Dynamic Programming
Lot Sizing
Lagrangian Relaxation

File:

Download Kevin_Bunn_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Jose Ventura, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saurabh Bansal, Outside Unit & Field Member
Paul Griffin, Major Field Member
Vittaldas Prabhu, Major Field Member

Author:

Chen, Ruimin

Title:

Data-driven Service Optimization and Quality Management in Cyber-physical Manufacturing Systems

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Quality Management
Machine Learning
Service Optimization

File:

Download Ruimin_Dissertation_FINAL_0730.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Reutzel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Soundar Kumara, Major Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Yan Lu, Special Member

Author:

Zhu, Rui

Title:

Data-driven Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Sensor-integrated Complex Systems - Healthcare and Virtual Reality Applications

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Data-driven modeling
Sensor-integrated complex systems
Healthcare
Virtual Reality
Cardiovascular systems
Engineering problem solving

File:

Download RuiZhu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Kumara, Major Field Member
Eunhye Song, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Prasenjit Mitra, Outside Unit & Field Member
Steven Landry, Program Head/Chair
Faisal Aqlan, Special Member