Graduate Students Supervised by J.C. Smith (updated 1/1/08)

The following is a list of graduate students who have completed, or are currently pursuing, their graduate education under the guidance of Dr. Smith.

Current Ph.D. Students

John Penuel

Expected graduation:  August 2009

Z. Caner Taşkın

Expected graduation:  August 2009

Siqian Shen

Expected graduation:  August 2011

Sibel Sonuç

Expected graduation:  August 2011

Sadie Thomas

Expected graduation:  August 2011

 

Graduated Ph.D. Students

Jennie Horne

Polynomial-time exact and heuristic algorithms for a conditional covering problem, May 04.

Dale Henderson

Heuristic and exact techniques for solving a temperature estimation model, December 05.

Chisonge Mofya

Exact and heuristic algorithms for solving the generalized minimum filter placement problem, December 05.

April Andreas

Mathematical programming algorithms for reliable routing and robust evacuation problems, August 06.

 

 

Graduated M.S. Students

Ashwin Naik

Thesis: Metaheuristic optimization software, August 02.

Manish Garg

Thesis: The optimal design of survivable multicommodity flow networks with general failure scenarios, July 03.

Sonal Joshi

Thesis: Optimizing bioassembly tool operations, December 03.

TJ Lindberg

Thesis: A corps (and below) engineer planning resource, April 04.

Sandeep Sastry

Report: Integer and dynamic programming models for survivable shortest path problems with random arc failures, May 04.

Omrum Aki

Thesis: Stochastic facility location problems for disaster relief, May 04.

Hitesh Jain

Report: A column generation algorithm for nonsimultaneous multicommodity flow problems, May 04.

Josephat Zimba

The effect of symmetry in neighborhood-based heuristics, December 04.

Chad Reynolds

Report: Algorithms for predicting human decision-making by a weighted attribute model, December 04.

Srikanth Sista

Report: Advanced solution approaches for survivable shortest path problems with random arc failures, December 04.

Francisca Sudargho

Thesis: Network design under various interdiction scenarios, August 05.

Tingting Cui

Thesis: A bilevel programming approach for a class of Stackelberg games with applications in financial policy making, August 05.