Ph.D. Committees Chaired/Co-Chaired
- @UF: Danial Davarnia, Co-chair Mohit Tawarmalani
- Graduation Year: 2017
- Dissertation Title: “Convexification techniques for bilinear and complementarity constraints with application to network interdiction”
- Currently @: Carnegie Mellon University
- @Purdue: Jinhak Kim, Chair Mohit Tawarmalani
- Graduation Year: 2017
- Dissertation Title: “Cardinality constrained optimization problems”
- Currently @: University of South Alabama
- @UF: Ayse Nur Arslan, Co-chair Yongpei Guan
- Graduation Year: 2017
- Dissertation Title: “Polyhedral techniques for mixed integer programs arising in production planning and logistics.
- Currently @: University of Bordeaux
- @UF: Deon Burchett
- Graduation Year: 2015
- Dissertation Title: “Multi-commodity fixed charge capacitated network design: polyhedral characteristics, network resilience, and algorithms.”
- Currently @: United Airlines
- @UF: Yen Tang, Co-chair J.Cole Smith
- Graduation Year: 2013
- Dissertation Title: “Algorithms for mixed-integer bilevel min-max optimization problems.”
- @UF: Trang Nguyen, Co-chair Mohit Tawarmalani
- Graduation Year: 2013
- Dissertation Title: “Convexification techniques for complementarity and multilinear problems.”
- Currently @: FPT Research and Technology Center (Vietnam)
- @UF: Ilksen (Ece) Icyuz
- Graduation Year: 2013
- Dissertation Title: “Optimization models and methods for network flow problems arising in the railroad industry.”
- Currently @: United Airlines
- @Purdue: Amar Narisetty
- Graduation Year: 2012
- Dissertation Title: “New computational approaches to the solution of mixed integer programs.”
- Currently @: SAS
- @Purdue: Chuanhui Xiong, Chair Mohit Tawarmalani
- Graduation Year: 2011
- Dissertation Title: “Essays on explicit envelopes through polyhedral subdivisions and contract design in pharmaceutical supply chains.”
- Currently @: University of North Carolina (Pembroke)
- @UF: Kwanghun Chung, Co-chair Mohit Tawarmalani
- Graduation Year: 2010
- Dissertation Title: “Strong valid inequalities for mixed-integer nonlinear programs via disjunctive programming and lifting.”
- Currently @: Hongik University
- @Purdue Ali Tuncel, Chair Ron Rardin
- Graduation Year: 2008
- Dissertation Title: “Strengthened relaxations and algorithms for radiation therapy optimization under dose-volume restrictions.”
- Currently @: T4 Analytics
- @Purdue Ali Diabat
- Graduation Year: 2008
- Dissertation Title: “Large-scale integrated supply chain networks design: models and algorithms.”
- Currently @: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
- @Purdue: Bo Zeng
- Graduation Year: 2007
- Dissertation Title: “Generating strong cutting planes for unstructured integer programs using lifting.”
- Currently @: University of Pittsburgh
- @Purdue: Santanu Dey
- Graduation Year: 2007
- Dissertation Title: “Strong cutting planes for unstructured mixed integer programs with multiple constraints.”
- Currently @: Georgia Institute of Technology
- @Purdue:Jianhong Qiao, Chair Mark Lawley
- Graduation Year: 2005
- Dissertation Title: “Security enhancement and consequence mitigation strategies for water infrastructure against physical destruction.”
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Currently @: Bain capital
M.S. Committees Chaired / Co-Chaired
- @UF: Nitish Garg
- Graduation Year: 2011
- Thesis Title: “A polyhedral study of integer bilinear covering sets.”
- @UF: Mohammad Khalil
- Graduation Year: 2010
- Thesis Title: “On the linear programming and group relaxations of the uncapacitated facility location problem.”
- @Purdue: Fatma Aktulga
- Graduation Year: 2009
- Thesis Title: “Improving practicum scheduling at the department of speech pathology at Purdue.”
- @Purdue: Hyoku Kang
- Graduation Year: 2006
- Thesis Title: “An Improved Optimization Model for Assigning Empty Freight Cars in a Railroad Network.”
- @Purdue: Malek Macaron
- Graduation Year: 2005
- Thesis Title: “Multiple Production Sites Lot-Sizing.”
- @Purdue: Giridhar Prasannan, Co-chair Yanjun Li
- Graduation Year: 2005
- Thesis Title: “Deriving New Facets of the Group Problem using Superadditive Lifting and Symbolic Computation.”
- @Purdue: Parbati Ray
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Thesis Title “An Integer Program to Design Fast Matrix Multiplication Algorithms.”
- @Purdue: Amar Narisetty
- Graduation Year: 2004
- Thesis Title “An Optimization Model for Assignment of Empty Cars in Union Pacific Railroad Network.”
Undergraduate Students Advised
- @Purdue: Bilal Gokpinar (First Placement: Ph.D. Northwestern)
- @Purdue: Huseyin Karaca (First Placement: Ph.D. Northwestern)
- @Purdue: Sezai Kozikoglu (First Placement: MS. Columbia)