Current Students
post-docs
joshua pulsipher
Co-Advised by Prof. Grossmann
PhD students
bashar ammari
2nd year Carnegie Mellon PhD
megan walsh
2nd year Carnegie Mellon PhD
Co-advised by Prof. Gounaris
Laurens lueg
1st year Carnegie Mellon PhD
Co-advised by Prof. Biegler
arsh bhatia
1st year Carnegie Mellon PhD
Co-advised by Prof. Grossmann
georgia stinchfield
2nd year Carnegie Mellon PhD
daniel ovalle varela
2nd year Carnegie Mellon PhD
Co-advised by Prof. Grossmann
carolina colombo tedesco
1st year Carnegie Mellon PhD
Co-advised by Prof. Kitchin
masters students
saaksshi Jilhewar, ‘24
javal vyas, ‘24
Tyler Jaffe, ‘23
Sai Madhukiran Kompalli, ‘23
akhil nair, ‘23
(Co-advised by Prof. Torres)
sergio bugosen, ‘24
Shumeng Lin, ‘23
yufeng qian, ‘23
yicheng xi, ‘23
Former Students
Daniel Laky
Co-Advised with Prof. Gintaras “Rex” Reklaitis, Prof. Zoltan Nagy, Prof. Joe Pekny
Thesis: Optimization Techniques for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Design Space Analysis (2022)
Todd Zhen
Thesis: Optimal Sensor Placement Problems Under Uncertainty: Models and Applications (2019)
Jose Santiago Rodriguez
Thesis: Solution of Large-scale Structured Optimization Problems with Schur-complment and Augmented Lagrangian Decomposition Methods (2019)
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-santiago-rodriguez-59604a90/
Michael Bynum
Infectious diseases have plagued communities all over the world throughout history, and they continue to kill countless numbers of people every year. Developing dependable models for the spread of infectious diseases can help provide an understanding of such spread and allow evaluation of public health policies. The goal of this research is to use dynamic optimization for parameter estimation of spatio-temporal models of the spread of measles.
Jianfeng Liu
Thesis: Global Optimization of Large-Scale Complex Nonlinear Systems: Algorithms and Applications (2017)
Arpan Seth
Thesis: Advanced Modeling and Efficient Optimization Methods for Real-Time Response in Water Networks (2015)
Yankai Cao
Thesis: Parallel Algorithms for Nonlinear Programming and Applications in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (2015)
Jia Kang
Co-Advised with Prof. J. Hahn
Thesis: An Efficient Interior-Point Decomposition Algorithm for Parallel Solution of Large-Scale Nonlinear Problems with Significant Variable Coupling (2015)
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kangjia/
Alberto Jose Benavides-Serrano
Thesis: Mathematical Programming Formulations for the Optimal Placement of Imperfect Detectors with Applications to Flammable Gas Detection and Mitigation Systems (2014)
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertobenavides
Sean Legg
Thesis: Stochastic Programming Approaches for the Placement of Gas Detectors in Process Facilities (2013)
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-legg/4b/640/94b
Angelica (Wong) Mann
Thesis: Numerically Efficient Water Quality Modeling and Security Applications (2013)
Daniel Word
Thesis: Nonlinear Programming Approaches for Efficient Large-Scale Parameter Estimation with Applications in Epidemiology (2013)
Linkedin:
www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-word/6a/8b6/382
Yu Zhu
Thesis: Efficient Nonlinear Optimization with Rigorous Models for Large Scale Industrial Chemical Processes (2010)
Linkedin:
www.linkedin.com/in/yuzhuchn/
Former Post-Docs & Research Staff
Chen Wang, phd
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Gabe Hackebeil
Researcher
Shawn McGee
Researcher
Former Master’s Students
Xiaorui Yu
Master’s Student
Derrick Thomas
Co-Advised with Prof. S. Mannan
Master’s Student
George Abbot III
Master’s Student
Ahmed Rabie
Master’s Student
Former Undergraduate Members
Daniel Jaimes, Colombian Exchange Student (Summer 2014 -- Fall 2014)
Chris Hanselman, Chemical Engineering Student (Summer 2014)
Stefanus Winarto, Electrical Engineering Student (Summer 2014)
Eric Boley, Chemical Engineering Student (Fall 2013)
Jeremiah Harris, Chemical Engineering Student (Fall 2012)
Michael Bynum, Chemical Engineering Student (Fall 2012 -- Spring 2013)
Logan Barnes, Chemical Engineering Student (Summer 2012)
Joshua Lucas, Chemical Engineering Student (Summer 2012)
Jose Santiago Rodriguez, Colombian Exchange Student (Spring 2012 -- Fall 2012)
Anke Iglesias, Chemical Engineering Student (REU Summer 2010)
Tylan Higley, Chemical Engineering Student (Summer 2010)
Ali El-Halwagi, Chemical Engineering Student (Summer 2010 -- Summer 2012)
Kristen Young, Chemical Engineering Student (Spring 2010)
Gabriel Hackebeil, Chemical Engineering Student (Fall 2009 -- Fall 2013)
Brandon Barrera, Chemical Engineering Student (REU Student Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010)
Scott Kolodziej, Chemical Engineering Student (Spring 2009, USRG Student Summer 2009)
Amy Lindsey, Chemical Engineering Student (Spring 2009)
Shawn Bernardy, Chemical Engineering Student (Spring 2009)
Chris Fain, Chemical Engineering Student (Fall 2008)
German Oliveros, Colombian Exchange Student (Spring 2008 -- Fall 2008)
Derrick Thomas, Chemical Engineering Student (USRG Summer 2008, Fall 2008)
Sean Legg, Chemical Engineering Student (REU Summer 2008)
Ethan Demeter, Chemical Engineering Student (Spring 2008, USRG Summer 2008)
James Young, Industrial Engineering Student (Spring 2008 -- Summer 2010)