GRADUATED STUDENTS

 

 Ph.D. Degrees

  1. Ming-Long Liu, Optimization tools for process planning (Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 1995), Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, National Chengchi University, Taiwan.
  2. Hong S. Ryoo, Global optimization of multiplicative programs (Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 1999), Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, Korea University, Seoul Korea.
  3. Joseph Shectman, Finite algorithms for global optimization of concave programs and general quadratic programs (Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 1999), Northfield Information Services.
  4. Shabbir Ahmed, Strategic planning under uncertainty. Stochastic integer programming approaches (Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 2000), Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
  5. Mohit Tawarmalani, Mixed-integer nonlinear programs: Theory, algorithms, and applications (Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, 2001), Associate Professor, Quantitative Methods Area, Krannert Graduate School of Business, Purdue University.
  6. Kevin C. Furman, Analytical investigations for heat exchanger network synthesis (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 2002), ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research, Annandale, New Jersey.
  7. Anastasia Vaia, Global optimization in least squares problems in FTIR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 2003), BPAmoco, Naperville, Illinois.
  8. YoungJung Chang, Global optimization in systems biology and bioinformatics (Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2006), Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
  9. Wei Xie, Optimization in protein bioinformatics (Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2007), American Airlines Operations Research and Decision Support Group, Fort Worth, Texas.
  10. Alexander B. Smith, Optimization techniques for phase retrieval based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction data (Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2008), Pavilion Technologies, Austin, Texas.
  11. Luis Miguel Rios, Algorithms for derivative-free optimization (Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, 2009), Postdoctoral researcher, Carnegie Mellon University.
  12. Xiaowei Bao, Enhancing polyhedral relaxations for global optimization (Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2009), visiting researcher, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana.

M.S. Degrees

  1. Russ J. Vander Wiel, A decomposition approach for the time-dependent traveling salesman problem (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1993), 3M.
  2. Hong S. Ryoo, Range Reduction as a means of performance improvement in global optimization: A branch-and-reduce global optimization algorithm (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1995), Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Information Engineering, Korea University, Seoul Korea.
  3. Joseph Shectman, A finite algorithm for separable concave minimization (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1995).
  4. Ramon Gutierrez, A branch-and-bound approach for machine selection in just-in-time manufacturing systems (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1996), entrepreneur in Bolivia.
  5. Shabbir Ahmed, Robust process planning under uncertainty (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1997), Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
  6. Vinay Ghildyal, Design and development of a global optimization system (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1997), Sabre Decision Technologies.
  7. Mohit Tawarmalani, Multistage network optimization and decomposition algorithms (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1997), Associate Professor, Quantitative Methods Area, Krannert Graduate School of Business, Purdue University.
  8. Nilanjan Adhya, Global optimization of pooling and blending problems (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1998), IBM, New York.
  9. Minrui Yu, Optimal design of alternative refrigerants (M.S. Industrial Engineering, 1998), Marconi Communications.
  10. Kevin C. Furman, Computational complexity analysis of heat exchanger network synthesis (M.S. Chemical Engineering, 1999), ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research, Annandale, New Jersey.
  11. Yannis Voudouris, A branch and bound approach to globally optimal training of feedforward neural networks (M.S. Chemical Engineering, 1999), Merck & Co., New Jersey.
  12. Anastasia Vaia, Quantitative analysis of chemical mixtures using global MINLP optimization (M.S. Chemical Engineering, 1999), BPAmoco, Naperville, Illinois.
  13. Gautam Nanda, Design of efficient secondary refrigerants (M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2001), US Airways, Arlington, Virginia.
  14. Sumit Mehra, Experiments with cutting planes in branch-and-reduce (M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2001), KPMG Consulting, Chicago, Illinois.
  15. Mayank Mishra, Heuristics and approximation schemes for mixed-integer linear programs (M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2001), Hindusan Lever, Ltd (Unilever-India).
  16. Wei Xie, Robust dynamic facility layout under uncertainty (M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2003), graduate student at UIUC.
  17. Alexander Barton Smith, Direct methods for X-ray structure determination based on the minimal principle (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2006), Graduate student at UIUC.
  18. Benjamin Yung Sheng Ong, Evaluation of advanced Paclitaxel drug delivery implants for controlled release post-surgical treatment against glioblastoma multiform in the brain (M.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2007, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, main advisor: Chi-Hwa Wong).
  19. Joseph Elble, Direct methods for sparse linear systems (M.S. in Industrial Engineering, 2007), Graduate student, UIUC.
  20. Joseph Elble, Scaling linear programs: A comprehensive case study (M.S. in Computer Science, 2007), Graduate student, UIUC.
  21. Xiaowei Bao, Automatic convexity identification for global optimization (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2007), Graduate student, UIUC.
  22. Saurabh Awasthi, Molecular docking by derivative-free optimization solvers (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2008), Kinapse Information Processing and Consulting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  23. Yiqi Zhu, Computational implementation of a successive linear programming algorithm (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2008), Bloomberg L.P., New York, New York.
  24. Xuan Shi, Deterministic global optimization in neural network training (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2008), Elite Consulting Group, New York, NY.
  25. Deepak Channamariyappa, Preprocessing in linear programming (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2008), AkzoNobel, Netherlands.
  26. Danan Wicaksono, Protein-ligand docking under an algebraic modeling and optimization system (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2009), RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

B.S. Degrees

  1. Hussain Arsiwalla, Computational experiments with the branch-and-reduce algorithm for global optimization, (B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1999).
  2. Hermioni Zouridis, Design of fire suppressants via global optimization (B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2003).

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