{"id":394,"date":"2013-06-04T02:17:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T02:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ise.ufl.edu\/guan\/?page_id=394"},"modified":"2024-09-25T16:12:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T20:12:35","slug":"ph-d-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/guan\/teaching\/students\/ph-d-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Current Ph.D. Students<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 11\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tzvi Feinberg<\/li>\n<li>Yiruo Lu<\/li>\n<li>Tong Zhang<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">Graduated Ph.D. Students<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Yanan Yu, Ph.D., Spring 2020.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: Convex Hull Pricing and Strong Formulations for Unit Commitment.<\/li>\n<li>First Position: Amazon, Seattle, WA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Xiaojie Wang, Ph.D., Spring 2020.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: Distributionally Robust Stochastic Optimization in Power System and Healthcare System.<\/li>\n<li>First Position: Nelson, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Eric Blair, Ph.D., Summer 2018.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: Models and Algorithms forPreventive Maintenance Scheduling with Hierarchical Set-Ups.<\/li>\n<li>First Position: BAE Systems, Washington, DC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kezuo Zhou, Ph.D., Summer 2018.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: Polynomial-Time Algorithms and Distributional Robust Optimization Approaches for Unit Commitment Problems.<\/li>\n<li>First Position: Expedia, Seattle, WA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jianqiu Huang, Ph.D., Summer 2018.\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Dissertation Title: Strong Formulations andMultistage Stochastic Optimization Methods for Improving Power Grids Reliability.<\/li>\n<li>First Position: GE Transportation, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kai Pan, Ph.D., Summer 2017.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: Deterministic and Stochastic Unit Commitment Problems: Convex Hulls, Strong Formulations, and Case Studies.<\/li>\n<li>First Position:Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Department of Logistics andMaritime Studies, Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HongKong, HK<\/li>\n<li>Remark:<em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0His Ph.D. dissertation is awarded the first place for the 2017 Pritsker Doctoral\u00a0Dissertation Award from the IISE society.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Aysenur Arslan (co-advised with\u00a0Dr. Jean Philippe Richard), Ph.D., Summer 2017.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: Polyhedral Techniques for Mixed Integer Programs Arising in Production Planning and Logistics.<\/li>\n<li>First Position: Postdoctoral, University of Bordeaux, Talence, France. Currently an Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Engineering, National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rennes, Rennes, France.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lai\u00a0Wei, Ph.D., Summer 2015.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: &#8220;Stochastic Optimization and Control with Applications in PHEV and Inventory Management.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>First Position: <em>Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (Now Associate Professor), Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lei Fan, Ph.D., Summer 2015.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: &#8220;Bidding Strategies and Reformulation Techniques for Gas Turbines under Deregulated Electricity Markets.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>First Position: <em>General Electric (GE), New York. Currently a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Technology,\u00a0<\/em><em>University of Houston,TX, US..<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kun Zhao, Ph.D., Summer 2015.\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Dr. Joe Hartman)\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title:\u00a0Mixed Integer Programming Approaches to 0-1 Knapsack Problems and Unified Stochastic and Robust Optimization on Wind Power Investment.<\/li>\n<li>First Position: <em>Siemens Industry, Inc, Minnesota.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chaoyue Zhao, Ph.D., Summer 2014.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: &#8220;Data-Driven Risk-Averse Stochastic Program and Renewable Energy Integration.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>First Position:\u00a0<em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\">Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Engineering and<\/em><em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\"> Management, Oklahoma State University. Currently a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Remark:<em style=\"font-style: italic\">\u00a0Her\u00a0Ph.D. dissertation is awarded the second place for the 2015 Pritsker Doctoral\u00a0Dissertation Award from the IIE society.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Remark:<em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\"> Her research work is awarded the best student paper award from the Computer and Information Systems Division of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iise.org\/\">\u00a0Institute of Industrial Engineers<\/a> at the 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jing Ma, Ph.D., Summer 2014. (co-advised with\u00a0Dr. Joseph Geunes)\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: &#8220;Coordination Schemes for Two-Echelon Supply Chain and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Remark:<em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0His research work is awarded the best paper award in the Production Planning and Scheduling Track at the 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>First Position:\u00a0<em>BHSF, Beijing, China.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ruiwei Jiang, Ph.D., Summer 2013.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: &#8220;Data-Driven Stochastic Optimization: Integrating Reliability with Cost Effectiveness.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>First Position:\u00a0<em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\">Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and\u00a0<\/em><em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\">Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Arizona. Currently a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Remark:<em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0His Ph.D. dissertation work was awarded the first place for the\u00a02013 George Nicholson Student Paper Competition from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/\">Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Remark:<em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0His Ph.D. dissertation work was awarded the first place for the\u00a02013 George Nicholson Student Paper Competition from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/\">Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Qianfan Wang, Ph.D., Spring 2013.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: &#8220;Two-Stage Chance and Expected Value\u00a0Constrained Stochastic Unit Commitment: Formulations, Algorithms and Case Studies.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>First Position: <em>General Electric (GE), Seattle, WA<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Remark:<em style=\"background-color: transparent;line-height: 1.5em\"> His Ph.D. dissertation is awarded the third place for the 2014 Pritsker Doctoral\u00a0Dissertation Award from the IIE society.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Zhili Zhou, Ph.D., Summer 2010.\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation Title: &#8220;Multi-Stage Discrete Optimization Under Uncertainty and Lot-Sizing.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>First position:\u00a0<em style=\"line-height: 1.4em\">IBM T. 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