Faculty and Professional Members
SANDRA D. EKŞIOĞLU
Principal Investigator
Bio
University of Arkansas :
Department of Industrial Engineering
Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering,
University of Florida
Research Interests: Supply Chain Optimization, Energy Systems Optimization, Network Optimization
QIUSHI CHEN
Bio
Clemson University:
Glenn Department of Civil Engineering
Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Geomechanics),
Northwestern University
Research Interests: Discrete-continuum multiscale modeling of granular materials, multiphysics modeling of porous media, random field modeling, risk assessment and multiscale mapping of liquefaction hazards
MOHAMMAD S. RONI
Bio
Idaho National Laboratory:
Bioenergy and Renewable Energy Group
Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering,
Mississippi State University
Developing new computational approaches and solutions for biomass transportation, logistics, and supply chain management
KRYSTEL CASTILLO
Bio
The University of Texas at San Antonio:
Mechanical Engineering Department
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering,
Texas Tech University
Mathematical modeling of supply chains; logistics; optimization of large-scale scenarios (meta-heuristics); statistical quality control and reliability. In summary, the application of Operations Research as well as statistical methods to model, analyze, and solve complex decision problems
YIDONG XIA
Bio
Idaho National Laboratory
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering,
North Carolina State University
The high-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods for all-speed fluid flows, high performance computing on general-purpose GPU clusters, and smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) for coupled fluid-solid mechanics in geological porous medium.
TIMOTHY RICHTER
Bio
Matera LLC
M.S.E. in Geotechnical Engineering,
Northeastern University
Tim Richter has over fifteen years in the consulting and renewable energy industries having held senior positions in project development, project management, and business development. Founder and the president of an independent consultancy (Matera LLC) focused on project development and strategic advisory services to emerging and expanding companies.
Postdoc and PhD Student Members
YUAN GUO
Bio
Clemson University:
Glenn Department of Civil Engineering
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering,
Case Western Reserve University
Research Interests: Multiscale and multiphysics modeling for general engineering applications, discrete element modeling of biomass transport, coupled CFD-DEM model for soil surface erosion, multiscale experimental characterization of geomaterials.
BERKAY GULCAN
Bio
Clemson University:
Department of Industrial Engineering
M.S. in Industrial Engineering,
Clemson University
Research Interests: Developing models and algorithms to solve large-scale problems that arise in the areas of renewable energy and supply chain management.
ZAKIA TASNIM
Bio
Clemson University:
Glenn Department of Civil Engineering
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering,
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET)
Research Interests: Discrete Element Modeling, Soil Mechanics and Slope Stability
FEIYANG CHEN
Bio
Clemson University:
Glenn Department of Civil Engineering
M.S. in Civil Engineering,
Tongji University
Research Interests: Geotechnical engineering, discrete element method