Current Ph.D. and MSOR Students | NC State OR
Current Ph.D./MSOR Students
Last Updated: 01/08/2024 and all information on this page is accurate and up-to-date
Our Ph.D. and MSOR students and our research are changing the world. Our graduate program produces students who excel in both industry and academia. They are innovators, thought leaders and educators.
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Watch Student Testimonials| Student | Name | Ph.D. / MSOR | On the Job Market |
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 | Bridges, Noah Noah Bridges is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program whose research interests include stochastic processes and decision-making under uncertainty, with particular emphasis on applications in supporting the clinical decision-making of primary care physicians. He has been an active educator within the health and fitness space since 2017 and hopes to leverage the tools and expertise from OR to aid in the prevention of chronic diseases and improve the quality and efficacy of the American healthcare system. | Ph.D. | |
 | Burgstahler, Blake Blake Burgstahler is a Ph.D. student in Operations Research and a teaching assistant for the Mathematics Department. He got into Operations Research in his undergraduate OR course, seeing mathematics used in a tangible way to improve the quality and efficiency of a service provided to a client. He has worked with the United States Air Force as an AFRL Scholar on vehicle routing and scheduling problems and with Delta Air Lines as an optimization intern, building optimization tools for deployment across many projects. In his free time, Blake enjoys traveling with his wife, making music (Oboe) and cooking. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
 | Chou, Yen-Hsi Yen-Hsi Chou is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research with a research focus in Markov Chains and stochastic processes. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
 | Diaz, Veronica Veronica Diaz Pacheco is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program at NC State University. Her passion for teaching, mathematics and decision-making led her to pursue a doctoral degree in Operations Research. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
 | Duraes De Faria, Victor Victor Faria is a Ph.D. candidate in Operations Research at the NC State University. During his undergrad, Faria participated in many research projects. From 2015 to 2016, he investigated the application of cooperative game theory to solve regulatory limitations associated with the allocation of firm energy rights in the Brazilian Power System. From 2016 to 2017, his research focused on the application of optimization techniques to investigate the impacts of climate change in hydro-dominant power systems. From 2017 to 2018, Faria studied how the effect of field voltage variation could influence the parameter estimation of synchronous machines. And finally, at the beginning of 2018, Faria started to investigate the application of neural network models in streamflow forecasting and energy price forecasting for the Brazilian electrical system. Many of the previous research leads to publications in different journals and conferences. In his undergrad, Victor was advised by professor Anderson de Queiroz, Luana Marangon Lima, and Jose Wanderley Marangon Lima. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | Yes |
 | Fukuzawa, Mat Mat Fukuzawa is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program with a research focus in blockchain smart contracts. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
| Kirschenman, Will Will Kirschenman is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program. He commissioned as an Engineer Officer in the U.S. Army in 2010 and transferred to the FA49 Operations Research / Systems Analyst (ORSA) career field in 2018. He spent several years as a combat operations analyst at The Research and Analysis Center under Army Futures Command before coming to NC State. Kirschenman is married to his wife, Aram, and has three children: William, Aria and Louis. In his free time, Kirschenman enjoys working out, the outdoors, and spending time with his family. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | ||
 | Li, Kuangying Kuangying Li is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program with a research focus in optimization under uncertainty in allocation and routing models, algorithms for large-scale optimization models, and connected automated vehicles. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | Yes |
 | Lisy, Cameron Cameron Lisy is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program who focuses on modelling the effects of extreme weather on interconnected energy systems including the electric grid and natural gas production and transportation network. For more information on his work, please reach out via email, at calisy@ncsu.edu and visit kern.wordpress.ncsu.edu. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
| Liu, Shengjie Shengjie Lui is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program with a research interest in reinforcement learning in natural language processing (NLP). Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | ||
 | Mora, Laura Laura Mora is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program. Her research interests include using her analytical background to solve real world problems. In her free time she enjoys reading fiction, trying new restaurants, and petting her cat and dog. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
| Mudalgikar, Soham Milind Soham Mudalgikar is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program whose research focuses on how machine learning can be used in computational finance for finding patterns and interesting behaviors, and what can be interpreted from them. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | Yes | |
 | Mulutzie, Sarah Sarah Mulutzie is pursuing her Ph.D. in Operations Research while working semi-full-time. She is currently employed as a systems engineer and data scientist for the MITRE Corporation. Her research interests are primarily in modeling and simulation. Her work at MITRE is highly modeling and simulation-based and centers around social and behavioral sciences. She utilizes many modeling tools for process modeling, network modeling and agent-based modeling. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
| Myles, Jabari Jabari Myles is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program at NC State University. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | ||
 | Protogyrou, Demetra Demetra Protogyrou attended Virginia Military Institute, where she played soccer her first year before deciding to hang up her boots. She has since put her cleats back on and joined the NC State Club Soccer Team, where she has become the “old lady.” Protogyrou completed an internship at John’s Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab that showed her the possibilities of operations research in the real world. It influenced her to pursue higher education and continue developing her research skills. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
 | Rosenstrom, Erik Erik Rosenstrom is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program whose primary research interest is decision-making uncertainty as it pertains to informing health policy from the patient to the state level. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
 | Singh, Abhinandra Abhinandra Singh is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program at NC State University. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | Yes |
 | Tian, Zongxin Zongxin Tian is a Ph.D. Student in the Operations Research Program at NC State University. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | Yes |
 | Xue, Tiancheng Tiancheng Xue is a Ph.D. student in the Operations Research Program at NC State University. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | |
 | Zhang, Guoqing Guoqing Zhang is a Ph.D. Student in the Operations Research Program at NC State University. Full Bio >>; | Ph.D. | Yes |