Franz is from Lima, Peru, and joined the DC Lab in Fall 2020. He received his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP), and his M.Sc. in Operations Research from Clemson University, conducting research projects for BMW and South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA). He has five years of industry experience at AW Faber-Castell GmbH, performing in project management, continuous improvement applying Lean Six Sigma, and smart packaging optimization. His research interests are in factory optimization, systems simulation, and routing for drones or AGV delivery. Franz enjoys playing soccer, swimming, working out, and hiking.

Srinjoy Chatterjee is from Kolkata, India. He completed his bachelor's degree in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University in Kolkata and joined DC Lab in Spring 2024 as a Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering. His research interests include applied optimization and machine learning in supply chain and logistics. In his free time, he enjoys watching soccer, movies, and playing the piano.

Taeho is from Suwon, South Korea, and joined the DC Lab in 2024 to pursue a Ph.D. in operational research for space logistics. He received his B.S. in Astrophysics, with a minor in Aerospace Engineering, from the University of California, San Diego in 2022. In 2024, he earned his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University, where he conducted hyperparameter tuning of neural networks and airfoil shape optimization using neural networks. Taeho’s current research interests focus on job scheduling, vehicle routing in on-orbit servicing, and supply chain optimization for space mission design. In his free time, he enjoys watching sports games and cooking Korean food.

DongHyun Kim is from Seoul, South Korea. He received his Bachelor's degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering(2nd major: Data Science Software) from Dongguk University. His research interests are drone routing problems with mobile charging stations for pick & delivery services, and semiconductor scheduling using interpretable machine learning. He enjoys watching sports games and playing golf in his free time.

Jaemin Park is from Seoul, South Korea, and joined the DC Lab in Spring 2025. He completed dual B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering, ITM major from Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech), and Information Technology Management from Northumbria University in 2023. He completed his M.S. in Data Science at SeoulTech in 2024. His research interests focus on optimization, reinforcement learning, and their various applications, including energy systems, routing, and scheduling. In his free time, he enjoys baseball, swimming, and fishing.

Vishvesh is from Mumbai, India, and joined the DC Lab in Fall 2024. He received B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Mumbai University and worked in operations research and supply chain optimization at TVS Motor Company. Now pursuing M.S. in Industrial Engineering at Purdue, his research focuses on improving performance of production and logistics systems using simulation, optimization and machine learning techniques.  In his free time, he enjoys trekking and listening to music.

Sriteja is from Hyderabad, India and joined DC lab in Fall 2024. He completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from CVR College of Engineering and is currently pursuing MS in industrial Engineering. His previous work experience was in supply chain at Amazon and Tesla. He loves analytics and his interests are in Machine Learning, Optimization and Supply Chain Analytics. In his free time, you can find him playing either chess, cricket or basketball.