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Grissom. Armstrong. Powers. Bandla. Will you be the next Boilermaker to take a giant leap in Space? Join us as we explore the frontiers of possibility.

Whether we are designing the modern space suit, optimizing mission communications, simulating events in our models of cis-lunar and low earth orbit, manufacturing and building in space, or tracking and collecting space junk, The Edwardson School continues the Purdue legacy of leadership in space.

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Team Leaders

Barrett Caldwell
Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Human factors engineering

Distributed human supervisory control

Team coordination and performance using information technology

Reem Khir
Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Logistics and transportation planning

Supply chain analytics

System modeling and optimization

Robust and stochastic optimization

Machine learning for constrained optimization


Team Members

Vaneet Aggarwal
Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Supervised learning

Reinforcement Learning

Large Language Models

Quantum Machine Learning

Applications in Networking, Transportation, Robotics, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Biomedical, and Climate

Stephan Biller
Harold T. Amrine Distinguished Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business Director of Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises

Research Interests

Leading eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations (XMO) dedicated to sustainable, digital and physical.

Sustainable and flexible supply chains.

Sustainable and flexible agriculture in light of climate change.

Gary Cheng
Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Laser materials processing

Hybrid manufacturing systems

Rapid manufacturing of 3D bulk structural nanomaterials

Manipulation and processing of biomaterials

Multilayer functional coating

Mechanical/physical property enhancement of metals

Souvik Dhara
Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Applied Probability

Inference and Algorithms on Networks

Random Graphs

Stochastic Processes

Bradley Duerstock
Professor of Practice, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Joint Appointment with Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Neurotrauma

Assistive Technology/Rehabilitation Engineering Physiological Control

Behzad Esmaeili
Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Joint Appointment with Civil Engineering

Research Interests

Construction safety

Risk management

Decision making

Ana MarĂ­a Estrada Gomez
Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Complex Systems

High-dimensional streaming data

Monitoring and diagnosis

Adaptive sampling

Probabilistic graphical models

Zachary Hass
Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Joint Appointment with School of Nursing

Research Interests

Health Outcomes

Program Evaluation in Health Services research for Older Adults

Harsha Honnappa
Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Queueing Theory, Applied Probability, Statistics and Game Theory

Seokcheon Lee
Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Distributed control

Supply chain management

Computer/Communication networks

Sensor networks/Ubiquitous systems

Service systems

Shimon Nof
Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Director, PRISM Center

Research Interests

Collaborative robotics, e-Work, and e-Business systems

Decision support networks for integrated production and service systems

Automation of nano and micro sensor networks

Systems security, integrity, and assurance

Siva Seetharaman
Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Control systems, machine learning, networks, energy, transportation, cyber-physical systems

Yu She
Assistant Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Robotics, Mechanism Design, Tactile Perception

Young-Jun Son
James J. Solberg Head;
Ransburg Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Real-time Control of Smart Factory and Extended Enterprises via Digital-Twin

Modeling Human Decision-Making (Extended Belief-Desire-Intention Model)

Multi-paradigm Simulations (agent, discrete event, system dynamics, virtual reality)

Modeling and Control of Emerging Applications (Emergency Evacuation, Healthcare, UAV/UGV Coordination, Social Network)

Mario Ventresca
Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Approximation algorithms

Automated design and inference

Computational science and engineering

Discrete optimization

Machine learning

Medical operations research

Network science

Wenzhuo Wu
Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Research Interests

Nanomanufacturing

Self-powered Nanosystems

Renewable Energy

Human-integrated Technologies

Smart sensors and electronics

Yuehwern Yih
Tompkins Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Director of Smart Systems and Operations Laboratory;
Director of LASER PULSE Consortium

Research Interests

Design, monitor, and control of complex systems

Behavior-based dynamic control

Process/system model, analysis, and improvement

Machine learning and artificial intelligence

Healthcare system re-engineering

Denny Yu
Associate Professor, Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering;
Courtesy appointment in School of Health Sciences

Research Interests

Quantifying intraoperative workload

Developing patient factors based workload models

Medical device design and usability testing

Integrating wearable sensor devices to develop intelligent health systems



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