Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering Welcomes Several New Faculty This Fall
During the '25-'26 academic year the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering has added several new faculty members from a wide variety of backgrounds, adding even more talent to our already strong world-class faculty.
This fall we welcome Ibukun Phillips as our newest lecturer in the Purdue Systems Collaboratory, and Abheek Chatterjee will join the Systems Collaboratory this spring as an additional lecturer.
The Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering has also welcomed faculty members Danial Davarnia, Jack Feng, Liwei Jiang, and Miaolan Xie.
The newest faculty members bring expertise from both academia and industry.
Abheek Chatterjee; Lecturer (PhD, Texas A&M)
Resilience and Sustainability of System of Systems
Danial Davarnia; Associate Professor (PhD, Florida)
Global Optimization; Transportation and Network Interdiction
Jack Feng; Professor of Engineering Practice (PhD, Iowa)
Quality and Lean 6-Sigma; IISE Fellow
Liwei Jiang; Assistant Professor (PhD, Cornell)
Nonlinear Optimization; Nonsmooth Optimization
Ibukun Philips; Lecturer (PhD, Purdue)
AI-Enabled Systems, Model-Based Systems Engineering
Miaolan Xie; Assistant Professor (PhD, Cornell)
Stochastic Optimization; Data Science
Resilience and Sustainability of System of Systems
Danial Davarnia; Associate Professor (PhD, Florida)
Global Optimization; Transportation and Network Interdiction
Jack Feng; Professor of Engineering Practice (PhD, Iowa)
Quality and Lean 6-Sigma; IISE Fellow
Liwei Jiang; Assistant Professor (PhD, Cornell)
Nonlinear Optimization; Nonsmooth Optimization
Ibukun Philips; Lecturer (PhD, Purdue)
AI-Enabled Systems, Model-Based Systems Engineering
Miaolan Xie; Assistant Professor (PhD, Cornell)
Stochastic Optimization; Data Science