Our People

Fang Chen
PhD Student (IE)

Dishna Phukan
MS student (IE)

M.S. student in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

Bachelor of Technology in Civil and Environmental Engineering from SVNIT, Surat; with major interest in Environmental Engineering.

Research interest: operation research and simulation

Zhuoli Yin (LinkedIn)
PhD Student  (IE), 

Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University

M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 2021

B.E. in Electronic Information Engineering

Research interest: Urban computing, AI for sustainability, and intelligent tutoring systems

Kendrick Hardaway
PhD Student  (EEE/ESE), co-advised by Prof. Roshi Nateghi
I am a PhD student in the Ecological Sciences & Engineering interdisciplinary graduate program and am housed in Environmental & Ecological Engineering. In 2018, I graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor's degree in Biological Engineering. My current research interests are in using agent-based and predictive models to determine the long-term impacts of autonomous vehicles. When not working on research, I am normally playing a sport, slack lining, reading, volunteering, or playing board/card games.

Kirsten Lynne Castelli
I am an undergraduate student studying Industrial Engineering with a minor in Economics at Purdue University. My current research interest is in human behavior analysis of decision making. I enjoy my research field of interest because it focuses on why people make the decisions they do as well as what makes them most satisfied as customers, clients, etc. This is important to me as it helps to combine my Industrial Engineering problem solving mindset as well as the ability to work with people, and my Economics mindset with decision making. 

Pengyu Chang
I am an undergraduate student in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. My current research interests are in supply chain and custom behavior analysis of decision making. What I like about my research is that it helps me get a deeper understanding of how to use IE methods to work out real world problems. I hope that my research will also help some companies redesign their products to attract customers, and will make significant contributions to these research areas.

Koichiro Hadiprajitno
I am an undergraduate student in Industrial Engineering with a statistics minor at Purdue University. My current research interests are statistical learning and analytics, and human behavior analysis of decision making. What I like about my research is that it helps me and others to understand more about how products’ design, branding, etc., could significantly affect whether someone would buy a product or not. I am passionate about the research because it can really help the world make a difference from both the environmental and economic perspective.

Jackson Reed Honnold

Emily R. Johncox
I am an undergraduate student studying Industrial Engineering at Purdue University, minoring in German and Sustainable Engineering. My current research is in optimizing bike share programs, specifically in determining the ideal locations for bike docks. I’m most interested in interactions between environmental sustainability and urban life and infrastructure. I enjoy my research because it challenges me and allows me to use my IE background to dive into environmental issues. I find it a good foundation for me to learn the skills to start solving global problems. 

Jessica Kurniawan
I am an undergraduate student majoring in Industrial Engineering, and currently assisting in research on customer behavior and decision making on green-labeled products. I like doing this research because it combines Psychology and Engineering and focuses not only on marketing and "green" products, but also on human behavior. This research will teach us how to solve problems by using engineering, economic, and psychological skills together. 

Katherine E. Leinenbach
I am an undergraduate student studying Industrial Engineering with a minor in Management at Purdue University. Currently, I am involved in consumer behavior research. With the rest of the research team, we analyze our participants' decision making process when choosing to purchase certain items at the grocery store. Through this research opportunity, I have learned more about what information is significant to each individual, whether that be nutritional facts, price, brand recognition, etc. I look forward to seeing what impact our research will have as we move from data collection to data analysis.

Wen Li
I am an undergraduate student in Industrial Engineering with a mathematics minor at Purdue University, currently pursuing a certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. My research interests are system analysis and design. I am now working on research analyzing the motifs of a multi-modal transportation system based on the 2009 national household travel survey data. I hope this research can help improve the efficiency of the transportation system we currently have.

David H. Park
I am currently an undergraduate student in the Industrial Engineering program at Purdue University. My current research interests are statistical analysis of human behavior and the sustainable decision making process. This research helps me to understand how product placement, design, branding, and more could impact a consumer's purchasing habits. I am enthusiastic about the prospect of potentially creating more sustainable conditions from both economic and environmental perspectives.

Anna Poznyak
I’m an undergraduate student in Industrial Engineering with minors in Statistics and Global Engineering. I’m working with Zhaoyu Kou on the urban transportation systems project, in particular, bike-share systems I’m interested in optimizing stations’ locations and exploring the relationship between the cost of subscription and the number of subscribers and one-time users. I’m an avid biker myself, and I’m very excited for this research project as I can contribute towards something that I love and, hopefully, make biking more convenient and attractive to other people. LinkedIn

Junxue Zhang
I’m a undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, participating in a joint engineering program with Shanghai Jiaotong University, China (expected graduation Spring 2018). I’m currently assisting the data collection of the impact on consumer behavior and decision making on environmental sustainability. I look forward to further exploring the decision making mechanics relating to people and industries.

Mingyu Zhang
I am a senior undergraduate student in the School of Ecological and Environmental Engineering at Purdue University. My focus on this field is addressing sustainability and resiliency challenges through statistical learning theory, systematic system design and risk assessment. In the future, I would like to keep working on assessing environmental and ecological implications on our accelerated urbanization by integrating social factors, ecological factors and economic factors. LinkedIn