Faces of ISE | NC State ISE

Joe is an assistant professor of industrial engineering at Oregon State University. He researches mixed-integer and multilevel optimization techniques to develop data-driven decision support tools for decision-makers in health care. Other interests of his include optimization in machine learning and game theory.

Adam is CEO and founder of Baseline Controls Inc., a Raleigh-based project management consulting firm established in 2010. He and his team plan and execute projects through project management, project controls, portfolio management and process improvement in a wide variety of industries. Adam engages with the ISE Department and NC State by offering a welcoming home to many engineering students.

Ashley is an ambulatory surgery center administrator for Hospital Corporation of America, Medical Center Healthcare. Specialties include Gastroenterology, general, ENT, GYN, pain, and Podiatry. Her role consists of operations management, data analysis and quality/process improvement.

Katy is a management engineer at Emory Healthcare. Her responsibilities include developing simulation models and implementing solutions to improve hospital operations for patients and staff. She is also responsible for training other engineers in simulation and analytics.

Lena is an assistant professor and industrial engineering department head at the German Jordanian University, where she teaches math-based courses for undergraduate students and innovation and entrepreneurship for graduate students. Her administrative roles include ingenious strategic expansion of the department for students, staff and faculty.

Ling is a research scientist at Amazon. His work continues his Ph.D. study on time-varying Queueing models focusing on the stochastic modeling, simulation and real-time control of customer contact centers. He has developed an automated platform that optimizes the reallocation of idle service resources in continental-level networks. His goal is to harness the potential of operations research to provide the best service to Amazon customers.

Melissa is a management engineering team lead at Duke Health Performance Serves, where she utilizes her ISE tools and leadership skill as she explores her dual passions of engineering and healthcare. After working at Duke for several years, she returned to NC State and became one of the first people to earn a master of Engineering Management.

Tanzid is a Senior Data Scientist at Walmart. He applies mathematical modeling and coding techniques he learnt through courses and research at NC State ISE to optimize Walmart supply chain and ensure that you get your products on time with the lowest possible price from your neighborhood Walmart.

Shakiba is an Assistant Professor in Supply Chain and Analytics Department at the College of Business Administration in the University of Missouri- Saint Louis. Her research aims to advance decision-making in complex systems by harnessing the power of optimization.

Dr. Nisha Nataraj is a Health Scientist on the Applied Research, Evaluation, and Integration team in the Division of Overdose Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Her research uses applied statistical, machine learning, and simulation methodologies to study national opioid prescribing patterns overdose.

Muge is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she utilizes industrial engineering and operations research methods applied to healthcare data to ensure that the patients receive timely diagnosis and appropriate care while care providers’ workload and physical health are supported.

Karl is a manufacturing process engineer at Mesoblast Limited, an Australian regenerative medicine company. He leads the migration of new cell therapy innovations from process development into the GMP clean room for implementation in full scale manufacturing.

Dr. Irem Sengul Orgut is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management and an Assistant Director at the Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA) at Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama. Her research focuses on using Analytics and Operations Research methods to address problems that involve humanitarian operations management with an emphasis on hunger relief operations.

Saiesh is a Technical Project Manager and an Agile Coach at Red Hat serving multiple Portfolio & Delivery teams. He believes in the power of open-source software because he has witnessed how it fosters innovation, collaboration, and democratizes access to technology driving positive change across diverse communities without the barriers of proprietary systems. During his time at ISE, he had the opportunity to delve into principles and practices which equipped him with a solid foundation in orchestrating complex projects.

Sheri is COO of CMC Hotels a Raleigh, NC based corporation that specializes in developing and operating hotels. She collaborates with architects, designers, and operational teams to ensure that renovations or new developments meet the highest standards of efficiency and guest satisfaction. CMC designs layouts for optimal operational flow, integrating the latest technologies to improve the guest’s experience, and implementing sustainable practices to reduce environmental impact.