
Alaa Mohammed Elwany
Research Interests:
Dr. Elwany’s broad research interests are in the modeling, analysis, and control of advanced manufacturing processes and systems, with particular emphasis on metal additive manufacturing, uncertainty quantification (UQ), reliability engineering, and maintenance management and prognostics.

Richard Feldman
Research Interests:
Dr. Richard Feldman specializes in simulation, applied probability, and operations research. Some of his recent research has involved simulation, queueing analysis, and software development for biological models. He teaches the operations research courses, stochastic processes, simulation, and queueing theory.

Thomas Ferris
Research Interests:
Dr. Ferris’ research interests are in Human Factors and Cognitive Ergonomics, and can be described as the study of cognition in human-machine engineered systems. His primary focus involves human information processing and design to support attention and interruption management.

Natarajan Gautam
Research Interests:
Dr. Natarajan Gautam’s research interests include logistics: real-time delivery and dispatch, energy conservation and efficiency, computer: communication and information networks, and analytics: predictions and decisions under uncertainty.

Victor Leon
Research Interests:
Dr. Victor Leon has performed research on cyber-enabled manufacturing and has written publications in the field of industrial engineering.

Mark Lawley
Research Interests:
Dr. Mark Lawley is TEES Research Professor, and he holds appointments in the Departments Biomedical Engineering and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Texas A&M University. He serves as Deputy Director of the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, which focuses on developing breakthrough health care devices, technologies, and systems for disease prevention, diagnosis, and management in the global health setting.

Cesar Malave
Research Interests:
Dr. Malave’s research and educational interests are in the areas of cost modeling for manufacturing and production systems, development of models for student success, and improving undergraduate engineering education.

Erick Moreno-Centeno
Research Interests:
Dr. Erick Moreno-Centeno’s research interests are on the theory and applications of discrete optimization with an emphasis on network optimization. Specifically, his focus is to design and analyze optimization models and algorithms that are computationally viable for real-world applications.

Lewis Ntaimo
Research Interests:
Dr. Ntaimo’s research interests are in stochastic programming, systems modeling and engineering processes, and discrete event modeling and simulation. Applications of interest include wildfire planning, healthcare, wind energy, and homeland security.
Hamid Parsaei
Research Interests:
Dr. Hamid Parsaei’s research interests include design and analysis of manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing, and economic decision making.
Farzan Sasangohar
Research Interests:
Dr. Sasangohar’s research interests are centered around understanding and improving human decision-making and performance in multi-task, safety-critical work environments using a wide range of analytical techniques and technological innovations such as remote continuous monitoring and connected integrated systems. He is interested and has experience in designing, implementing, and testing systems that improve human-systems performance in socio-technical domains such as healthcare, air-traffic control, command and control, process control, and surface transportation.