Background
I am an Assistant Professor of Industrial Distribution in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University and Co-Director of the Advanced Transportation, Logistics & AI for Resilient Systems (ATLAS) Lab. My research centers on infrastructure system of systems resilience, with related work in supply chain and logistics and engineering education.
Before Texas A&M, I was an Assistant Professor at Marshall University. I hold a PhD in Transportation & Urban Engineering from the University of Connecticut.
Education
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PhD in Transportation & Urban Engineering
Thesis: A Complex System Approach for Post-Disaster Infrastructure Restoration Modeling
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Master of Science in Engineering (MSc) in Operations Research
Thesis: Drone Routing and Optimization for Post-disaster Inspection
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Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSc) in Industrial & Production Engineering
Honors and awards
- 2024-2025Marshall University CECS Best Researcher Award
- 2023John Marshall Scholar Award
- 2021Best Poster Runner-up at 4th Annual CAMMSE Research Symposium
- 2021CEE Graduate Student Leadership Initiative Award
- 2021John Lof Leadership Academy Travel Grant
- 2020-2021General Electric (GE) Fellowship for Innovation
- 2020Best Poster Runner-up at Winter Simulation Conference
- 2020Featured Paper in Editor's Choice at ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
- 2019First Place Award for Civil Engineering at 5th UConn Annual Graduate Poster Competition
- 2019Featured in IISE Magazine for Two Journal Papers
- 2017Graduate Student Travel Assistance Grants (TAGGS) at Mississippi State University
- 2017ISERC/QCRE Best Student Paper, Quality Control and Reliability Engineering Division
- 2010-2014University Merit Scholarship, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Editorial and leadership roles
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PLOS ONE
Editorial decisions on the quality of scholarly articles, reviewer identification and assignment, and final accept or reject decisions.
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Journal special issues
- Application of Generative AI and Agentic AI for Crisis Management, Discover Analytics, 2026-2027
- AI Applications in Construction and Infrastructure, Information, 2024-2025
- Sustainable and Smart Transportation Systems: Electrification, Alternative Fuels, and Green Mobility, Sustainability, 2026-2027
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John Lof Leadership Academy, University of Connecticut
- Organized expert workshops and training for undergraduate and graduate students
- Conducted outreach activities for UConn to encourage under-represented middle-school and high-school students to get involved in science and engineering
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INFORMS Student Chapter, Mississippi State University
- Conducted programming workshops for undergraduate students and invited business leaders to speak at events
- Coordinated with national engineering chapter to develop long-term strategies for the organization
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Session chair
- ASEM Annual Conference, Systems Engineering, October 25, 2023
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, Drone Based Logistics, November 15, 2016
Journal reviewer
- Transportation Science
- Production and Operations Management
- Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
- ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
- ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems
- Applied Soft Computing
- Journal of Big Data
- Mathematics
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Sustainable Cities and Society
- Computers and Operations Research
- OR Spectrum
- IEEE Systems
- Energies
- Construction Management and Economics
Industry experience
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HATIL Complex Limited
- Analyzed customer demand data, monitored marketplace and economic trends, and conducted trade-off analysis of different business decisions
- Developed production and supply chain practices as well as compliance strategies which resulted in 3.8% reduction in department cost