Past Projects

Spring 2024

Fall 2023

Project NameNonnegative Matrix Factorization: Computational Algorithms and Applications
Project Broad AreaMachine Learning
Faculty Lead(s)Akwum Onwunta
Student(s)Hannah Li
Project NameIs soccer so popular because it is the most random ball sport?
Project Broad AreaMathematics and Statistics in ISE
Faculty Lead(s)Luis Nunes Vicente
Student(s)Ori Remen, Roman Mitchell, Thaksheel Alleck
Project NameDeveloping a User-Friendly Hospital Call Scheduling Tool
Project Broad AreaSoftware and Computing in ISE
Faculty Lead(s)Frank Curtis, Karmel Shehadeh
Student(s)Josie Charles
Project NameFlexSim Healthcare Simulation Competition
Project Broad AreaSoftware and Computing in ISE
Faculty Lead(s)Ana Alexandrescu
Student(s)Evan Chen, Matthew Hayden
Project NameQuantum Computing for Optimization
Project Broad AreaSoftware and Computing in ISE
Faculty Lead(s)Tamas Terlaky, Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi (PhD Student)
Student(s)Kate Saltovets
Project NameTreatment Planning for Proton Therapy
Project Broad AreaSoftware and Computing in ISE
Faculty Lead(s)Tamas Terlaky, Mohammadhossein Mohammadisiahroudi (PhD Student)
Student(s)Layan Suleiman, Ying Wu

Spring 2023

Applied ISE

Project NameComputational Risk Averse Optimization and Applications
Project Broad AreaFinancial Applications
Faculty Lead(s)Akwum Onwunta
Student(s)Rha Overstreet

Mathematics and Statistics in ISE

Project NameCommodity Pricing Optimization for Energy Delivery
Project Broad AreaEnergy Systems
Faculty Lead(s)Luis Zuluaga
Student(s)Melissa Carraciolo, Nicholas Costanzo
Project NameIs soccer so popular because it is the most random ball sport?
Project Broad AreaStochastic Modeling
Faculty Lead(s)Luis Nunes Vicente
Student(s)Roman Mitchell

Software and Computing in ISE

Project NameDeveloping a User-Friendly Hospital Call Scheduling Tool
Project Broad AreaScheduling
Faculty Lead(s)Frank Curtis, Karmel Shehadeh
Student(s)Josie Charles, Hangyi Li, Yiqun Xu

Fall 2022

Applied ISE

Project NameAdvancing STEM Education for Middle School Girls
Project Broad AreaOutreach
Faculty Lead(s)Ana Alexandrescu
Student(s)Lauren Fountain, Isabelle Torrijos, Julia Helliesen
Project NameExplainable Graph Learning
Project Broad AreaMachine learning; decision support systems
Faculty Lead(s)Parv Venkitasubramanian
Student(s)Josie Charles, Junhee Lee, Isaac Levine
Project NamePortfolio Optimization with CVaR Constraints
Project Broad AreaComputational Risk Averse Optimization
Faculty Lead(s)Akwum Onwunta
Student(s)Jesus Dominguez Castaneda, Rha Overstreet

Software and Computing in ISE

Project NameFlexSim Healthcare Competition
Project Broad AreaHealthcare Simulation Modeling & Analysis
Faculty Lead(s)Ana Alexandrescu, Karmel S. Shehadeh
Student(s)Yiqun Xu, Mark Latvakoski
Project NameAn Optimization Model for Resident Call Scheduling
Project Broad AreaHealthcare Operations – Scheduling
Faculty Lead(s)Karmel S. Shehadeh, Frank E. Curtis
Student(s)Chang Wang, Hangyi Li, Sinan Aksu

Spring 2022

Applied ISE

Project NameAn Optimization Model for Resident Call Scheduling
Project Broad AreaHealthcare Operations – Scheduling
Faculty Lead(s)Karmel S. Shehadeh, Frank E. Curtis
Student(s)Matt Calvin, Julia Helliesen
Project NamePortfolio Optimization with CVaR Constraints
Project Broad AreaComputational Risk Averse Optimization
Faculty Lead(s)Akwum Onwunta
Student(s)Jesus Dominguez Castaneda, Owen Brown

Software & Computing in ISE

Project NameDesigning Cost-Informed Models for Predicting Septic Shock
Project Broad AreaPrediction in Healthcare
Faculty Lead(s)Daniel Robinson
Student(s)Sarah Vaknin, Michael Peralta, Sophie Champ

Mathematics & Statistics in ISE

Project NameMachine Learning Model for Organic Redox Flow Battery Design
Project Broad Area
Faculty Lead(s)Xiu Yang
Student(s)Sean Upadhyay, Huixuan Lin

Fall 2021

Applied ISE

Project NameMapping Access to Hospitals in Pennsylvania Using ArcGIS
Project Broad AreaHealthcare Facility Location
Faculty Lead(s)Karmel S. Shehadeh
Student(s)Yueying (Tobby) Qiu, Chang Wang, Yuyang (Judy) Wu
Project NameFlexSim Healthcare Competition
Project Broad AreaHealthcare Simulation Modeling & Analysis
Faculty Lead(s)Ana Alexandrescu, Karmel S. Shehadeh
Student(s)Jose Castillo, Marcos Leal, Rodrigo Gonzalez
Mapping Access to Hospitals in Pennsylvania Using ArcGIS – 2021
FlexSim Healthcare Competition – 2021

Software & Computing in ISE

Project NameScalable Linear Programming-Based Algorithms for K-means Clustering
Project Broad AreaOptimization Algorithms for Unsupervised Machine Learning
Faculty Lead(s)Aida Khajavirad, Frank E. Curtis
Student(s)Ryan Sun
Project NameUsing Deep Networks for Supervised Learning Problems
Project Broad AreaDeveloping a Software Package in Julia to be Used for Training Networks to Perform Various Prediction Problems in Computer Vision and Healthcare.
Faculty Lead(s)Daniel Robinson
Student(s)Sarah Vaknin, Michael Peralta, Sophie Champ
Using Deep Networks for Supervised Learning Problems – 2021

Mathematics & Statistics in ISE

Project NameGaussian Process Regression with Soft Constraints
Project Broad AreaUncertainty Aware Data-Driven Methods for Scientific and Engineering Problems
Faculty Lead(s)Xiu Yang
Student(s)Marissa He, Liv Newman, Rong Huang, Sean Upadhyay