The institute’s research team of scholars provides the capability to develop effective solutions to complex problems confronting public and private organizations. The research team conducts ongoing research in a wide array of areas related to logistics and transportation ranging from the modeling and simulation of logistics systems, transportation planning and management, the application of geographic information systems, economic impact studies, site selection, vehicle routing, technology development and application, and the engineering of responsive and sustainable systems.

 

Institute Members

Colleen Bailey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Diana Berman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Michael Bomba, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Logistics and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Nandika D'Souza, Ph.D.
Academic Associate Dean
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Melanie Ecker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
Ted Farris, Ph.D.
Professor
Logistics and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Michel Fathi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Lauren Fischer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Public Administration
College of Health and Public Service
Shengli Fu, Ph.D.
Chair
Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Song Fu, Ph.D.
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Laurie Giddens, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Andrew Gregory, Ph.D.
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Biological Sciences
College of Science
Seock Hong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Logistics and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Zhenhua Huang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Nathan Hutson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Public Administration
College of Health and Public Service
Hee Soun Jang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Public Administration
College of Health and Public Service
Yuede Ji, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Yijie Jiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Xinrong Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Hung Luyen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Ila Manuj, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Logistics and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Maurizio Manzo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Angus McColl
Assistant Dean for Strategic Partnerships / Executive Director of Development
Division of University Advancement
College of Engineering
Gayatri Mehta
Professor
Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Kamesh Namuduri, Ph.D.
Professor
Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering
Chalam Narayanan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Suman Niranjan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Logistics and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
David R. Nowicki, Ph.D.
Professor
Logistics and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Dipakkumar Pravin, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
College of Business
Gayle Prybutok, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Rehabilitation and Health Services
College of Health and Public Service
Chenxi Qiu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Michael Rondelli
Associate Vice President
Research Commercial Agreements
Research and Innovation
Hamid Sadat, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Brian Sauser, Ph.D
Professor
Logistics and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Michael Savoie, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor
Logistics, and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Hector Siller Carrillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Vijay Vaidyanathan, Ph.D.
Chair
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
Andrey Voevodin, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Scott Warren, Ph.D.
Professor
Learning Technologies
College of Information
Lisa Weston, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Logistics and Operations Management
G. Brint Ryan College of Business
Qing Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Cheng Yu, Ph.D.
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering

 

Administration

Terrance Pohlen, Ph.D.
Terrance Pohlen, Ph.D.
Director
BLB 295M
Tim Hawkins, Ph.D.
Associate Director
BLB 394G
Clinton Purtell, Ph.D.
Clinton Purtell, Ph.D.
Associate Director
NT at Frisco – Inspire Park
Katherine Dreyer, Ph.D.
Katherine Dreyer, Ph.D.
Grant Proposal Manager
BLB 331E
Lauren Pratt
Lauren Pratt
Sr. Administrative Coordinator