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Melika Jahan Beikloo selected for the 2026 FutureBAProf Workshop

Melika Jahan Beikloo was selected as one of 22 participants, from a pool of 117 applicants, for the 2026 FutureBAProf workshop at the University of Iowa.

The workshop brought together participants from 21 institutions to explore academic careers in business analytics, including research, teaching, the academic job market, and faculty career development. Melika had the opportunity to learn from leading scholars in the field and connect with fellow emerging researchers.

Melika Jahan Beikloo presents at the 2026 INFORMS Healthcare Conference

Melika Jahan Beikloo presented “Mitigating Harm from Disruption in Illicit Fentanyl Supply Networks: A Stochastic Bilevel Optimization Approach” at the 2026 INFORMS Healthcare Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. The work, coauthored with F. Janan, Thomas C. Sharkey, and Mary E. Kurz, uses stochastic bilevel optimization to examine strategies for reducing harm associated with disruption and adaptation in illicit fentanyl supply networks.

Melika Jahan Beikloo selected as an IISE Future Faculty Fellow

Melika Jahan Beikloo has been selected as an IISE Future Faculty Fellow. This recognition reflects her preparation for an academic career integrating operations research scholarship, interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching, and student mentorship.

Aadithan Anbuvanan presents a poster at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting

Aadithan Anbuvanan presents his poster, titled as “Multi Stage Genetic Algorithm Optimization for Scheduling Flexible Flow Lines with Sequence Dependent Setup Times,” at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA.

Ahmad Kokhahi presents at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting

Ahmad Kokhahi presents his research, titled as “Path optimization of multiple robots in robotic mobile fulfillment system,” at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA.

Melika Jahan Beikloo awarded NSF Travel Support

Melika Jahan Beikloo has been awarded NSF Travel Grant to support their travel to attend the 2025 IISE Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA. She will be presenting joint work with Dr. Mary E. Kurz, Dr. Thomas C. Sharkey and Dr. Bryan Lee Miller entitled “Assessing the Distribution of Naloxone Across Communities in South Carolina”.

Melika Jahan Beikloo presents at 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting

Melika Jahan Beikloo presents her research on “Assessing the Equitable Distribution of Naloxone Locations in South Carolina” at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. This presentation highlights our work on assessing the spatial distribution of Naloxone centers and its critical role in harm reduction strategies for the opioid epidemic.

Melika Jahan Beikloo presents Poster at SCJA

Melika Jahan Beikloo presents poster titled “Modeling the Opioid Epidemic Using Agent-Based Modeling and GIS” at the Southern Criminal Justice Association (SCJA) conference in Greenville on September 12th, 2024. The poster explores the use of computational models and spatial data to better understand and address the opioid epidemic in South Carolina. By integrating Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this project aims to provide insights into the social and spatial dynamics of the crisis, helping to inform more effective intervention strategies.

Srinath, Yilmazlar, Kurz and Taaffe Publish New Article

Nitin Srinath, I. Ozan Yilmazlar, Mary E. Kurz and Kevin Taaffe are proud to announce that our paper, “Introducing Preferences in Scheduling Applications,” has been published in Computers & Industrial Engineering. Read it here.

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Ibrahim Ozan Yilmazlar awarded Graduate Travel Grant

Ibrahim Ozan Yilmazlar has been awarded a Graduate Travel Grant (GTG) from Clemson University Graduate Student Government in the amount of $750 to support their travel to attend INFORMS.

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