People
Jordan Kern, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University
Current Graduate Students
Luis Miguel Prieto Miranda
PhD Student
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
M.S. CEE, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Ece Akdemir
PhD Student
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
M.S. Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University
Jingwei Qian
PhD Student
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
M.S. Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Cameron Lisy
PhD Student
Operations Research
M.S. Operations Research, NC State University
Veronica Diaz Pacheco
PhD Student
Operations Research
M.S. Industrial Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
Diesta Maftuhah
PhD Student
Industrial and Systems Engineering
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
Duc-Huy (Edric) Pham
PhD Student
Industrial and Systems Engineering
B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – Vietnam National University
Md Tanvir Ahmmed Fahim
PhD Student
Industrial and Systems Engineering
B.S. Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
Past Visiting Researchers
Martha Frysztacki, PhD candidate, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, June 2022
Rachel Koh, PhD candidate, Singapore University of Technology and Design, August 2022
Group Alumni
U = undergraduate; M = masters; P = PhD
Troy Wibowo (M, 2025) – PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, Indonesia
Henry Ssembatya (P, 2025) – NextEra Energy, Juno Beach, FL
Amir Zeighami (P, 2024) – Savion Energy, Durham, NC
Annie McElvenny (M, 2024) – Fujifilm Biotechnologies, Holly Springs, NC
Kerem Akdemir (M, 2021; P, 2024) – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Taylor Pack (U, 2021) – Terracon, Harrisburg, PA
Zach Lucy (M, 2021) – Leyline Renewable Capital, Durham, NC
Jake Wessel (M, 2021) – Post-doctoral researcher, Princeton University, NJ
Yufei Su (P, 2020) – S&P Global, Shanghai, China
Joy Hill (M, 2020) – PG&E, San Francisco, CA
Rachel Kleiman (M, 2020) – Researcher, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Yina Sun (U, 2018) – MBA student, Harvard University/ JD student Stanford University
Caroline Macklin (U, 2017) – Pfizer, Inc., Raleigh, NC
