Jordan Kern, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University
Current Graduate Students
Amir Zeighami
PhD Student
Forestry and Environmental Resources
M.S. CEE, University of Maryland
Luis Miguel Prieto Miranda
PhD Student
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
M.S. CEE, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Kerem Akdemir
PhD Student
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
M.S. Forestry and Environmental Resources, NC State University
Henry Ssembatya
PhD Student
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
M.S. Petroleum Engineering, Univ. of Southern California
Ece Akdemir
PhD Student
Forestry and Environmental Resources
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
Annie McElvenny
MS Student
Forestry and Environmental Resources
B.S. Environmental and Natural Resources, Clemson 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
Troy Wibowo
MS Student
Industrial and Systems Engineering
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
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
Taylor Pack (U, 2021) – ECS Limited, Baton Rouge, LA
Kerem Akdemir (M, 2021) – PhD student, NCSU, Raleigh, NC
Zach Lucy (M, 2021) – Leyline Renewable Capital, Durham, NC
Jake Wessel (M, 2021) – PhD student, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Yufei Su (P, 2020) – McKinsey & Company, 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
