Dr. Rajan Batta

AWARDS CV PUBLICATIONS RESEARCH GROUP TEACHING

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Academic Position:

· SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

Administrative Position:

· Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Recognition, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Education:

· PhD in Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

· BTech in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Research:

Facilities:

· Applied Operations Research Lab

Topics:

· Transportation of hazardous materials

· Information gathering both in a friendly and hostile environment

· Resilience planning for transportation systems

· Search and rescue in humanitarian settings

· Industrial layout projects

Current Funding:

· National Science Foundation

· Department of Energy

· Department of Defense

· Linde Corporation

· Great Lakes Dental Technologies

Type of Research:

Highly applied to highly theoretical, as captured by INFORMS Fellow Award citation: For advanced theoretical research and use-inspired models for addressing location, layout, security, and HAZMAT transport problems; and for sustained outstanding academic education and leadership

Graduate Students:

Current Students:

· 5 PhD and 2 MS

Graduated Students:

· 58 PhD (1/3rd placed in academia) and 57 MS

Professional Societies, Publications and Awards:

· Affiliates with three societies, INFORMS, IISE and MORS

· Received several key professional society awards

· Published 160+ journal papers, almost all are co-authored with graduate students and ISE colleagues at UB

Teaching:

· Teaches in both the Operations Research and Production Systems areas

· Uses active learning principles to improve teaching effectiveness