Faculty and Staff

  • James H. Lambert

    James H. Lambert

    Center Director and Professor of Engineering Systems and Environment

     

    Lambert@virginia.edu

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  • Julianne Quinn

    Julianne Quinn

    Center Associate Director and Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems and Environment

    jdq6nn@virginia.edu

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  • Thomas L. Polmateer

    Thomas L. Polmateer

    Research Program Director

    Research Program Director, University of Virginia

    Secretary to the Board, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems (CCALS)

    polmateer@virginia.edu

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  • Nastassja A. Lewinski

    Nastassja A. Lewinski

    Fellow

    Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

    nalewinski@vcu.edu

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  • Joi Y. Williams

    Joi Y. Williams

    Fellow

    Assistant Professor, Applied Engineering Technology/ Information Logistics Technology, Virginia State University

    JYWilliams@VSU.edu 

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  • Lessie Oliver-Clark

    Lessie Oliver-Clark

    Fellow

    Instructor, Information Logistics Technology, Virginia State University

    loliver-clark@vsu.edu

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  • Pamela B. DeGuzman

    Pamela B. DeGuzman

    Fellow

    Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia

    deguzman@virginia.edu

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  • Zachary A. Collier

    Zachary A. Collier

    Fellow

    Adjunct Professor, Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics, James Madison University

    colli2za@jmu.edu

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  • Ayedh Almutairi

    Ayedh Almutairi

    Fellow

    Assistant Professor, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, Kuwait University

    ayedh.almutairi@ku.edu.kw

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  • James C. Haug

    James C. Haug

    Fellow

    Associate Professor of Management, Longwood University

    haugjc@longwood.edu

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  • José M. Palma-Oliveira

    José M. Palma-Oliveira

    Distinguished Scholar

    Professor of Environmental Psychology and Risk Perception and Management, University of Lisbon

    jpalma-oliveira@psicologia.ulisboa.pt

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  • Alexander A. Ganin

    Alexander A. Ganin

    Research Scientist

    Research Scientist, University of Virginia

    aag2k@virginia.edu

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  • Rosemary S. Shaw

    Rosemary S. Shaw

    Center Manager

    Office: Olsson 112
    Phone: 434-924-0960
    rss6n@virginia.edu

Students

  • Daniel J. Andrews

    Daniel J. Andrews

    PH.D. Student

    Dan is an eighteen-year veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Corps of Engineers with combat leadership experience in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Dan is currently a member of the U.S. Army Operations Research and Systems Analysis functional area. Dan received a BS in Mechanical Engineering (2001) from USMA, a MS in Civil Engineering (2005) from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and a MS in Mechanical Engineering (2011) from The Ohio State University. 

  • Tim Eddy

    Tim Eddy

    Tim received his B.S. summa cum laude in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Oklahoma (2016), and MS in Systems Engineering at UVA (2019). He has been funded as a National Merit Scholar and recipient of the UVA Sholl of Engineering and Applied Science Houston Distinguished Fellowship.  He is currently funded through the Department of Education as a Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellow.

     

  • Kelsey S. Hollenback

    Kelsey S. Hollenback

    Ph.D. Student

    Kelsey has ten years of experience in direct hospital patient care and two years in ambulatory care administration support.  Kelsey received her B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering (2017) from San Jose State University, a California State University campus. She is funded by a Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship and is sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center.

     

  • Cody A. Pennetti, PE

    Cody A. Pennetti, PE

    Ph.D. Student

    Cody serves as a lecturer for the undergraduate Land Development Engineering course. Cody received his BS in Civil Engineering (2007) at the University of Virginia; his MS in Systems Engineering (2016) at Virginia Tech, and a M.Cert, Engineering & Technology Management, George Washington University (2011). He is a Virginia-licensed NSPE Professional Engineer, Civil.

  • Shravan Sreekumar

    Shravan Sreekumar

    Ph.D. Student

    PhD student Shravan Sreekumar received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (2017) and his MSE in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (2018). 

  • Graduate Student Awards

    2019-2022 SMART Fellowship. United States Department of Defense. Kelsey Hollenback

    2019 Louis T. Rader Outstanding Graduate Student Award. University of Virginia Department of Engineering Systems and Environment. Heimir Thorisson

    2019 John E. Gibson Scholarship Award. University of Virginia Department of Engineering Systems and Environment. Marwan Alsultan

    2018 National Science Foundation Travel Grant.  Second International Conference on Mathematics of Data Science. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 2-4 November 2018. Marwan Alsultan

    2018 Student Travel Award. Travel support for Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 2-6 December 2018. Marwan Alsultan

    2018-2019 Volkswagen Group of North America Fellowship. University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Heimir Thorisson

    2018 Louis T. Rader Outstanding Graduate Student Award. University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering. Zachary A. Collier

    2018 Induction into University of Virginia Raven Society. Heimir Thorisson

    2017 Best Reviewer Award. Wiley journal Risk Analysis. Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis. Arlington, VA, USA.10-13 December, 2017. Dr. Alexander A. Ganin

    2017 Student Travel Award. Travel support for Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Arlington, VA, USA. 10-13 December, 2017. Zachary A. Collier 

    2017 Student Travel Award. Registration and Attendance for INFORMS Student Leadership Conference. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 21-22 April, 2017. Heimir Thorisson

    2017-2018 Volkswagen Group of North America Fellowship. University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science. Zachary A. Collier

    2016 Best Poster Award at Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA,  USA,  13 December, 2016. Dr. Alexander A. Ganin

    2016 SERC Doctoral Students Forum—Invited Presentation. Systems Engineering Research Center. Washington, DC, USA. 16 November, 2016. Heimir Thorisson

    2016 Louis T. Rader Outstanding Graduate Student Award, University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering. Elizabeth B. Connelly

    2016 Louis T. Rader Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award, University of Virginia Department of Systems & Information Engineering. Heimir Thorisson

    2016 Leadership Award. International Studies Office, University of Virginia. Heimir Thorisson

    2016 UVa Public Days.  Selected as one of seventy-five graduate students across the University to exhibit research. Office of the President. University of Virginia. March 2016. Elizabeth B. Connelly 

    2014-2016 Fulbright Scholar. United States Department of State. Heimir Thorisson

    2014-2015 Graduate Research Award. Public-Sector Aviation Issues.  United States Federal Aviation Administration, administered by Airport Cooperative Research Program. Elizabeth B. Connelly

    2014-2015 Airport Cooperative Research Program Foundation Scholar Award. University of Virginia. Elizabeth B. Connelly

    2014 Louis T. Rader Outstanding Graduate Student Award. University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering. Michelle C. Hamilton

    2014 Ruthie Oxford Memorial Award. University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering. Junrui Xu

    2014 Louis T. Rader Outstanding Graduate Service Award. University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering. Elizabeth B. Connelly

    2012 Louis T. Rader Outstanding Graduate Student Award.  University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering. Shital A. Thekdi

    2012 Ruthie Oxford Memorial Award. University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering. Shital A. Thekdi

    2011-2014 SMART Fellowship. United States Department of Defense. Michelle C. Hamilton

    2011 Louis T. Rader Outstanding Graduate Student Award. University of Virginia Department of Systems and Information Engineering. Christopher J. Karvetski

    2010-2011 Recipient of Postdoctoral Fellowship from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (the National Council of Science and Technology) to work with Professor James H. Lambert at University of Virginia. Lauro J. Martinez