Faculty Achievements

This is a list of the journal publications, conference papers, grants and patents awarded to the faculty of the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department since 2013. (Please bring any errors or omissions to our attention so we can correct them. Thank you.)

Journal Papers

I. E. Büyüktahtakin, Z. Feng*, F. Szidarovszky, G. Frisvold, Invasive Species Control based on a Cooperative Game, Applied Mathematics, Vol. 4, No. 10B, 54-59, 2013.

Sagapuram, D., Efe, M., Moscoso, W., Chandrasekar, S., Trumble, K.P, Controlling Texture in Magnesium Alloy Sheet by Shear-based Deformation Processing, Acta Materialia, Vol. 61, 6843-6856, Oct. 2013.

H. I. Cobuloglu and I. E. Büyüktahtakin, “A Mixed-Integer Optimization Model for the Economic and Environmental Analysis of Biomass Production”, Biomass & Bioenergy, 67, 8-23, 2014

I. E. Büyüktahtakin, J. C. Smith, J. C. Hartman, and S. Luo, “Parallel Asset Replacement Problem under Economies of Scale with Multiple Challengers”, The Engineering Economist, 59 (4), 237-258, 2014

I. E. Büyüktahtakin, Z. Feng, A. Olsson, G. Frisvold and F. Szidarovszky, “Invasive Species Control Optimization as a Dynamic Spatial Process: An Application to Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) in Arizona”, Invasive Plant Science and Management, 7 (1), 132-146, 2014

I. E. Büyüktahtakin, Z. Feng and F. Szidarovszky, "A Multi-Objective Optimization Model for Invasive Species Control," In print, Journal of Operational Research Society, 2014

E. Salari and J. Unkelbach, A column-generation-based method for multi-criteria direct aperture optimization, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 58-3, 621-639, 7 February 2013.

J. Unkelbach, D. Craft, E. Salari, J. Ramakrishnan, and T. Bortfeld, The dependence of optimal fractionation schemes on the spatial dose distribution, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 58-1, 159-167, 7 January 2013.

J. Unkelbach, D. Craft, T. Hong, D. Papp, J. Ramakrishnan, E. Salari, J. Wolfgang, and T. Bortfeld, Exploiting tumor shrinkage through temporal optimization of radiotherapy, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 59 (2014), 3059—3079

Zequn Wang*, Pingfeng Wang, A Maximum Confidence Enhancement Based Sequential Sampling Scheme for Simulation-Based Design, Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(2), 021006(10), 2013.

Pingfeng Wang, Zequn Wang*, Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom*, Dynamic Reliability-based Robust Design Optimization with Time-Variant Probabilistic Constraints, Engineering Optimization, Engineering Optimization, 2013.

Prasanna Tamilselvan*,Pingfeng Wang, Shuangwen Sheng, Janet Twomey, A Two-stage Diagnosis Framework for Wind Turbine Gearbox Condition Monitoring, International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, Vol. 4, 2013.

Pingfeng Wang, Prasanna Tamilselvan*, Janet Twomey, Byeng Youn, Prognosis Informed Wind Farm Operation and Maintenance for Economic and Environmental Benefits, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, Vol. 14, No. 6, 1049-1056, 2013.

Zequn Wang*, Pingfeng Wang, A New Approach for Reliability Analysis with Time-Variant Performance Characteristics, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 115, pp. 70-81, 2013
Prasanna Tamilselvan*,

Pingfeng Wang, Michael Pecht, A Multi-Attribute Classification Fusion System for Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor Diagnostics, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 53, No.8, 1117-1129, 2013.

Prasanna Tamilselvan*, Pingfeng Wang, Failure Diagnosis Using Deep Belief Learning Based Health State Classification, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 115, 124-135, 2013.

Ghazi Nezami, F., Yildirim, M. B. A Sustainability Approach for Selecting Maintenance Strategy, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Vol. 6 , No. 4, 332-343, 2013.

Uner, H., Ghazi Nezami, F., Yildirim, M.B, Visit Length in Pediatric Primary Care: The Lessons from a Pilot Study, Journal of Medical Practice Management, Vol. 28, No. 6, 363-370, 2013.

Safai, N.*, and Weheba G, A Fully Bayesian Approach to Verifying a Reduction in the Process Variance, Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, Vol. 6, No. 2, 107-115, Jan 2013.

Amick RZ*, Patterson JA, and Jorgensen MJ, Sensitivity of tri-axial accelerometers within mobile consumer electronic devices: A pilot study, International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Vol 3, No. 2, 97-100, Feb 2013.

Lane, B., Whitenton, E., Madhavan, V., and Donmez, A., Uncertainty of temperature measurements by infrared thermography for metal cutting applications, Metrologia, 50(6), 637 doi:10.1088/0026-1394/50/6/637, 2013.

Reuter, K., Chong, A., Madhavan, V., Wooley, P.H., Virginia, M., Lankarani H.M., Development of a finite element model to study the torsional fracture strength of an analogue tibia with bicortical holes, Int. J. Experimental and Computational Biomechanics, 2(2), 158-170, 2013.

*Faishal, K., Cheraghi, S., Krishnan, K.K and Lankarani, H, FEM based Study of the Impact of Riveting Sequence, Rivet Pitch, and Gap Between Sheets on the Quality of Riveted Lap Joints, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 67, 545-562, June, 2013.

Krishnan, *Mirzaei, and *Pachaimuthu, Heuristic for Combined line Balancing and Worker, Journal of Supply Chain and Operations, Vol. 11, #1, 47 – 63, February, 2013.

*Almaktoom, T.A, Krishnan, K.K., Wang, P., & *Alsobhi, S., “Assurance of system service level robustness in complex supply chain networks,” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 74, 445-460, 2014

Conference Papers

I. E. Büyüktahtakin, Rajesh Kumar Narasimhan*, Halil Cobuloglu*, Tanner Lampe*, Greg Houseman, Controlling the Invasion of Sericea Lespedeza with Limited Budgets: Insights from an Optimization Model, INFORMS Fall Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.

*H. Cobuloglu and I. E. Büyüktahtakin, An Optimization Model for the Switchgrass-Based Biomass Production, INFORMS Fall Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.

*Emmanuel des-Bordes and I. E. Büyüktahtakin, Valid Inequalities for the 0-1 Knapsack Formulations through Dynamic Programming, INFORMS Fall Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.

I. E. Büyüktahtakin, J. C. Smith, J. C. Hartman, Partial objective function inequalities for the multi-item capacitated lot-sizing problem, INFORMS Computing Society Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 2013.

Eyyub Kibis, *Halil Cobuloglu, *Tanner Lampe, I. E. Büyüktahtakin, Controlling Invasive Species, Kansas EPSCOR Conference, Lawrence, KS, October 2013.

I. E. Büyüktahtakin, Susan Martonosi, Julie Ivy, Laura McLay, A panel on “Speed Networking”, INFORMS Fall Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013.

W. Moscoso, Slip-Line Field Analysis of Large Strain Extrusion Machining, NAMRC42/Detroit, Michigan, Nov. 15, 2013.

Zequn Wang*, Pingfeng Wang, A New Approach for Reliability Analysis with Time-Variant Performance Characteristics, 2013 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 2013 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Orlando, FL, January 28-31, 2013.

Zequn Wang*,Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom*,Pingfeng Wang, Dynamic Reliaiblity-Based Robust Design with Time-Variant Probabilistic Constraints, 54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE /AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Boston, MA, AIAA-2013-1775, April 8-11 2013.

Yibin Wang*, Pingfeng Wang, Cost Benefit Analysis of Condition Monitoring Systems for Optimal Maintenance Decision Making, 54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE /AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Boston, MA, AIAA-2013-1942, April 8-11 2013.

Prasanna Tamilselvan*,Pingfeng Wang, A Multi-attribute Classification Fusion System for Structural Health Diagnostics, 54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE /AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Boston, MA, AIAA-2013-1944, April 8-11 2013.

Liang Xu*,Pingfeng Wang, A Generic Bayesian Approach for Model-based Prognostics with Laplace Approximation, IIE Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 18 -22, 2013.

Guangxing Bai*, Pingfeng Wang, A generic model-free approach for lithium-ion battery health management, IIE Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 18 -22, 2013.

Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom*,Zequn Wang*,Pingfeng Wang, Suboom Lee, Smart Sensing Function Design Using Multifunctional Material for Failure Diagnostics and Prognostics, 10th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO), Orlando, FL, May 19-24, 2013.

Zhimin Xi, Rong Jing, Pingfeng Wang, Chao Hu, A Copula-Based Sampling Method for Data-driven Prognostics and Health Management, ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Portland, Oregon, DETC2013-13592, August 4-7, 2013.

Pingfeng Wang, Byeng D. Youn, Chao Hu, Concurrent Design of Functional Reliability and Failure Prognosis for Engineered Resilience, ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Portland, Oregon, DETC2013-12593, August 4-7, 2013.

Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom*,Zequn Wang*,Pingfeng Wang, Probabilistic Design of Smart Sensing Functions for Structural Health Monitoring and Prognosis, ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Portland, Oregon, DETC2013-12598, August 4-7, 2013.

Prasanna Tamilselvan*, Pingfeng Wang, Chao Hu, Design of a Robust Classification Fusion Platform for Structural Health Diagnostics, ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Portland, Oregon, DETC2013-12601, August 4-7, 2013.

Zequn Wang*,Pingfeng, A Maximum Confidence Enhancement based Sequential Sampling Scheme for Simulation-based Design, ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Portland, Oregon, DETC2013-12608, August 4-7, 2013.

Nita Yodo*, Pingfeng Wang, Design of Thin Film Solar Cell Material Structures for Reliability and Performance Robustness, ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Portland, Oregon, DETC2013-12611, August 4-7, 2013.

Nita Yodo*,Pingfeng Wang, Probabilistic Design of Thin Film Solar Cell Structures for Reliability and Performance Robustness, 2013 IEEE Conference on Reliability Science for Advanced Material Devices (RSAMD), February, 24-25.

Ghazi Nezami, F., Yildirim, M.B, An Integrated Energy efficient Maintenance planning and Production Scheduling Model, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Conference.
Ghazi Nezami, F., Yildirim, M.B, An Imperfect Economic Production Quantity Model with Energy Cost, INFORMS, OCT 2013.

Ghazi Nezami, F. (presenter), Yildirim, M.B., Integrated Maintenance and Production Planning in energy efficient systems, GRASP, MAY 2013.

Ghazi Nezami, F, An Imperfect Economic Production Quantity Model with Energy Cost, APICS-Wichita State Chapter, OCT 2013.

Faisal Alotaibi and Gamal Weheba, Quality Improvement Models in Higher Education, International Conference on Industry, Engineering and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL, March 25-27, 2013.

Craig TD, Wilson SE and Jorgensen MJ, Dynamic lumbar pursuit task with occupational whole-body vibration, American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, NE, Abstract and Poster, Sept 4-7, 2013.

Thorbole CK*, Jorgensen MJ and Lankarani HM, Assessment of the dynamic response of a lumbar spine functional unit under axial compressive high loading rate: outcome on the axial disc bulge and its relation to the load magnitude, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Diego, CA, Paper IMECE2013-66019, pages 1-14, Nov 15-21, 2013.

Whitman LW, Gorrepati N, Jorgensen MJ, Rater-Reliability of a 5S Audit Checklist, 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, 11/21/2013.

Overcash, M., J. Twomey, E. Griffing*, Wind Turbine-Responsive Life Cycle Approach for Biobased and Reusable Composites, SEP NSF meeting, Lowell, MA, 15 p., Jan., 2013.

Overcash, M., J. Twomey, E. Griffing*, Climate Change-Responsive Life Cycle Approach for Kansas Agricultural System and Implications of Climate Change on Health, EPSCOR Climate meeting, Manhattan, KS, 16 p, Jan., 2013.

Esmaeili, M*., J. Twomey, M. Overcash, M. McGuire*, R. Bennani, Systematic literature review environmental impacts of healthcare facilities and practices, ISERC Conf, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 5p., May, 2013.

Seyed A. Soltani*, Michael Overcash, Janet Twomey, Unit Process Life Cycle Inventory for Autoclave Curing of Epoxy Composites, The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference, Wichita, KS, 10 p., Oct., 2013.

Taylor, J.*, Tang, B., and Yildirim, M. B., Steady Status Study of Distributed Data Caching in Ad Hoc Networks, 2013 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN2013)–LAMN, Bahamas, 2013.

Yildirim, M. B., Barut, M., and John Sluder, J, A Rubric to Assess Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education, ISERC 2013, May 2013.

Vali, H., Yildirim M. B., Multiproject cash flow optimization problem under uncertainty, ISERC 2013, May 2013.

Yildirim M. B., Yildirim M. B., Sustainable/Green Production Planning, Turkish National Science Foundation Institute for Industrial Management, 11/26/2013.

Alsobhi, S.A., Almaktoom, A.T., and Krishnan, K.K., Analysis of Risk in a Supply Chain System with Damage Costs, IIE Engineering: Lean and Six Sigma Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, IN CD-ROM Proceedings, September, 2013.

Almaktoom, A.T.1, and Krishnan, K.K., “Measurement and Optimization of Reliability in Complex Supply Chain Systems,” Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering, San Antonio 2014.

Almaktoom, A.T.1, *Alsobhi, S., Krishnan, K.K., and Wang P., “Measuring the Resilience of Multi-Level Supply Chain Systems,” Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering, San Antonio 2014.

Alazman, A.K., *Almaktoom, A.T., and Krishnan, K.K., “Review of Multiple Approaches in Risk Analysis for a Facility Layout Plan,” Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering, San Antonio 2014.

Alsobhi, S., Krishnan, K.K., and Gupta, D., “Product Damaged Recovery model for supply chain system to maximize profit,” Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering, San Antonio 2014.

Alsobhi, S., Krishnan, K.K., and Gupta, D., “Mathematical Model for Cost and Damage Reduction in Supply Chain Network,” Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering, San Antonio 2014.

Madhavan, V., Lipczynski, G., Lane, B. and Whitenton, E., “Fiber Orientation Angle Effects in Machining of Unidirectional CFRP Laminated Composites”, Proceedings of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution/SME, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2014.

Lane, B., Whitenton, E., Madhavan, V. and Donmez, A., “Uncertainty in Measurement of the Maximum Cutting Tool Temperature by Infrared Thermography”, Proceedings of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution/SME, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2014.

Menon, T. and Madhavan, V., “Infrared Thermography of the Chip-Tool Interface through Transparent Cutting Tools”, Proceedings of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution/SME, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2014.

Research Grants

I. E. Büyüktahtakin, Navigating the Fine Line between Economic and Environmental Impacts of Biofuel Production, Kansas NSF EPSCoR, 05/01/2012-07/31/2014, $124,694.

Pingfeng Wang (ISU as lead Institute), Krishnan, Twomey, Overcash, Yildirim, and Ni, Data-Driven Performance Measures for Enhanced Infrastructure Condition, Safety, and Project Delivery, Department of Transportation, Oct. 1, 2013 ~ September 30, 2015, $400,000.

Pingfeng Wang, Concurrent Design of Functional Reliability and Failure Prognosis for Complex Engineered Systems, NSF, 5/1/2012 ~ 4/30/2015, $329,407.

Chuck Rice, Kansas State Univ., J. Twomey and M. Overcash, WSU, Biofuels, Climate Change, and Mitigation, NSF EPSCoR/KBOR, 6/1/12 – 9/30/14, $339,471.

Christopher Niezrecki, Univ. of Mass, Lowell, M. Overcash and J. Twomey, WSU, Achieving a Sustainable Energy Pathway for Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing, NSF SEP, 9/15/12 – 9/14//16, $389,965.

Gamal Weheba, Huzifa Kagdi, Audit-Calc Software System Maintenance, International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG), April 2013-March 2014, $15,000.

Gamal Weheba, Rapid Prototyping of the new Anchor Design*, From CIEE (Ocianna International), Aug-Dec 2013, $22,000.

NA Hakansson, J Harrison, M McCoy, MJ Jorgensen, D Malzahn, DESIGN: Innovative Assistive Devices and Technologies for Enhanced Independence, NSF/GARDE, 08/01/2013 – 07/31/2018, $120,764.

Madhavan, V, Measurement of tool-chip interface temperatures by IR thermography through transparent cutting tools and verification by the intrinsic thermocouple technique, NIST/ Measurement Science and Engineering, 2/15/13 – 11/15-13, 25,766.

Donmez, A., Madhavan, V., Machining process metrology for selection of optimum machining parameters, DOE (funding to NIST), 10/1/14 – 9/30/16, $150,000 Funding for IPA.

Madhavan, V, Subcontract: Rapid metal cutting simulation software (PI. Gilbert, M.), Subcontract with Limitstate for project funded by Technology Strategy Board, Feb. 2014 – Aug. 2014., GBR $7,200.

Madhavan, V, SBIR Phase II: Stretch Roll Forming, Defense Logistics Agency, Sep. 2012 through March 2014, $660,000.

Pingfeng Wang, Krishnan, K., Twomey, J., Overcash, M., and Yildirim, M.B., Data-driven Performance Measures for Enhanced Infrastructure Condition, Safety, and Project Delivery, Department of Transportation, Oct. 1, 2003-Sep. 30, 2015, $400,000.

Yildirim, M.B., William J. Kolarik, Dr. Darin Nutter, WSU/University of Arkansas/ Oklahoma State University Industrial Assessment Center, Department of Energy, 02/2012-12/2017, $1,750,000.

Salari, E., University Research/Creative Projects Award (URCA), Biologically-guided radiotherapy treatment plan optimization, $4,500, 7/2014--6/2015.

Salari, E., Flossie West Memorial Foundation Award, Exact and heuristic methods for analyzing the trade-off between quality and efficiency of IMRT treatment plans, $25,000, 5/2014--4/2015.

Patents

Madhavan, V., “Method and Apparatus for Dynamic 6 DOF Measurement”, US Patent # 8,612,174, Dec. 2013.