OR Faculty - Operations Research
Roster
The OR Department has a distinguished faculty that includes members of the National Academy of Engineering and many fellows of professional societies (Military Operations Research Society, INFORMS, American Statistical Association, Institute for Mathematical Statistics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Statistical Society).
Active
David L. Alderson
Professor, Academic Associate
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003
Modeling and analysis of critical infrastructures, with particular emphasis on how to invest limited resources to ensure efficient and resilient performance in the face of accidents, failures, natural disasters, or deliberate attacks. Emphasis on tradeoffs between efficiency, complexity, and fragility in a wide variety of public and private cyber-physical systems.
Jeffrey Appleget
COL US Army Ret., Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School, 1997
Integer Programming, Wargaming, Combat Modeling, Human, Social, Culture and Behavior modeling, Irregular Warfare and Counterinsurgency
Michael Atkinson
Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2009
Computational Methods, Stochastic Processes, Military and Homeland Security Operations Research
Robert Bassett
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 2018
Optimization and Statistics
Gerald G. Brown
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1974
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Optimization and its Applications, Large-Scale Mathematical Programming
W. Matthew Carlyle
OR Department Chair and Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1997
Optimization and its Applications, Infrastructure Vulnerability, Large-Scale Mathematical Programming
Emily Craparo
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
Developing tools and technologies that allow autonomous and semi-autonomous systems to most effectively obtain, analyze, synthesize and utilize information.
Louis Chen
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
(Data-Driven) Distributionally Robust Optimization, Stochastic Programming, Convex Optimization, (Discrete) Convex Analysis, Optimal Transport
CDR Scott Cohick
U.S. Navy, Military Faculty
OR Program Officer (Curricula 360, 355, 363)
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 2017
Daniel Eisenberg
Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2018
LTC Rob Froberg
U.S. Army, Military Assistant Professor
Program Officer, Data Science Certificate (268)
Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 2019
Contested Logistics, Data Science, Simulation
Thomas E. Halwachs
Senior Lecturer of Operations Research, Director of Financial Systems
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1976
Wargaming, Simulation, Optimization
Thomas A. Hamrick
LCDR U.S. Navy, Ret., Lecturer
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1997
Probability and Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Game Theory, Military Operations Research
Eric S. Hodson
Faculty Volunteer
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1975
Position, Navigation & Timing, Sensor Data Fusion, Remote Sensing, Space Battle Management, Resource Allocation, Computational Graph Theory, Search Theory, Network Flows, Value of Information, Test & Evaluation/Reliability Methodology, Categorical Data Analysis, Systems Requirements Management
Jefferson Huang
Assistant Professor
PhD in Applied Mathematics (Stony Brook University, 2016)
Applied Probability, Optimization Under Uncertainty
Jeffrey E. Kline
CAPT US Navy Ret., Professor of Practice in Operations Research
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1991
Applied research in military operational and tactical environments, Joint Campaign Analysis
Robert A. Koyak
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1985
Applied Statistics, Census Issues, Measurement Error Models, Tracking and Estimation for Air and Missile Defense, Test and Evaluation of Theater Air and Missile Defense Systems, Nonparametric Statistics
Moshe Kress
Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1981
Military Operations Research, Combat Modeling, Military Logistics Systems, Bio-Defense Modeling, Decision Analysis
Kyle Lin
Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2000
Stochastic Modeling, Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Queueing Theory, Game Theory
Thomas W. Lucas
Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Riverside, 1991
Robust Statistical Methodology, Defense and Security Modeling, High-dimensional Design of Experiments
Kevin Maher
CDR U.S. Navy, Ret., Lecturer
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1993
Probability and Statistics, Inventory
Mary McDonald
Research Associate
M.S. Applied Mathematics (Operations Analysis Track), NPS 1997
Design of Experiments, Modeling & Simulation, Complex Adaptive Systems, Evolutionary Algorithms and Coevolution, High-Dimensional Data Analysis
Gregory K. Mislick
LtCol USMC, Ret., Senior Lecturer
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1988
Cost Estimation, Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, Learning Curves, Optimization, Probability and Statistics, Marine Corps and Aviation Issues
Karen Mislick
Senior Lecturer
Cost Estimation and Analysis
LCDR Claire M. Modica
U.S. Navy, MILFAC Assistant Professor & Program Officer
Ph.D., University at Buffalo, 2016
Human Systems Integration, Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience, Blast Neurotrauma, Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration
Brian Morgan
CAPT U.S. Navy, Ret., Senior Lecturer and OR Program Officer
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1999
Campaign Analysis
Daniel A. Nussbaum
Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1971
Cost/benefit analyses, Life cycle cost estimating and modeling, PPBES and budget preparation and justification, Decision analysis, Risk assessment, Performance measurement, Earned value management, Activity based costing, and Total cost of ownership analyses
Douglas Otte
CAPT U.S. Navy, Retired, Senior Lecturer
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1989
Operational and Strategic Campaign Analysis, Probability and Statistics
Steven E. Pilnick
CAPT U.S. Navy, Ret., Senior Lecturer
Associate Chair for Distributed Programs,
Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School, 1989
Military OR Modeling, Search and Detection, Applied Probability Modeling, Optimization Modeling
Daniel Reich
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2009
Anton Rowe
Research Associate
M.S., Stanford University, 1997
Javier Salmerón
Professor, Associate Chair for Instruction
Ph.D., Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 1998
Optimization and its applications in network interdiction, electric power systems, military applications and humanitarian assistance; Decomposition methods; Stochastic optimization
Paul J. Sanchez
Volunteer
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1986
Simulation output analysis and meta modeling, Statistical experiment design, Loosely coupled software architectures, Object-oriented modeling, Simulation data structures, Graph-based modeling of complex systems
LTC Nicholas Shallcross
U.S. Army, NPS Senior Army Advisor
Military Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2021
Decision Theory, Risk Analysis, Simulation, Stochastic Modeling, Military Operations Research
Nita L. Shattuck (née Miller)
Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas, 1982
Human Factors and Human Systems Integration, Human Performance and Information Processing, Fatigue and Circadian Rhythms, Human Decision Making, Team Performance
Dashi Singham
Research Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 2010
Simulation, Applied Probability, Statistics
Mark Sykes
Volunteer
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 2009
Roberto Szechtman
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2001
Applied Probability, Stochastic Modeling, Simulation, Operations and Supply Chain Management
Nicholas Ulmer
Volunteer
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 2014
Stephen C. Upton
Faculty Associate - Research
M.S. OR/Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, 1987
Design of Experiments, Evolutionary Algorithms, Modeling and Simulation, Programming Languages, Software Architectures
Ruriko (Rudy) Yoshida
Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 2004
Geometric statistics, statistical analysis with networks and graphs, graphical models, and phylogenetics/phylogenomics
Emeritus
Samuel E. Buttrey
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1996
Classification, General Applied Statistics, Computer-Intensive Methods in Statistics
Robert F. Dell
Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Operations and Information
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1990
Optimization and its Applications
James N. Eagle
CAPT US Naval Reserve, Ret., Emeritus Professor, Volunteer
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1975
Donald P. Gaver Jr.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1956
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Patricia A. Jacobs
Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1973
Stochastic Modeling, Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Statistics and Data Analysis
Wayne P. Hughes
CAPT US Navy, Ret., Professor of Practice in Operations Research
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1964
Tactical and Campaign Analysis, Joint Littoral Warfare, Theory of Combat, Naval History
Peter Purdue
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1972
Applied Probability
Robert R. Read
Professor Emeritus, Volunteer
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1957
Estimation, Applied Statistics, Categorical Data Analysis
Susan M. Sanchez
Distinguished Professor Emerita
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1986
Applied and data-intensive statistics, Design and analysis of simulation experiments, Quality and robust design, Active learning
David A. Schrady
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Volunteer
Ph.D., Case Institute of Technology, 1965
Logistics Modeling, Military Readiness, Command & Control
Alan R. Washburn
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Volunteer
Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1965
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Applied Probability, Search and Detection, Optimization, Combat Models, Game Theory, Undersea Warfare
Lyn R. Whitaker
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 1985
Reliability, Survival Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis, Isotonic Regression
R. Kevin Wood
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1982
Optimization, Network Flows, Stochastic Programming, Network and System Interdiction