President
William Peck, wjp16@psu.edu
William is a PhD student in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research having previously obtained a Dual M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Penn State and a B.S. Honors in Industrial Engineering, University Honors from New Mexico State University. Under the guidance of Dr. Daniel Finke, his research focuses on Manufacturing as a Service, Heuristic Development, and Simulation Modeling. Having grown up in a desert, William is fascinated by all things green and enjoys traveling to all the small towns in Pennsylvania. He is an avid cyclist, active member of Penn State’s Club Cross Country, and a connoisseur of sweater fashion. When his studies are finished, he hopes to return to the promised land of New Mexico where he will pursue a career at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Vice President
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Luke Marrinan, lwm5431@psu.edu
Luke is a second-year PhD student in Industrial Engineering. He is primarily focused on stochastic optimization, large-scale optimization, and the average case computational complexity of optimization algorithms. He has a background in physics and mathematics, and worked at a trading firm for 4 years.
Treasurer
Yu-Hsin Chen, yvc5598@psu.edu
Yu-Hsin is a PhD student in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. Prior to joining Penn State, she received her MS degree in Industrial and System Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. Her research interests primarily focus on using mathematical modeling and operations research methods, including real-world healthcare data analytics, dynamic modeling, and simulation to inform healthcare decision makings.
Secretary
Peixuan Zhang, pqz5090@psu.edu
Peixuan is a second-year PhD student in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. She received her MS degree in Statistics from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and BS degree in Mathematics from Dalian University of Technology in China. Under the guidance of Dr.Shanbhag, her research focuses on stochastic optimization and convex optimization algorithms. She has a very cute dog, Captain, who brings much joy to her life.
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Qiushi Chen, q.chen@psu.edu
Bio: Qiushi Chen is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. He earned his PhD degree in Operations Research from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2016 and completed his post-doctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His research focus on healthcare modeling that is driven by real-world healthcare data, questions, and challenges. He loves to collaborate with researchers from clinical sciences, public health, health economics, and social sciences in multidisciplinary research on various topics such as chronic disease and mental health, substance abuse, and epidemic modeling. He likes almost anything related to medicine and healthcare, like Dr. Atul Gawande’s books, Dr. House, Hospital Playlist, but not Grey’s Anatomy.
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