Curriculum Vitae - Rajesh Ganesan

4400 University Drive, Phone: 703-993-1693ENGR Room 2217, MSN 4A6 Fax: 703-993-1521Fairfax VA, 22030 rganesan@gmu.eduhttp://sunrise.ite.gmu.edu http://mason.gmu.edu/~rganesan

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of South Florida, 2005 M.A. Mathematics, University of South Florida, 2005 M.S. Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of South Florida, 2002 B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Honors), National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, 1996

Academic Position_____ _______________________________________________________________

2011 – Present, Associate Professor without term (Tenured), Department of Systems Engineering & Operations Research, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

2005 – 2011, Assistant Professor (tenure-track) , Department of Systems Engineering & Operations Research, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Summary of my current activities in different areas with the most important highlights

CURRENT RESEARCHA) Research in Complex Adaptive Systems

1) BigData Analytics: Predictive and Prescriptive Analyticsa. Modeling and computational research in health care: (NIH funded 2010-13, co-PI)

Combining Geographical Information Systems and Simulation-based-Optimization for Organ Allocation (Liver Transplants in particular). BigData from UNOS.

b. Modeling and computational research in transportation: Dynamic Airspace Configuration and Airport Taxi-time reduction and Departure Optimization. BigData from FAA and BTS.

2) Stochastic Optimization using Approximate Dynamic Programming (ADP)a. Capital Budgeting for the Missile Defense Agencyb. A game theoretic approach to the Vehicle Routing problem for detection of

Improvised Explosive Devices.3) Optimal Control: Engineering Process Control using Diffusion Wavelets and ADP

a. Applications in Nano-manufacturing

B) Research in Optimization and Simulation Methodology1) Optimized Simulation Optimization: (NSF Funded 2012-2014, co-PI) Methods to improve

simulation efficiency within a given computational budget and solution quality of optimization in a combined setting.

2) Mitigating Curse of Dimensionality in Approximate Dynamic Programming using Diffusion Wavelets to achieve scalability to large-state and high-dimensional optimization problems.

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C) Research in Quality and Statistics (Descriptive Analytics)1) Quality and Statistics: Feature detection and function approximation in high-dimensional data

a. Wavelet applications in statistical process monitoring and control.b. Function approximation using Diffusion Wavelets in high-dimensional data.

2) Anomaly Detection using Diffusion Wavelet Analysis of Acoustic Emission Data in nano-manufacturing

CURRENT TEACHINGA) Student Evaluation

Performance Metric (Max 5.0) F2005 - S2012 UG Grad OverallMean 4.87 4.60 4.75Std. dev. 0.11 0.33 0.26

B) Curriculum Development (6 new graduate courses introduced) 2005-present, at George Mason University, Instructor for:

Operations Research1) Metaheuristics (Graduate) [New course]* 2) Deterministic Operations Research (Graduate)3) Analytics and Decision Analysis (Graduate) [New course for Fall 2013]4) Dynamic programming (Graduate) [New course]*5) Advanced Dynamic programming (Graduate Ph.D. level) [New course]*

Systems Engineering6) Decision and Risk Analysis (Undergraduate)*7) Discrete Dynamical Modeling (Undergraduate)*8) Quality Control and Process Management, Contract Course for Micron Technologies,

Manassas, VA Graduate) [New course]9) Manufacturing Systems Analysis, Contract Course for Micron Technologies, Manassas, VA

(Graduate) [New course] * Courses taught regularly (every year or every alternate year) C) Program Development

1) Minor in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (completed 2008)2) MS in Analytics and a Certificate in Data Analytics (new for Fall 2013)

CURRENT LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE DEPARTMENT1) Chair of the Systems Engineering Undergraduate Program Committee (2 years as Chair, UG

committee member since 2005)Main Tasks: Advising, transfer student approvals, curriculum review: modifications and additions, dept. liaison for updating university catalog changes, course substitution and waiver approvals, freshman and transfer student orientations, coordinate dept. presence at the open house recruitment events at the university, meeting parents of students, preparing advising guides, document UG changes for ABET, bring up changes for a vote at the monthly faculty meeting, and resolving UG academic issues.

2) Department Lead for the introduction of the new MS in Analytics for Fall 13 (new role since Fall 2012). Main Tasks: Attend school level meetings, design a new course from the dept. for the core set of courses, and create departmental tracks that are individually rich in descriptive, predictive and

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prescriptive analytics. Create a Certificate in Data Analytics, submit both new curriculum and program development forms along with the syllabus this Fall 2012.

3) Co-Chair for the System Engineering ABET Committee (2 years as Co-Chair, committee member since 2005)Main Tasks: Review course, outcome and objective notebooks, sign-off each outcome notebook with a summary of my review, which states the extent of compliance and the recommendation summary by each faculty, follow-up with the individual course instructor to implement the recommendations in the following semesters, and raise issues related to ABET compliance at the UG meeting.

4) Dept. Representative at the Engineering School-level UG Committee (since 2007)Main Tasks: Take dept changes for a vote at the school level. Review and vote on changes at the school level and pay particular attention to those changes that affect the department, and coordinate between the dept UG and School UG committee.

CURRENT ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH IN K-12: 1) Infusing cutting edge STEM (Science, technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) topics into

low-performing elementary schools to improve teacher content knowledge and student learning outcomes. (NSF funded project 2007-2013, PI).

2) VISTA: Virginia Initiative for Science teaching and Achievement, funded by the US Dept. of Education 2011-2016, Role: STEM Co-Principal Investigator and Engineering Lead on the Project. Conduct summer camp lessons for teachers in Engineering.

Honors, Awards, and Professional Recognitions____________________________________________

Awards Teacher of Distinction Award 2012, Center for teaching Excellence, GMU. INFORMS Aviation Application Section- 1 st Prize Best Dissertation Award 2010 for Dr.

Ganesan’s Ph.D. student – Poornima Balakrishna Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program’s Graduate

Research Award 2010 in Public-Sector Aviation Issues for Dr. Ganesan’s M.S. student – Sameer Kulkarni

Outstanding Teaching Award 2009 - Volgenau School of IT&E, GMU. Best Paper Award 2008 (Air Transportation Track and Session) , 27th IEEE-Digital

Avionics Systems Conference, Estimating Taxi-Out Times with a Reinforcement Learning Algorithm, Poornima Balakrishna, Rajesh Ganesan, Lance Sherry, SEOR, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, and Benjamin S. Levy, Sensis Corporation, East Syracuse, NY.

New Partner in Education Award: Alexandria City Public Schools, 2008. Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of South Florida, 2006. Institute of Industrial Engineers- IIE Graduate Research Award (for Masters Thesis), 1 st

Prize, 2004. Outstanding Masters Thesis Award, University of South Florida, 2003. University First Rank in B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1996.

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Academic Excellence Award, Mechanical Engineering Association, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, 1995.

College Merit Scholarship, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India 1993. National Merit Scholarship, Govt. of India, 1992.

Elected Positions at Professional Societies Council Member of Quality, Statistics and Reliability (QSR) subdivision, Institute for

Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), 2010-2012. Secretary and Treasurer for INFORMS QSR division, 2008-2010.Honors/Recognitions Inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (Univ. of South Florida Chapter), 2010. Promoted as Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, MICO-Bosch, 1999. Listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s who in

Engineering Education 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2012. 2000 Outstanding Scientists 2008/2009, International Biographical Centre, Great Britain.

Professional Service, Boards, Committees, and Public Service________________________________

External to GMU Dissertation Award Committee Chair – INFORMS Aviation Application Subdivision 2012 Committee Chair of QSR best student paper competition, INFORMS, 2012 Served on the Proposal Review Panel, Service Enterprise System, Dr. Russel Barton, 2012 Reviewer of journal/conference papers for IEEE Transactions on Automation science,

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, SME- Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Annals of OR, Journal of Aircraft, American Control Conference, and Engineering, AMSE- Journal of Mfg science and Engineering, IIE-IERC conference, International Journal of Control, Journal of Control Science and Engineering, EJOR, Decision Support Systems, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Journal of Advanced Transportation, and Naval Research Logistics.

Reviewed research proposals for the US Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Arlington, VA, 2010.

Serving as Council Member of INFORMS QSR division 2010-2012 (elected position) Served as Secretary/Treasurer of INFORMS-QSR division 2008-10 (elected position). Served on NSF GK-12 Proposal Review panel, Dr. Sonia Ortega, 2008. Served on NSF GK-12 Planning committee for 2009 annual meeting. Served as Judge for the QSR best student paper competition, INFORMS 2006. Served on NSF Proposal Review panel Manufacturing Enterprise Systems, Dr. Abhijit

Deshmukh, May 2007. Served on the committee for designing “Education Evaluation Plan” at the NSF GK-12

Planning Workshop. NSF/ABT Associates, March 2007.

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Local Arrangements Chair, (Program Committee): IEEE-CASE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering 2008.

Presented on Dynamic Programming at the INFORMS Public Awareness Committee’s High School Math Teachers workshop, INFORMS 2008.

Sponsored Session Chair, Program Committee- INFORMS International conference, Puerto Rico, July 2007.

Session Chair at conferences: INFORMS QSR subdivision 2006, 2008, 2009, INFORMS AAS subdivision 2009, 2011, 2012 IIE-IERC-2006, ICRAT 2008.

Session Chair: International collaboration session at the NSF GK-12 Annual meeting, Washington, DC.

Project Manager, STARS (Students, Teachers, and Resources in the Sciences) NSF Funded GK-12 Project, University of South Florida-USF, 2002- 2005.

Member of the student advisory board, Dept. of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, USF, 2002- 2005.

Participated in establishing INFORMS student chapter at USF, 2004-2005.

GMU- University Level Served on GMU’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Committee for SACS

reaccreditation 2008-2009. Faculty advisor on Mason’s “Dream Catchers Program” for High school students,

2005-present. Reviewer for Critical Thinking Assessment Project, Office of Institutional

Assessment, GMU, 2006-2008, 2010. Reviewed student work for GMU’s Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Assessment,

2010 - present

GMU- School Level Serving on the MS in Analytics Committee Oct 2012 - present Serving on the Volgenau School’s Undergraduate Committee as SEOR representative,

2007-present. Participated in Admission Open Houses as SEOR representative, 2005-present. Attended University Scholars Program Luncheon to support and encourage new comers,

June 2006.

GMU- Department Level Serving as Chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, GMU, 2011--present. Serving on the ABET Committee, Review and Preparation for SEOR ABET Audit,

GMU, 2005-present. Serving on the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, GMU, 2005-present. Undergraduate Advising, SEOR, GMU 2005-present. Served on Faculty Search Committee, 2005-2006, 2009-2010.

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Served as the Chair of Colloquium Committee, GMU, 2005-2007.

Dissertation and Masters Thesis at the University of South Florida____________________________

2005 Dissertation: Process monitoring and feedback control using multiresolution analysis and machine learning. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tapas K. Das.

2002 Masters Thesis: Wavelet based multiresolution monitoring of a nanomachining process in semiconductor manufacturing. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tapas K. Das.

Summary of Research Grants and Contract Awards_______________________________________

Award and Position Co-PIs Year Amount Role

Optimized Simulation optimization, funded by the National Science Foundation, Role: co-Principal Investigator

PI: Dr. C.H. Chen, Co-PI: Dr. Jie Xu

2012-

2015

$260,000 33%

VISTA: Virginia Initiative for Science teaching and Achievement, funded by the US Dept. of Education, Role: STEM Co-Principal Investigator and Engineering Lead for the State of Virginia

PI: Dr. Donna Sterling (CEHD), 3 co-PIs, 6 STEM co-PIs, support and evaluation team

2011-

2016

$28,455,346 10%

Using GIS and Simulation for Analyzing Optimal Geographical Boundaries and Organ Allocation Mechanism for Liver Transplant, funded by National Institutes of Health, Role: co-Principal Investigator

PI: Dr. Naoru Koizumi, co-PIs: Dr. C.H. Chen, and Dr. Nigel Waters. The NIH award is in process of being transferred from Dr. C.H. Chen in SEOR to Dr. Ganesan

2010-

2012

$397,639 33%

GK-12 Project, SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, funded by National Science Foundation, Role: Principal Investigator

Co-PI: Dr. Donna Sterling (CEHD).

2007-

2012

$3,000,000 90%

Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program’s Graduate Research Award in Public-Sector Aviation Issues- funded by the

None 2010-

2011

$10,000 100%

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Federal Aviation Administration, Role: Principal Investigator

Bioengineering seed grant- Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, Role: co-Principal Investigator

PI: Nathalia Peixoto, co-PI: Larry Tsang

2009 -

2010

$9,000 33%

Graduate Research Assistant Award, Volgenau School of IT&E, GMU, Role: Principal Investigator

None 2009 -

2010

Tuition waiver + stipend for 1 grad student

100%

Junior faculty summer research award, Vice President for Research Office, GMU, Role: Principal Investigator

None 2008 -

2009

$4,900 100%

Graduate Research Assistant Award, Volgenau School of IT&E, GMU, Role: Principal Investigator

None 2007 -

2008

Tuition waiver + stipend for 1 grad student

100%

Junior faculty summer research award, Vice President for Research Office, GMU, Role: Principal Investigator

None 2006 -

2007

$6,000 100%

US Patents___________ ________________________________________________________________

Ganesan, R., Balakrishna, P., and Sherry, L. System and Method for Predicting Taxi-Out Times at Airports using Approximate Dynamic Programming, U.S. Patent # 12/688,131, filed on 1/15/2010 by GMU.

Ganesan, R., Das, T.K., and Ramachandran R., System for multiresolution analysis assisted reinforcement learning approach to run-by-run control, U.S. Patent # 7,672,739, 2010.

Ganesan, R., Das, T.K., Sikder, A., and Kumar, A., System and method for the identification of chemical mechanical planarization defects U.S. Patent # 7,377,170, 2008.

Das, T.K., Ganesan, R., Sikder, A., and Kumar, A., System and method for online end point detection for use in chemical mechanical planarization. U.S. Patent # 7,406,396, 2008.

Publications, Papers in Review, and Reports_______________________________________________

Published Journal Papers

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Stimpson, D. Ganesan, R., A reinforcement learning approach to convoy scheduling on a contested transportation network, Operations Research Letters, In print, 2015 http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s11590-015-0875-6

Koizumi, N., Gentili, M., Ganesan, R. Chen., C.H., Melancon, K. Waters, N., et al., “Mathematical Optimization and Simulation Analyses for Optimal Liver Allocation Boundaries” in Healthcare Data Analytics in the Wiley Series in Operations Research and Management Science. Edited by Yang Hui and Eva Kylee (Accepted, Final copy editing stage at Wiley), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015

Morman, E., Ganesan R., An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach to Financial Execution for Weapon System Programs, Management Science, 2013, In review

Ganesan, R., and Balakrishna, P., Multiresolution Analysis for Value Function Approximation in Approximate Dynamic Programming, In review with INFORMS Journal of Operations Research, 2013.

Ganesan, R., and Balakrishna, P., Multiscale n-Dimensional Data Analysis with Diffusion Wavelet, In review with IIE Transactions, 2013.

Kulkarni, S., Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L. Dynamic airspace configuration using approximate dynamic programming - an intelligence based paradigm, Transportation Research Record, vol 2266, 31-37, 2012

Ganesan, R. Diffusion Wavelet for Efficient Real-time Monitoring of Acoustic Emission Signal in Nanomanufacturing, In Book: Wavelets: Classification, Theory and Applications, Editors: Manel del Valle, Roberto Muñoz Guerrero and Juan Manuel Gutierrez Salgado, Chapter 15, 2012.

Ganesan, R., Balakrishna, P, Sherry, L. Improving Quality of Prediction in Highly Dynamic Environments Using Approximate Dynamic Programming, INFORMS Special Issue of the Journal of Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Vol 26, issue 7, 717-732, 2010.

Balakrishna, P., Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L. Accuracy of Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Predicting Aircraft Taxi-out Times, Journal of Transportation Research Part C, Special Issue on Air Transportation, Vol 18, 950-962, 2010.

Balakrishna, P., Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L. Airport Taxi-out Prediction Using Approximate Dynamic Programming: An Intelligence-based Paradigm, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC, Volume 2052, pages 54-61, 2008

Ganesan, R., Das, T.K., and Rao A.N.V, A Multiscale Bayesian SPRT Approach for Online Process Monitoring, IEEE transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 21(3), 399-412, 2008.

Ganesan, R., Real-time Monitoring of Complex Sensor Data Using Wavelet-based Multiresolution Analysis, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 39, 543-558 Sept 2007.

Ganesan, R., Das, T. K., and Ramachandran, K., A Multiresolution Analysis-Assisted Reinforcement Learning Approach to Run-by-Run Control IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Vol 4(2), 182-193, 2007.

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Das, T.K., Ganesan, R., Sikder, A., and Kumar, A., Online end point detection in CMP using SPRT of wavelet decomposed sensor data. IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing. Vol 18(3), 440-447, Aug. 2005.

Ganesan, R., Das, T.K., and Venkataraman, V., Wavelet based multiscale process monitoring - A literature review. IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering. Vol 36(9), 787-806, Sept. 2004.

Ganesan, R., Das, T.K., Sikder, A., and Kumar, A., Wavelet based identification of delamination defect in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) using nonstationary acoustic emission signal, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol 16(4), 677-685, Nov. 2003.

Refereed Conference Proceedings: Technical Research DeGregory, K, Ganesan, R. A near real-time approach to dynamic allocation of federal air

marshals to flights categorized by a stochastic risk, Military Operations Research Society 82nd Symposium, Alexandria, Virginia, 2014

Koizumi, N., Ganesan, R. Gentili, M., Chen., C.H., Melancon, K. Waters, N., et al., “Redesigning Organ Allocation Boundaries for Liver Transplantation in the United States”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics Volume 61, 2013, pp 15-27

Kulkarni, S., Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L. Dynamic airspace configuration using approximate dynamic programming - an intelligence based paradigm, Accepted in Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC, 2012.

Kulkarni, S., Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L. Static Sectorization approach to Dynamic Airspace Configuration using Approximate Dynamic Programming, In Proceedings of the Integrated Communications Navigation and Surveillance Conference, May 2011, Herndon, VA, USA.

Ganesan, R., Balakrishna, P., and Sherry, L. Taxi-out Time Analysis using Approximate Dynamic Programming, In Proceedings of IEEE SSCI-ADPRL Symposium, Paris, France April 2011, pages 226-233.

Balakrishna, P., Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L. Application of Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Predicting Taxi-out Times, In proceedings of the Eighth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar, FAA-EUROCONTROL, ATM June 2009. (Acceptance Rate: 47%, 69 Papers Accepted).

Balakrishna, P., Ganesan, R., Sherry, L, and Levy, B. Estimating Taxi-Out Times With A Reinforcement Learning Algorithm, In Proceedings of the 27th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, published by IEEE, St. Paul, MN (Awarded the Best Paper in both Air Traffic Management Track and Session). Pages 3.D.3-1 - 3.D.3-12 Oct 2008. (Acceptance Rate: 60%, 150 Papers Accepted).

Balakrishna, P., Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L. Accuracy of Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Predicting Aircraft Taxi-out Times (A Case-study of Tampa Bay Departures), In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, Fairfax, VA, 2008. (Acceptance Rate: 65%, 60 Papers Accepted).

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Balakrishna, P., Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L. Airport Taxi-out Prediction Using Approximate Dynamic Programming: An Intelligence-based Paradigm, In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC, 2008. (Acceptance Rate: 25%, 2814 Papers Accepted).

Refereed Conference Proceedings: Research in Engineering Education Henning, P., Ganesan, R. and Sterling, D. Work-In-Progress: STEM Capacity Building and

STEM Outreach in India: A report on a recent NSF sponsored GK-12 George Mason Trip to India In Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education conference, IEEE-ASEE, Seattle WA, Oct 2012.

Ganesan, R., Sterling, D., and Henning, P., Work-In-Progress: SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, In Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education conference, IEEE-ASEE, Rapid City, Oct 2011.

Ganesan, R., Sterling, D., and Henning, P., Impact of a University-School Division Partnership on Professional Development of Graduate Students, In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual meeting, 2010. (Acceptance Rate: 92%, 1399 Papers Accepted).

Ganesan, R., Sterling, D., and Henning, P., Work-In-Progress: SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, Accepted In Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education conference, IEEE-ASEE, Oct 2009. (Acceptance Rate: 63%, 355 Papers Accepted).

Ganesan, R., Sterling, D., and Henning, P., Partnerships for building the nation’s STEM educational enterprise: A NSF GK-12 Fellows Project, In proceedings of the ASEE Annual meeting, 2008. (Acceptance Rate: 92%, 1381 Papers Accepted).

Shrestha, M., Morris, K., Ganesan, R., and Sterling, D. An Impact Study of the Implementation of an Information Technology Rich Physical Science Module at the Fourth Grade Level, In Proceedings of the ASEE Annual meeting, 2008. . (Acceptance Rate: 92%, 1381 Papers Accepted).

Ganesan, R., Sterling, D., and Henning, P., Work-In-Progress: SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, In Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education conference, IEEE-ASEE, Oct 2008. (Acceptance Rate: 52%, 413 Papers Accepted).

Martin-Vega, L.,  Ganesan, R., Das, T.K.,  Edwards, C., Okogbaa, O. G., Centeno, G., Kumar, A., Hunnicutt, L., and Project Fellows., The STARS GK-12 program at the University of South Florida. In Proceedings of the ASEE - Emerging Trends in Engineering Education, Portland, OR. June 2005. (Acceptance Rate: 90%, 1380 Papers Accepted).

Ganesan, R., Das, T.K., Edwards, C., and Okogbaa, O.G., Challenges in enhancing science education in elementary classrooms through university-school district partnerships. In Proceedings of the Frontiers In Education Conference, T2D-3 – T2D-7, Savannah, GA. (published by IEEE and ASEE), Oct 2004. (Acceptance Rate: 58%, 410 Papers Accepted).

Technical Reports

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Ganesan, R., Sterling, D., and Henning, P., Impact of Infusing Information Technology Rich Engineering and Science Curriculum at the Elementary and Middle School Level, Technical Report, Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University, 2009.

Ganesan, R., and Sherry, L., Adaptive Control of Multistage Airport Departure Planning Process using Approximate Dynamic Programming, Technical Report, CATSR, Systems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University, 2007.

Papers under Preparation Hung, J, Peng, M, Ganesan, R. Chen, C.H. Liver vs recipient transportation- A comparative

study for optimizing liver transplantation. to be submitted to the Medical Decision Making 2014.

Ganesan, R., Balakrishna, P., and Sherry, L. Efficient Airport Departure Management using Approximate Dynamic Programming, to be submitted to Management Science, 2014

Ganesan, R. Engineering Process Control using Diffusion Wavelets and ADP, to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2014.

Ganesan, R. and Sterling, D., Introducing Engineering into Elementary Schools, to be submitted to Journal of Engineering Education, 2014.

Ganesan, R., Sterling, D., and Henning, P., Best Practices in Problem-based learning, to be submitted to the Proceedings of the FIE meeting 2014.

Book Reviews _________________________________________________________________________

Regression and ANOVA: An Integrated Approach Using SAS Software, K. E. Muller and B. A. Fetterman, John Wiley & Sons, 2003, IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering, Vol. 36(12), 1211-1212, Dec. 2004.

Competitions Participated______________________________________________________________

Participated in the Doing Good with Good OR- Taxi-Out Time Estimation Using Approximate Dynamic Programming- INFORMS 2009.

Graduate Research Award, Dynamic Airspace Configuration using Dynamic Programming. Sponsor: FAA, DoT 2008, 2010

Ganesan, R., Adaptive Control of Multistage Airport Departure Planning Process using Approximate Dynamic Programming, 2007, Submitted to JFIG (Junior Faculty Interactive Group), INFORMS 2008.

Current and Past Students _____________________________________________________________

Ph.D. Major Advisor

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Poornima Balakrishna, Ph.D. (SEOR, Graduated 2009), currently Research Engineer at Sensis Corporation, Reston, VA. Dissertation title: Scalable Approximate Dynamic Programming Models

Erich Mormon, Ph.D. (SEOR, expeted gradation Spring 2013) Dissertation title: An approximate dynamic programming approach to financial execution for weapon system programs

Daniel Stimpson (SEOR, expected graduation 2014). Dissertation Title: Thinking about IED warfare in a Contested Network

Ph.D. Committee Member (Approved list) Ben Crain, SEOR Naeem Esfahani, (Computer Science) Upsorn Praphamontripong (Computer Science) Kenneth Comer (SEOR) Ali Bakshi (Civil Engineering, Graduated 2009). David Smith (SEOR, Graduated 2008). Akshay Belle, (SEOR) Jason Southerland, (SEOR) Keith Degregory (SEOR)

Faculty Advisor Sameer Kulkarni, MS OR Student Ashwini Narayan, MS OR student. Shefali Garg, MS OR student.

Professional Affiliations________________________________________________________________

Member of ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education). Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Member of INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences). Senior Member of IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers). Member of the University of South Florida Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Member of Pi Mu Epsilon, The Mathematics Honor Society. Member of the Statistics Division of ASQ (American Society for Quality), 2003-2007. Member of the American Mathematical Society 2004-2007. Member of the Materials Research Society, 2002-2004.

Conference Activities and Presentations___________________________________________________

Invited/Sponsored Presentations

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Presented on Dynamic Scheduling of Cybersecurity Analysts for Minimizing Risk using Reinforcement Learning, Army Research Lab, Adelphi, August 2015

Presented on Optimal Scheduling of Cybersecurity Analysts for Minimizing Risk, National University of Singapore, March 2015

Presented on Using GIS, Systems Engineering, and Simulation-based Optimization for Analyzing Optimal Organ Allocation for Transplant, INFORMS, San Francisco, 2014

Presented on Optimization in Prescriptive Analytics at the INCOSE-SEDC conference, Washington DC April 2014

Presented on Why Producing Engineers is Challenging at the GMU C4I Center-AFCEA Symposium, GMU, Fairfax, May 2014

Presented on Organ transplant Optimization using Simulation at the IIE –ISERC conference, Puerto Rico May 2013

Presented on Organ transplant Optimization using Simulation at the IIE –ISERC conference, Orlando, FL May 2012

Presented on International Collaboration- India: SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, NSF GK-12 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, March 2012.

Presented on Dynamic airspace configuration using approximate dynamic programming - an intelligence based paradigm at TRB conference, Washington DC, 2012.

Presented on Dynamic Airspace Configuration Using Dynamic Programming at INFORMS, 2011, Charlotte, NC, Nov 2011.

Presented on Taxi-out Time Analysis using Approximate Dynamic Programming at IEEE SSCI-ADPRL Symposium, Paris, France April 2011

Presented on SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, NSF GK-12 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, March 2011.

Presented on Dynamic Airspace Configuration using Approximate Dynamic Programming at INFORMS, Austin, TX, Nov 2010.

Presented on SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, NSF GK-12 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, March 2010.

Presented on Function approximation: A quality comparison between different methods, INFORMS San Diego, CA, 2009.

Presented on Estimation of Taxi-out Time using Approximate Dynamic Programming, INFORMS San Diego, CA, 2009.

Presented on Application of Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Predicting Taxi-out Times, Eighth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar, ATM June 2009.

Presented on Airport taxi-out prediction using approximate dynamic programming at IIE-IERC, Miami May 2009.

Presented on Function approximation of n-dimensional functions using multiresolution methods at IIE-IERC, Miami May 2009.

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Presented on SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, NSF GK-12 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, March 2009.

Presented on A Comparison of Classical Wavelets with Diffusion Wavelets, INFORMS Washington DC 2008.

Presented on Airport Taxi-out Time Prediction using Approximate Dynamic Programming, INFORMS Washington DC 2008.

Presented on SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, NSF GK-12 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, March 2008.

Presented on SUNRISE: Integrating research into classroom with specific examples and list discipline, 2008 Forum for School Science Programs that Create a New Science Professional: The Ph.D. as Public Educator, AAAS annual meeting, Boston, Feb 2008.

Presented on Decomposition and Compression of Multivariate Data Using Diffusion Wavelets, INFORMS Seattle Nov 2007.

Presented on Adaptive Control of Multistage Airport Departure Planning Process using Approximate Dynamic Programming INFORMS International, Puerto Rico, July 2007.

Presented on Multiagent Learning Strategies for Process Control In Multi-stage Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems, IIE-IERC, Nashville, May 2007.

Presented on “Predictive modeling and control using approximate dynamic programming” at INFORMS, Pittsburgh, Nov 2006.

Presentation on “Diffusion wavelets and its applications” at INFORMS, Pittsburgh, Nov. 2006.

Presented on “Diffusion wavelets” at IIE-IERC, Orlando, May 2006. Presented on “Performance Improvement of Run-by-Run (RbR) control through

multiresolution analysis” INFORMS San Francisco, Nov 2005. Presented on “Process Control in CMP Using Multiresolution Analysis and Machine

Learning” INFORMS San Francisco, Nov 2005. Presented on, “Prediction of Chemotherapy Response in High Risk AML Patients Using

Gene Expression Profile” INFORMS San Francisco, Nov 2005. Presented on “A Bayesian Multiresolution Approach to Process Monitoring” INFORMS San

Francisco, Nov 2005. Presented a poster on “The STARS GK-12 program at the University of South Florida”,

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, June 2005. Presented on “Online Monitoring Strategy for a Nanoscale Machining Process Through

Multiresolution Analysis of Sensor Data”, IIE-IERC, Atlanta, May 2005. Presented on “An Online Strategy for End Point Detection in CMP through Multiresolution

Analysis of CoF Data”, Material Research Society Conference, San Francisco, April 2005. Presented on “Multiagent Learning Strategies for Process Control through Distributed

Sensing”, at the INFORMS conference, Oct. 2004, Denver, CO. Presented on “A Sensor Data Based Online SPRT for End Point Detection in CMP”, at the

IIE-IERC conference, May 2004, Houston, TX.

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Presented on “End Point Detection of Chemical Mechanical Planarization using Time Frequency Analysis” at the INFORMS conference, Oct. 2003, Atlanta, GA.

Presented on “A Control Strategy for Run-by-Run Control” at the INFORMS conference, Oct. 2003, Atlanta, GA.

Presented on “Wavelet Based Monitoring of Nanoscale Machining in Chemical Mechanical Planarization Process” at the INFORMS conference, Nov. 17-20, 2002, San Jose, CA.

Presented on Comprehensive Performance Evaluation and Online Validation of Multiscale Methods of Multivariate Process Monitoring” at the IIE-IERC (Industrial Engineering Research Conference), May 19-21, 2002, Orlando, FL.

Contributed Presentations Presented on Work-In-Progress: STEM Capacity Building and STEM Outreach in India: A

report on a recent NSF sponsored GK-12 George Mason Trip to India, Frontiers in Education conference, Seattle, WA, Oct 2012.

Presented on Work-In-Progress: SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, Frontiers in Education conference, San Antonio, TX, Oct 2011.

Presented on Static Sectorization approach to Dynamic Airspace Configuration using Approximate Dynamic Programming at the Integrated Communications Navigation and Surveillance Conference, May 2011, Herndon, VA, USA.

Presented on Impact of a University-School Division Partnership on Professional Development of Graduate Students, ASEE Annual meeting, Louisville, KY, 2010.

Presented on Learning-Based Models for Estimating Airport Taxi-out Time Using Approximate Dynamic Programming at the Integrated Communications Navigation and Surveillance (ICNS) Conference, Herndon, VA, May 2010.

Presented on Work-In-Progress: SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, Frontiers in Education conference, San Antonio, TX, Oct 2009.

Airport Taxi-out Time Prediction Using Approximate Dynamic Programming, EURO 2009, Bonn, Germany. Talk was accepted in the program but was withdrawn by the author due to travel conflicts.

Presented on Estimating Taxi-Out Times With A Reinforcement Learning Algorithm, 27th Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 2008. Won the Best Paper Award in Air Transportation Track and Session.

Presented on Work-In-Progress: SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project, Frontiers in Education conference Oct 2008.

Presented on Partnerships for building the nation’s STEM educational enterprise: A NSF GK-12 Fellows Project, ASEE Annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.

Presented on An Impact Study of The Implementation of an Information Technology Rich Physical Science Module at the Fourth Grade Level, ASEE Annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008.

Presented on Accuracy of Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Predicting Aircraft Taxi-

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out Times (A Case-study of Tampa Bay Departures), 3rd International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, Fairfax, VA, 2008.

Presented on Airport Taxi-Out Prediction Using Approximate Dynamic Programming: Intelligence-Based Paradigm, 87th Annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC, January 2008.

Presented on Taxi-out prediction using reinforcement learning based stochastic dynamic programming approach, INFORMS Seattle Nov 2007.

Poster Presentation on “Process Monitoring and Control of CMP Using Multiresolution Analysis and Machine Learning” at Second International Nanotechnology Conference, Arlington, VA, May 2006.

Presented on “Challenges in Enhancing Science Education in Elementary Classrooms through University-School District Partnerships”, at the Frontiers in Education conference, Oct. 2004, Savannah, GA.

Presented on “Wavelet Based Multiresolution Monitoring of a Nanomachining Process in Semiconductor Manufacturing” at the Material Research Society conference, April 20-25, 2003, San Francisco, CA.

Presentations within GMU Presented on “Innovativeness and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Advanced Process

Control” at Second Annual Research Conference: Research at Mason in Entrepreneurship, Dec 2005.

Presented on “Nanoscale process monitoring and control in chemical mechanical planarization: a multiresolution analysis and machine learning approach” at the colloquium of the laboratory for computer design of materials, school of computational sciences, Nov 2005.

Presentations outside USA Presented on US-INDIA Educational Partnership for Research and Teaching Innovations

through the GK-12 SUNRISE Project, University of Delhi, New Delhi, May 2010. Presented on Approximate Dynamic Programming: Mitigating the Curse of Dimensionality

to Increase ADP’s Practical Viability, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, January 2009.

Conferences/Workshops Poster Presentation at the GK-12 Annual meeting, NSF, Arlington, 2008-2010. Invited to CAREER Workshop, Sponsored by NSF, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL,

March 2008 Poster presentation at NSF DMII Grantees Conference, St. Louis, July 2006. Poster presentation at NSF DMII Grantees Conference, Phoenix, Jan. 2005. Attended the BECON/BISTIC 2004 SYMPOSIUM on “Biomedical Informatics for Clinical

Decision Support: A Vision for the 21st Century” at NIH, Bethesda, June 2004. Attended the Doctoral Colloquium at the IIE Annual conference Houston, May 2004. Attended GK-12 Annual meeting, NSF, Arlington, Oct. 2002, March 04-07.

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Educational Outreach__________________________________________________________________

STEM Co-Principal Investigator and Engineering Lead for the State of Virginia on VISTA: Virginia Initiative for Science teaching and Achievement, US Dept. of Education, PI: Dr. Donna Sterling, 2010-present.

Principal Investigator of the NSF/GMU-GK-12 Project that infuses information technology rich cutting edge science and math into 8 academically low performing (high percentage of underrepresented and minority kids on reduced and free lunch) K-12 schools in Virginia to motivate their science interests. 2007-present.

Faculty advisor on George Mason’s “Dream Catchers” program. Mentoring academically challenged high school students to realize their dream of going to college. 2005-present.

Presented on Dynamic Programming at the INFORMS Public Awareness Committee’s High School Math Teachers workshop, INFORMS 2008.

Advisory Board member for NSF/USF GK-12-STARS: Institutionalization and sustainability efforts for GK-12 project, 2005- present.

Served as the Project Manager of the NSF GK-12 Project at the University of South Florida, 2002-2005.

Teaching Innovations, Methods , and Experience ___________________________________________

The Cornerstones of Teaching Innovations Practicing an inquiry-based teaching style Making connections to the real world Ensuring strong student engagement Obtaining continuous student feed back Promoting Student Professional Development

Methods Used for Enhanced Student Learning Motivating the topic through numerous examples Preparing a well-developed syllabus highlighting the course goals Relating the objective to theory, and examples when a topic is introduced Establishing the relation of the topic to the real world context Promoting in-class discussions, oral presentations, and assignments Using technology-enhanced teaching Assigning mind expanding exercises, which foster critical thinking Where ever possible graduate courses will be required to write a journal quality paper Where ever possible provide research experience for undergraduates

New Graduate Courses Introduced at GMU and regularized in the University catalog over the past 7.5 years

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These courses have appeared in the university catalog. OR/SYST 674 Dynamic Programming OR/IT 774 Advanced Dynamic Programming SYST/OR 574 Quality Control and Process Management SYST/OR 576 Manufacturing Systems Analysis OR 670 Metaheuristics OR 531 Analytics and Decision Analysis (starting fall 2013)

New Undergraduate Courses Proposed at GMU in Fall 2009These courses are pending approval by UG committee SYST 4xx Modeling Biological Systems SYST 4xx Stochastic Processes in Biology

Undergraduate Courses Modified at GMU SYST 221: Dynamical Modeling Lab

o The course was synchronized with SYST 220 by completely changing its syllabus. Additionally, the course was also moved to the Spring semester.

o The course content now has both Matlab and Simulink, which will enable the students to learn a scientific computing language.

Program Development at SEOR Proposed a new 3-course Bio-engineering specialization for SEOR undergraduates. These

courses are pending approval by the SEOR faculty. MS in Analytics and a certificate in Data Analytics (starting fall 2013) Minor in Systems Engineering and Operations Research (2008).

New Graduate Courses to Expand Curriculum (Date of Introduction TBD) OR 6xx Competitive Markov Decision Process OR 7xx LQ optimization and Differential Games

Courses Taught 2005-present, George Mason University, Instructor for

o Metaheuristics (Graduate)o Deterministic Operations Research (Graduate)o Discrete Dynamical Modeling (Undergraduate)o Dynamic programming (Graduate)o Advanced Dynamic programming (Graduate Ph.D. level)o Decision and Risk Analysis (Undergraduate)

2009, Quality Control and Process Management, Contract Course for Micron Technologies, Manassas, VA

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2004-2005, University of South Florida, Instructor foro Engineering Statistics (Undergraduate)

International Partnerships______________________________________________________________

US-India Partnerships through the SUNRISE NSF project. Research and Teaching collaborations with faculty at University of Delhi.Role: Principal Investigator for the GK-12 International Collaboration and PartnershipContact: Dr. Pratibha Jolly,Principal of Miranda House, University of Delhi,New Delhi, India.

Professional Development Workshops____________________________________________________

Completed CITI training for research on Human Subjects in SUNRISE project. Spring 2007.

Attended “Distance Education” Dr. Mark Pollen, C4I, GMU, Fall 2006. Attended Academic Advising, Academic Advising Center, GMU, Fall 2006. Attended SBIR/STTR proposal workshop, by CIT, Spring 2006. Attended “Teaching portfolio workshop” by Dr. Fathe, CTE, Fall 2005. Attended “Best practices in Distant Education”, by Dr. Foreman and Dr. Norton, CTE, Fall

2005. Attended “Introduction to Grant writing” by Dr. Fathe, CTE, Fall 2005.

Administrative Experience______________________________________________________________

2007- present: Project Director of SUNRISE: Schools, University ‘N’ (and) Resources In the Sciences and Engineering-A NSF/GMU GK-12 Fellows Project. This is a new Graduate Fellows in K-12 education (GK-12) project aimed at partnering STEM graduate students (“Fellows”) with school teachers from three different school divisions. The administrative tasks include, recruiting, training, evaluation, reporting to NSF, budget management of $3M, publicity, dissemination, maintaining a partnership with schools, reporting to Human Subjects Review Board, progress monitoring, and fund raising of institutionalization of the project.

2002-2005: Project Manager of STARS: Students, Teachers, and Resources in the Sciences- A NSF GK-12 Project at the University of South Florida. The administrative tasks included the following. keeping tack of Fellows journals and time sheets, maintaining websites, conducting project meetings, visiting schools, balancing budget, and project reporting.

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Industrial, Consulting, and Summer Positions_____ ________________________________________

2011-Present, 2 weeks every summer- Faculty Advisor on VISTA, Virginia Initiative for Science teaching and Achievement, funded by the US Dept. of Education

2007 – Present, two months every summer – Principal Investigator, SUNRISE- NSF/GMU GK-12 Project funded by National Science Foundation

2008 August – Consulted for the Center for Army Analysis, Ft. Belvoir, VA 2001 – three months in summer – Interned at BOSCH, Charleston, SC 1999 – one month in summer – Senior Quality Engineer, BOSCH, Stuttgart, Germany 1996 – 2000, Senior Quality Engineer, Diesel Injection Pumps, BOSCH, Bangalore, India.

Highlights of Industry Work Experience_1996-2000________________________________________

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer– Diesel Fuel injection pumps (F.I.P.), BOSCH, India, 1996-2000.Senior Quality Engineer, BOSCH, Stuttgart, Germany, Summer 1999.Intern, Quality Assurance, BOSCH Corp., Charleston, South Carolina, Summer 2001.

Served as a certified internal quality system auditor (QS-9000 and Bosch inter-plant audits) Established the quality assurance department and product launches at the new Bosch plant. Formulated and coordinated the QS-9000 certification project. Conducted and moderated continuous improvement projects/workshops and Quality Circle

meetings. Specialized in coordinate measuring machines (CMM) (Carl Zeiss, Germany). Handled customer complaints division including customer visits. Coordinated Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) of export fuel injection pumps to

Peugeot, France. Planned and commissioned the metrology lab for gages inspection and the fine

measurements lab. Proficient in VDA 6.0, ISO/TS 16949 quality system standards. Coordinated quality and reliability tests for F.I.P. with Bosch, Stammwerk, Germany. Well versed in FMEA, SPC, QFD, QSA, PPAP, APQP, TQM, DOE, and Time and motion

(MTM) studies.

Achievements at BOSCH_1996-2000_____________________________________________________

Reduced customer complaints on field failure of electromagnets on fuel injection pumps from 200ppm to 0ppm by introducing a new process and altering the existing layout.

Introduced 20 statistical process control projects.

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Improved repair station productivity from 50% to 90% through continuous improvement workshop.

Coordinated “Year of Quality 1998” project, which resulted in a savings of $25,000. Executed QS-9000 quality system certification project, 1999-2000. Established the standards, fine measurements and gage inspection laboratory at the new

facility by coordinating with the parent BOSCH plant. Prepared the Quality Management Manual for the new plant (BOSCH Jaipur, India).

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