RESEARCH TEAM

Ph.D. STUDENT (COMPLETED)

KRISTA DANIELLE S. YU

Krista is a Visiting Researcher from De La Salle University (DLSU), located in Manila, Philippines. Krista is a faculty member from DLSU's School of Economics and she will pursue an interdisciplinary research with Prof. Joost Santos during her stay in GWU. The collaboration is expected to generate an integrated disaster risk analysis framework comprised of computable general equilibrium (CGE) and critical infrastructure protection/resilience models. Krista will be a Visiting Researcher at GWU for a period of one year and will she be hosted by the EMSE department.

JOANNA RESURRECCION

Joanna Resurreccion completed her doctoral degree in May 2013. Her dissertation research was funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of the Philippines. Her research interests include inventory-based input-output modeling for disaster risk analysis, simulation and modeling of transportation, distribution and health care systems, and system performance evaluation and analysis.

VISITING RESEARCHER

GRADUATE STUDENTS (CURRENT)

Lucia Castro Herrera

Lucia is pursuing her MSc. in Engineering Management with focus on Crisis, Emergency, and Risk Management. She holds an undergraduate degree in Government and International Relations from Universidad Externado de Colombia. She has years of international work experience in the United States and Latin America. Her research interests include analysis of disaster cycle processes from a systems engineering approach while taking into account diverse disciplines such as GIS, management, process improvement, geopolitics and cultural contrasts.

Rehman Akhtar

Rehman Akhtar is a doctoral student in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (EMSE), The George Washington University (GWU). He completed his M.S. degree in Engineering Management from GWU and his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from North-West Frontier Province University of Engineering and Technology. His research interests include disaster risk analysis, economic input-output analysis, workforce productivity modeling, simulation, and geographic information systems.

JALAL ALI

Jalal Ali is a doctoral student in EMSE. He completed his MS in Engineering Management from GWU with a focus on Information and Knowledge Management. He completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (GIKI), Pakistan. His research interests include disaster based input-output analysis, simulation and modeling, information systems as decision support system tools, IT systems engineering, organizational and Management Science.

AMINE EL HAIMAR

Amine El Haimar is a doctoral student in EMSE. He completed his undergraduate degree in Engineering and Management Science from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI), Morocco. His research interests include data analysis and simulation, mathematical optimization and modeling, probability theory, and process analysis. His current research is on the effect of disease epidemics on the production of interdependent economic systems. He has already published a series of journal articles on influenza pandemic risk assessment.

SHWETA MULCARE

Shweta Mulcare is a doctoral student in EMSE. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Physics at GWU (summa cum laude). She is now with MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development. She was previously with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Institutes of Health. Her research interests include the applications of systems engineering and risk analysis to airspace and airport analysis, capacity analysis, analysis and design of Air Traffic Control procedures, and terminal and en route airspace design.