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Project Ideas for Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Optimization and analytics for efficient, resilient systems.

🏛 Introduction

UC’s PhD in IEOR equips scholars to model, optimize, and control complex supply chains, healthcare operations, and service networks.

💡 Suggested Project Titles

Mixed-integer model routing electric delivery fleets under range constraints

Digital twin of hospital OR scheduling minimizing patient wait times

Reinforcement-learning policy controlling warehouse AGV traffic

Network-flow optimization reducing food-bank distribution costs statewide

Robust inventory control under demand spikes in disaster relief supplies

Queueing analysis of 5 G edge-computing task offloading

Dynamic pricing algorithm balancing revenue and fairness on ride-share platforms

Monte-Carlo risk model for multi-tier semiconductor supply chains

Simulation of airport security lanes with social-distancing policies

Genetic algorithm scheduling wind-farm maintenance vessels

Heuristic optimizer for 3-D printing job batching in service bureaus

Blockchain smart-contract prototype for freight invoice reconciliation

Stochastic frontier analysis benchmarking energy-utility efficiency

AI explainability dashboard for workforce-scheduling fairness metrics

Multi-objective optimization of humanitarian logistics under uncertainty

Policy brief on resilience metrics for critical infrastructure networks

Citizen-science hackathon crowdsourcing bus-timetable improvements

White paper on algorithmic workforce management ethics

Workshop teaching linear programming with open-source solvers to NGOs

Conference on OR contributions to circular-economy transition

University of California – PhD in IEOR

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