Project Ideas for Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Dissertation on machine learning-augmented scheduling for high-mix manufacturing

Heuristic optimization of drone delivery networks for emergency medical supplies

Simulation modeling of patient flow in surgical units with uncertain demand

Resilience modeling of critical infrastructure systems under cascading failures

Human factors analysis in autonomous vehicle control interface design

Study of gamification in workforce training systems for logistics operations

Operations strategy for energy-efficient warehouse layout and routing

Modeling and analysis of queuing networks in last-mile delivery systems

Multicriteria optimization of product configuration under customer preference uncertainty

Thesis on equity-aware resource allocation in disaster response logistics

Human-in-the-loop design of decision support tools for clinical triage

Performance evaluation of stochastic inventory models with dual sourcing

Design of adaptive decision algorithms for smart grid energy allocation

Agent-based modeling of crowd movement in large-scale event evacuation

Thesis on risk-aware scheduling under cyber-physical disruptions

Optimization of vaccine distribution using integer programming models

Modeling digital twin systems for predictive maintenance in aerospace manufacturing

Study of fairness in AI-driven workforce management systems

Thesis on resilient multi-echelon supply chain network design under climate disruptions

Time-series forecasting of demand spikes in e-commerce systems using neural networks