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CDO Alumni

Congratulations to the students who have earned a Master of Science (S.M.) degree in Computation for Design and Optimization. The alumni are listed below, along with their year of graduation, thesis research topic, and contact information. (As of August 2009, 74 students have completed the CDO program.)

To view alumni theses, click on a thesis title to go the MIT DSpace CDO community web page.
(Note: some CDO master's theses are not available at this time.)

Name Year Thesis Title Contact
Srikanti Rupa Avasarala 2009 Blast Overpressure Relief Using Air Vacated Buffer Medium asrupa@gmail.com
Reena Bajaj 2009 An Unstructured Finite Volume Simulator for Multiphase Flow through Fractured-Porous Media searchingreena@gmail.com
Ram Bala Chandran 2007 Development of Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Nonlocal Linear Elasticity rambc@mit.edu
Nirjhar Banerjee 2009 Random Obtuse Triangles and Convex Quadrilaterals itsnirjhar@gmail.com
Jonathan Birge 2008 A Preconditioned Newton-Krylov Method for Computing Steady-State Pulse Solutions of Mode-Locked Lasers birge@mit.edu
Si Chen 2009 Robust Option Pricing - An Epsilon Arbitrage Approach karsi0909@gmail.com
Weirong Jeremy Chen 2007 Computational Issues and Related Mathematics of an Exponential Annealing Homotopy for Conic Optimization cvx_set@alum.mit.edu
Sudhir Chiluveru 2007 Computational Modeling of Crack Initiation in Cross-roll Piercing sudhirc@mit.edu
Shawn Choo 2006 The Crane Split and Sequencing Problem with Clearance and Yard Congestion Constraints in Container Terminal Ports shawnc@psa.com.sg
Sohan Dharmaraja 2007 An Analysis of the TR-BDF2 Integration Scheme sohan@stanford.edu
Jiachuan (Joshua) Ding 2007 A Multiple Secretary Problem with Switch Costs dingjia3@alum.mit.edu
website: www.dingjia3.com
Laslo Tibor Diosady 2007 A Linear Multigrid Preconditioner for the Solution of the Navier-Stokes Equations Using a Discontinuous Galerkin Discretization diosady@mit.edu
Fitriani 2008 Multiscale Dynamic Time and Space Warping fitriani@alum.mit.edu
Yong Ning Foo 2007 A Diagnostic Analysis of Retail Out-of-Stocks yongning@alum.mit.edu
Justin Fox 2007 Fully-Kinetic PIC Simulations for Hall-Effect Thrusters foxj@mit.edu
Nikhil Galagali 2009 Algorithms for Particle Remeshing Applied to Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics nikhilg18@gmail.com
Revanth Garlapati 2006 Reduced Basis Method for Boltzmann Equation revanth@alum.mit.edu
Gabrielle Gaustad 2009 Stochastic Methods for Improving Secondary Production Decisions under Compositional Uncertainty ggg1@mit.edu
Chun Fan Goh 2008 0-1 Graph Partitioning and Image Segmentation chunfan@alum.mit.edu
Ganesh Gurumurthy 2008 Blast Mitigation for Vehicles Using Shape Optimization gan_guru@alum.mit.edu
Sha Hu 2006 Semidefinite Relaxation Based Branch-and-bound Method for Nonconvex Quadratic Programming husha@alum.mit.edu
Yuwei Hu 2009 Scheduling of Biological Samples for DNA Sequencing (with C.S. Lim) foamangel@gmail.com
Mohammad Tariq Hussain 2008 Cheeger Sets for Unit Cube: Analytical and Numerical Solutions for L∞ and L² Norms mtariq@mit.edu
Thanh Huynh 2008 A Fast Enriched FEM for Poisson Equations Involving Interfaces huynh@alum.mit.edu
Vu Anh Huynh 2008 Combining Local and Global Optimization for Planning and Control in Information Space vuhuynh@alum.mit.edu
Tian Fook Kong 2008 Multilevel Spectral Clustering: Graph Partitions and Image Segmentation tianfook@hotmail.com
Vinay Kumar 2007 A Nonsmooth Exclusion Test for Finding All Solutions of Nonlinear Equations vinayk@mit.edu
Chad Lieberman 2009 Parameter and State Model Reduction for Bayesian Statistical Inverse Problems celieber@mit.edu
Stephen Leibman 2008 A Generalized Precorrected-FFT Method for Electromagnetic Analysis sleibman@mit.edu
Zhengyi Lian 2007 Discontinuous Galerkin Solution of the Boltzmann Equation in Multiple Spatial Dimensions zylian@alum.mit.edu
Jiajie Liang 2006 Enhancements and Computational Evaluation of the Hit-and-Run Random Walk on Polyhedra jiajieliang@alum.mit.edu
Rhea Patricia Liem 2007 Surrogate Modeling for Large-Scale Black-Box Systems rpliem@mit.edu
Chin Soon Lim 2009 Scheduling of Biological Samples for DNA Sequencing (with Y. Hu) chinsoon12@alum.mit.edu
Lui Cheng Lim 2008 Robust Scheduling in Forest Operations Planning luicheng@alum.mit.edu
Yun (Leon) Lu 2007 Robust Transportation Network Design under User Equilibrium leonlu@alum.mit.edu
Ho Man Lui 2006 Runge-Kutta Discontinuous Galerkin Method for the Boltzmann Equation luihm@alum.mit.edu
Jing (Rebecca) Ma 2007 Recovery of Primal Solution in Dual Subgradient Schemes jingma@alum.MIT.EDU
Anupam Mazumdar 2009 Iterative Algorithms for a Joint Pricing and Inventory Control Problem with Nonlinear Demand Functions anupam.taurus@gmail.com
Han (Abby) Men 2006 Efficient Reduced-Basis Approximation of Scalar Nonlinear Time-Dependent Convection-Diffusion Problems, and Extension to Compressible Flow Problems abbymen@mit.edu
Anshul Mohnot 2008 Solution of Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems using a Discontinuous Galerkin Technique anshulm@mit.edu
Feng (Forrest) Nan 2009 Low Rank Matrix Completion fengnanmj@gmail.com
Boon Hooi Ooi 2008 Surrogate-Based Optimization of a BioMEMs Microfluidic Weir phalanx143@hotmail.com
Ardavan F. Oskooi 2008 An Investigation of the Perfectly Matched Layer for Inhomogeneous Media ardfar@mit.edu
Harish Peruvamba Sundaresh 2007 Must Linear Algebra be Block Cyclic? and Other Explorations into the Expressivity of Data Parallel and Task Parallel Languages harishps@mit.edu
Vignesh Peruvamba Sundaresh 2009 On the Computation of Probabilities and Eigenvalues for Random and Non-Random Matrices vigneshps@gmail.com
Thi Vu Phu 2008 A Comparison of Discrete and Flow-Based Models for Air Traffic Flow Management ptvu@alum.mit.edu
Kshitij Prakash 2009 Simulation and Optimization of Hot Gas Separation Processes in Gasification Cycles ksh.prakash@gmail.com
Laura Proctor 2009 Graduate School Introductory Computational Simulation Course Pedagogy Laura.Proctor@mathworks.com
Lei Qiao 2009 Variational Constitutive Updates for Strain Gradient Isotropic Plasticity qiao_pku@hotmail.com
Tingting Rao 2008 LP Based Subgradient Algorithms for Joint Pricing and Inventory Control Problems raotingting@alum.mit.edu
Sandeep Sethuraman 2006 Domain Partitioning to Bound Moments of Differential Equations Using Semidefinite Optimization sandeeps@alum.mit.edu
Amit Soni 2008 An Analysis of Scientific Computing Environments: A Consumer's View amitsoni@mit.edu
Hua Su 2006 Robust Fluid Control of Multiclass Queueing Networks huasu@alum.mit.edu
Huafei Sun 2009 Impact of Triangle Shapes Using High-Order Discretizations and Direct Mesh Adaptation for Output Error sunhu@mit.edu
Jia Li Sun 2006 Low Rank Decompositions for Sums of Squares Optimization jialisun@mit.edu
Wei Sun 2006 Price of Anarchy in a Bertrand Oligopoly Market sunwei@mit.edu
Masayuki Yano 2009 Massively Parallel Solver for the High-Order Galerkin Least-Squares Method myano@mit.edu
Yong kwang (Alex) Tan 2006 Reduced Basis Method for 2nd Order Wave Equation: Application to One-Dimensional Seismic Problem alextyk@mit.edu
Koon Soon (Justin) Teo 2009 Loss of Coordination in Competitive Supply Chains jteo@alum.mit.edu
Joline Ann Villaranda Uichanco 2007 Data-Driven Revenue Management uichanco@alum.mit.edu
Jie Wang 2009 Multi-period Optimal Network Flow and Pricing Strategy for Commodity Online Retailer wangjie520lily@msn.com
Qian (Cherry) Wang 2007 Pre-bid Network Analysis for Transportation Procurement Auction under Stochastic Demand qwang@alum.mit.edu
Yanbo Wang 2008 Empirical Comparison of Robust, Data Driven and Stochastic Optimization yanbo1983@alum.mit.edu
Sonja Wogrin 2008 Model Reduction for Dynamic Sensor Steering: A Bayesian Approach to Inverse Problems wogrin@mit.edu
Kailiang Wu 2008 Modeling Semiconductor Industry Dynamics kailiangwu@alum.mit.edu
Qinwen Xiao 2009 Optimizing Beer Distribution Game Order Policy Using Numerical Simulations qinwenxiao@gmail.com
Song Xu 2007 A Shifting Method for Dynamic System Model Order Reduction xs@alum.mit.edu
Sai Hei Yeung 2008 Analysis of the Projective Re-Normalization Method on Semidefinite Programming Feasibility Problems saihei@mit.edu
Ning Zhai 2008 Optimal Operating Strategy for a Storage Facility zhaining@alum.mit.edu
Hui Zhang 2009 Modelling Pandemic Influenza Progression Using Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeller (STEM) alicezhang541@gmail.com
Lei (Kevin) Zhang 2006 Multi-Period Pricing for Perishable Products: Uncertainty and Competition zhanglei@alum.mit.edu
Yifeng Zhang 2008 A Simulation-Based Resource Optimization and Time Reduction Model Using Design Structure Matrix zhangyifeng@alum.mit.edu
Lei (Ryan) Zhang 2007 A Fast 3D Full-Wave Solver for Nanophotonics zhangl@mit.edu
Haining Zheng 2008 On the Predictive Capability and Stability of Rubber Material Models hainingz@alum.mit.edu