Presentations:

Sowmya Parimi and Jose Espiritu. (2009). Electricity Distribution System Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms.Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC), Miami, Florida. June, 2009.

Sowmya Parimi and Jose Espiritu. (2009). Power Systems Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms. INFORMS Western Regional Conference, Tempe, Arizona. April, 2009.

Cynthia Vargas, Claudia Banda and Sowmya Parimi. A New Component Allocation Model for the Dual Element Spot Network Configuration. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Espiritu. UTEP SACNAS Research Expo - Engineering category. UTEP, April 16, 2009.

Sowmya Parimi

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering - Fall 2009 (expected)

Thesis title: "Electricity Distribution Systems Optimization Using evolutionary Algorithms"

Publications:

Jose F. Espiritu & Sowmya Parimi. (2009). Electricity distribution system optimization using evolutionary algorithms. In Proceedings of the 15th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design. 2009. San Francisco, California. August 6-8, 2009.

Vasukumar Chenna

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering - Spring 2010 (expected)

Thesis title: "Component Replacement Analysis for Power Distribution Systems Using Ant Colony Optimization"

Presentations:

Vasukumar Chenna and Jose F. Espiritu. (2009). Component Replacement Schedules for Power Distribution Systems Using Evolutionary Algorithms. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Conference, San Diego, California. October, 2009.

Vasukumar Chenna and Jose F. Espiritu. (2009). Development of an ant colony optimization algorithm to obtain optimal replacement schedules for electricity transmission and distribution systems. INFORMS Western Regional Conference, Tempe, Arizona. April, 2009.

Ricardo Meraz, Arlette Chavez and Vasukumar Chenna. An ant colony optimization model to solve the component replacement problem for power distribution systems. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Espiritu. UTEP SACNAS Research Expo - Engineering category. UTEP, April 16, 2009.

Carlos Ituarte

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering - Fall 2010 (expected)

Thesis title: TBD

Presentations:

Carlos Ituarte, Oswaldo Aguirre, Heidi Taboada and Jose Espiritu. (2009) Level of Repair Analysis Modeling Using Genetic Algorithms. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Conference, San Diego, California. October, 2009.