Engineering Analytics (ePub)

Luis Rabelo, Ph.D., was the NASA EPSCoR Agency Project Manager and currently a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida. He received dual degrees in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the Technological University of Panama and Master's degrees from the Florida Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering (1987) and the University of Missouri-Rolla in Engineering Management (1988). He received a Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1990, where he also did Post-Doctoral work in Nuclear Engineering in 1990-1991. In addition, he holds a dual MS degree in Systems Engineering & Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has over 280 publications, three international patents being utilized in the Aerospace Industry, and graduated 40 Master and 34 Doctoral students as advisor/Co-Advisor.

Edgar Gutierrez-Franco, is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, CTL. He also serves since 2009 as a Research Affiliate at the Center for Latin America Logistics Innovation part of the MIT Global SCALE network and is Fulbright Scholar since 2014. Dr. Edgar has over twelve years of experience in data-driven decision-making software solutions to support business operations. His specialties are in Supply Chain Management, Applied Optimization and Machine Learning. He has experience in the consultancy, retail, and beverage industry and in academia in projects and training activities related with Operations Research and Supply Chain Management. His educational background includes a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of La Sabana (2004), an MSc. in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research and Statistics) from the University of Los Andes (2008), and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems