Research

My research interests lie in the applications of operations research, including logistics and supply chains, transportation systems, machine learning, and data mining. I like working with large-scale systems and with lots of data.

My Ph.D. focused on air traffic flow management. Specifically, I developed mathematical models and algorithms whose aim is to improve the efficiency of air traffic flow through terminal airspace (near airports) under stormy (and uncertain) weather conditions.

Thesis

Optimization of Airport Terminal-Area Air Traffic Operations under Uncertain Weather Conditions [pdf]

Publications

D. M. Pfeil and H. Balakrishnan, “Identification of Robust Terminal-Area Routes in Convective Weather”, Transportation Science, vol. 46 no. 1, February 2012.

D. M. Pfeil and H. Balakrishnan, “Dynamic Reconfiguration of Terminal Airspace during Convective Weather”, Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2010. [pdf]

D. Michalek and H. Balakrishnan, “Identification of Robust Routes using Convective Weather Forecasts”, Proceedings of the USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, June 2009. [pdf]

D. Michalek and H. Balakrishnan, “Building a Stochastic Terminal Airspace Capacity Forecast from Convective Weather Forecasts”, Proceedings of the Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration, American Meteorological Society 89th Annual Meeting, January 2009. [pdf]