Contact Information

Larry Gamm, Ph.D.
Director
TAMU 1266
College Station, Texas 77845
tel (979) 458-2244
gamm@tamhsc.edu

Eva Lee, Ph.D.
Co-Director
Systems Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332-0205
tel (404) 894-4962
evakylee@isye.gatech.edu

James C. Benneyan, Ph.D.
Co-Director
334 Snell Engineering Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
tel (617) 373-2975
benneyan@coe.neu.edu

Harriet Black Nembhard, Ph.D.
Co-Director
310 Leonhard Building
University Park, PA 16802
tel (814) 865-4210
hbnembhard@psu.edu

 

Hayriye Ayhan

Hayriye Ayhan, Ph.D.

Dr. Ayhan's research interests include stochastic (Max,+) linear systems, performance analysis of queueing and production systems via series expansions, and Markov decision processes (with applications to admission control, inventory/production control). Dr. Ayhan received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2000. She is a member of the Institute of Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) and she is the secretary and the treasurer of the INFORMS Applied Probability Society.

Dr. Ayhan received her Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering from Bosphorous University and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University (in Industrial Engineering) in 1995.

Research Interests

  • Stochastic (Max,+) Linear Systems

  • Performance Analysis of Queueing and Production Systems via Series Expansions

  • Markov Decision Processes (with applications to admission control,inventory/production control)