Rifat Sipahi, Ph.D.
Dr. Sipahi's research interests include:
SUPPLY CHAINS
1. Supply chain management and inventory regulation strategies in presence of delays
2. Cost and price optimization in supply chains with delays
3. Collaboration of supply chains for improved inventory management
4. Management strategies for rendering supply chains insensitive against delays
5. Applications of stability charts to mangement of early-stage firms as decision-making tableaus
MICRO / NANO PARTICLE MANIPULATION
1. Utilization of ferrofluids for nonmagnetic particle manipulation
2. Implementation of feedback control for controlled manipulation
3. In vitro targeting of nonmagnetic particles
4. In vitro non-contact separation of nonmagnetic particles
TRAFFIC FLOW
1. Effects of drivers' sensing delays to stability of traffic flow
2. Effects of drivers' memory to stabilty of traffic flow
3. Asymptotic and string stability of traffic flow
4. Effects of following more/less agressive drivers to stability and congestion
5. Effects of different configurations of vehicles (chain or ring) to flow stability
Dr. Sipahi received his MSc and PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Dyanmic Systems & Control at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. He received a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.