Ayten Turkcan, Ph.D.
Dr. Ayten Turkcan is an associate research scientist in Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering at Purdue University. She received her M.S., B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey. She worked as an assistant professor in Industrial Engineering at Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Dr. Turkcan’s research focuses on implementation of operations research techniques to solve healthcare delivery problems. She uses linear and integer programming, multi-criteria optimization, constraint programming, heuristic search, and simulation to model and solve planning and scheduling problems. She has been working on several research projects related to outpatient scheduling, chemotherapy planning and scheduling, operating room scheduling, workflow analysis, and planning of mental health services. She has also been working for Healthcare Technical Assistance Program at Purdue University on short-term projects related to patient flow, staff workflow, scheduling, and facility layout design to assist clinics and hospitals of Indiana in improving healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency.