People

Ph.D. Students

Ignacio

Origin: Concepción, Chile.
Degree: Industrial Engineering, Ph.D.
Interesting Fact: I am a professional paraathlete.
Non-Interesting Fact: Chile is the longest and narrowest country in the world.

Yamil

Origin: Concepción, Chile
Degree: Industrial Engineering, Ph.D.
Interesting Fact: I’ve spent more time watching Super Mario speedruns than playing the game (probably any Mario game).
Non-Interesting Fact: Sugar makes tomato sauce less sweet.

Robert

Origin: Durham, NC
Degree: Operations Research, Ph.D.
Interesting Fact: Christopher Nolan’s movie, Interstellar generated new ways to visualize light around a Black Hole and resulted in the writing of 3 papers: “Building Interstellar‘s black hole: the gravitational renderer”, “Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in Astrophysics, and in the Movie Interstellar“, and “Visualizing Interstellar’s Wormhole”. 
Non-Interesting Fact: The title of Christopher Nolan’s movie Tenet is spelled the same forwards and backwards.

Master’s Students

Undergraduates

Drew

Origin: Rockland, NY
Degree: B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering
Interesting Fact: I have lost more money than won in sports betting.
Non-Interesting Fact: The Empire State building has its own zip code, 10118.

Ashelynn

Origin: Charlotte, NC
Degree: B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering
Interesting Fact: My first and middle name came from my families favorite places: Asheville NC and Madison WI.
Non-Interesting Fact: Dragonflies have six legs but can’t walk.

Faculty

Ben Rachunok.

Origin: Wilmington, NC
Degree: Giver of degrees
Interesting Fact: Ben can name all 50 states and has been in (almost) every building on main campus. Sometimes he races his bike against other people for fun.
Non-Interesting Fact: NC State’s farthest-east building is the CMAST building in Morehead City North Carolina.

Alums

Mike

Origin: Charlotte, NC
Degree: B.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering
Interesting Fact: I have 7 concussions and I am still pursuing an Engineering Degree.
Non-Interesting Fact: Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

Aakash

Origin: Mumbai, India
Degree: Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Interesting fact: I can beat you at chess blindfolded (90% confidence interval)
Non-interesting fact: There are 3 countries in the world landlocked only by one country.