It is a privilege and a pleasure to work with exceptional PhD students in both of the research-based graduate programs supported by the BIT department: the Full-time Doctoral Program (Ph.D.) and the Executive Ph.D. Program.

Students interested in disaster operations management / crisis information systems-related topics also have participated in the interdisciplinary Disaster Resilience and Risk Management (DRRM^VT) program, along with graduate students from other disciplines at Virginia Tech.

PhD Student advisees:

Current:

• Varada Krishnaswamy (Executive PhD Program)
• Abdoulaye Diomande (Executive PhD Program)
• Frank Rabena (Executive PhD Program)

Graduated:

• Behnam Malmir (Faculty at Georgia Southern University)
  • "Operational, Tactical and Strategic Planning for Effective Pandemic Response"


• Duygu Pamukcu (Postdoctoral Associate at HEC Montréal)
  • "Supporting the operational performance management of public service systems during slow-onset disasters"
  
  
• Milad Baghersad (Faculty at Florida Atlantic University)
  • "Firms' Resilience to Supply Chain Disruptions"


• Yuhong Li (Faculty at Old Dominion University)
  • "Network Structure, Disruption Information and Supply Chain Resilience"


• Andy Arnette (Faculty at Virginia Tech)
  • "A Spatial Decision Support System for the Development of Multi-Source Renewable Energy Systems"


• Mauro Falasca (Faculty at East Carolina University)
  • "Quantitative Decision Models for Humanitarian Logistics"

Student Awards:

• Duygu Pamukcu
  • Co-winner - Virginia Tech Outstanding Dissertation in the Social Sciences, Business, Education and Humanities category, 2023


• Andy Arnette
  • Pamplin COB Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2010
  • Honorable Mention – Virginia Tech Outstanding Dissertation in the Social Sciences, Business and Humanities category, 2010