Adrian Lee

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
Research advisor: Dr. Sheldon H. Jacobson
Research area: Optimal Passenger Screening Policies for Aviation Security Systems

M.S. Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
Research advisor: Dr. Mark W. Spong
Research area: Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems

B.S. Mechanical Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

RESEARCH AREAS:

Nonlinear and Stochastic Control
Probability and Statistics
Stochastic Processes
Operations Research
Optimization
Simulation

EXPERIENCE:

Research Engineer,Vishwamitra Research Institute
Center for Uncertain Systems: Tools for Optimization and Management
Chicago, Illinois, July 2009 - Present

Research Assistant,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, August 2006 - May 2009

Teaching Assistant,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, January 2005 - May 2006

Controls Engineer (Mechanical/Electrical Engineering),Lexmark International, Inc
Power Systems Group
Lexington, Kentucky, May 2000 - May 2004

Teaching Assistant,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, August 1998 - May 2000

Lab Assistant,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, May 1999 - August 1999

Research Assistant,
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, June 1997 - September 1997

Course Instructor and Project Advisor,
Northwestern University
National High School Institute Engineering and Science Division
Evanston, Illinois, Summer 1997 and Summer 1998

Engineering Tutor,
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, September 1995 - June 1998

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Lee, A. J., Nikolaev, A. G., Jacobson, S. H., Protecting Air Transportation: A Survey of Operations Research Applications to Aviation Security,Journal of Transportation Security, 1(3), 2008.

Jacobson, S. H., Lee, A. J., Nikolaev, A. G., Designing for Flexibility in Aviation Security Systems, Journal of Transportation Security, 2(1): 1-8, 2009.

Lee, A. J., McLay, L. A., Jacobson, S. H., Designing Aviation Security Passenger Screening Systems using Nonlinear Control,SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 48(4): 2085-2105, 2009.

PUBLISHED BOOK CHAPTERS:

Lee, A. J., Nikolaev, A. G., Jacobson, S. H., Nestor, J. J., Operations Research Applications in Aviation Security, Aviation Security Management: A Three Volume Set. Andrew R. Thomas (editor). Praeger Security International. 2008.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

Lee, A. J., Jacobson, S. H., Olympic Tiebreakers: The Reward of Risk and Innovation, OR/MS Today, 35(5): 20-21, 2008

PATENTS:

Electrophotographic Device Capable of Performing an Image Operation and a Fusing Operation at Different Speeds, US #7,383,016, June 3, 2008

Method and Apparatus for Characterizing and Compensating Drive Train Rotational Velocity Errors, US #7,433,630, October 7, 2008

PRESENTATIONS:

Analyzing the Sequential Stochastic Multilevel Passenger Screening Problem, 2007 INFORMS National Meeting, November 4-7, 2007, Seattle, Washington

Optimal Aviation Security Screening Strategies with Dynamic Passenger Risk Updates,2008 INFORMS National Meeting, October 12-15, 2007, Washington D.C.

AWARDS:

Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues, 2008-2009

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Professional Engineer Intern, 2000

SOCIETIES AND AFFILIATIONS:

Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)