Awards/Honors

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Young Investigator Award (2021)

Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering (IISE) Energy Systems (ES) Division

SRA Student Best Paper Award: 2nd place (2024)

International Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group (EISG)

Paper: Evaluating Impacts of Hurricane Fiona across Puerto Rico through a Hybrid Qualitative Approach Leveraging AI

SRA Student Best Paper Award (2023)

International Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

Justice, Equity and Risk Specialty Group (JERSG)

Paper: Data-Driven Analysis of Equity in Wildfire Resource Allocation

SRA Student Best Paper Award (2023)

International Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

Engineering and Infrastructure Systems Specialty Group (EISG)

Paper: Examining disparities in access to critical facilities using fine-grained human mobility network

IISE Work Systems Best Student Paper 2nd place (2023)

Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering (IISE)

Work Systems Division

Paper: Forecasting Spatial-temporal Variations in Emergency Shelter Demand Leveraging

Human Mobility Data: A Data-Centric Multivariate Framework

IISE Work Systems Best Track Paper 2nd place (2023)

Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering (IISE)

Work Systems Division

Paper: Forecasting Spatial-temporal Variations in Emergency Shelter Demand Leveraging

Human Mobility Data: A Data-Centric Multivariate Framework

IISE DAIS Best Student Paper Finalist (2022)

Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering (IISE)

Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Track

Paper: Mapping Human Mobility Variation and Identifying Critical Services During a Disaster Using Dynamic Mobility Network

SRA Student Best Paper Award (2021)

International Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

Occupational Health and Safety Specialty Group (OHSSG)

Paper: Investigating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among US Physicians during COVID-19: A Data-centric Approach Based on Survey Data

Risk Analysis Best Paper Award (2019)

Risk Analysis Journal

Paper: A data-driven approach to assess supply inadequacy risks related to climate-sensitive electricity demand

IEEE Best Conference Paper (2017)

Selected as one of the Best Conference Papers submitted to the 2017 IEEE PES General Meeting and presented at one of the four concurrent Best Conference Paper sessions

Paper: Estimating Climate—Demand Nexus to Support Long-term Adequacy Planning in the Energy Sector

PMI Jury Best Paper Award (2017)

PMI Project Management Research & Academic Conference, Delhi India

Paper: Optimal selection of transmission line rehabilitation strategies to minimize power transmission costs

1st Rank in B.S. Civil Engineering (2008)

Jadavpur University, Kolkata India

University Gold Medal (2008)

Jadavpur University, Kolkata India

Prabhat Kumar Memorial Gold Medal (2008)

Jadavpur University, Kolkata India

1st rank in the National Level Technical Paper Presentation (2008)
Hyderabad, India

Student Merit Award (Honorable Mention): Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)’s 

Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group (EISG) (2024)

Poulomee Roy, Ph.D. Student

Drury/Thomas Scholarship Recipient 2023-2024 (2024)

Poulomee Roy, M.S. Student

Winner of the UB ISE Poster Competition (2024)

Zhiyuan Wei, Ph.D. Student

Student Merit Award: SRA Justice, Equity and Risk Specialty Group (JERSG) (2023)

Fatima Umar, M.S. Student

Student Merit Award: Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)’s Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group (EISG) (2023)

Zhiyuan Wei, Ph.D. Student

ISE Graduate Student Research Award (2023)

Prasangsha Ganguly, Ph.D. Student

ISE Graduate Student Teaching Award (2023)

Zhiyuan Wei, Ph.D. Student

ISE Graduate Student Teaching Award – Honorable Mention (2022)

Zhiyuan Wei, Ph.D. Student

Student Merit Award: Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)’s Occupational Health and Safety Specialty Group (OHSSG) (2021)

Zhiyuan Wei, Ph.D. Student