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Integrated Modeling and Optimization for Service Systems (iMOSS) Lab

Integrated Modeling and Optimization for Service Systems (iMOSS) Lab

Winner of Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Our Vision

A future in which all service systems, public and private, would pair with efficiency and effectiveness required by the end customer.

Our Mission

Our mission is to foster interdisciplinary education and research efforts to problems in service systems.

Research Interests

Capacity planning and optimal resources allocation for large-scale service systems.

Recent News:

  • [Dec 2024]: Faria Farzana presented her paper “An Agent-based Model to Assess Interventions for Continuous Care of Cardiovascular Diseases after Natural Disasters” at the 2024 Winter Simulation Conference
  • [Dec 2024]: Senior Design (MoW) Team supervised by Dr. Perez won industry choice best industrial engineering project Fall 2024 [Emma Catron, Jestin Young, Brian  Haupt]
  • [Nov 2024]: Md Yeasir Iqbal presented poster at the student poster session organized as part of the College of Science and Engineering Advisory Council meeting.
  • [Sep 2024]: Dr. Perez named THRC faculty fellow
  • [Sep 2024]: Dr. Perez named INFORMS Senior Member 
  • [Sep 2024]: Graduate student Alakshendra Joshi got his paper published in the  Int. J. Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • [July 2024]: Mrs. Faria Farzana successfully defended M.S. Thesis. Congratulations!
  • [June 2024]: Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) renewed funded contract for an additional year 
  • [June 2024]: Dr. Pérez is promoted to the Professor rank. 
  • [June 2024]: Texas State University IISE student chapter received Gold recognition award 
  • [May 2024]: iMOSS Lab presented two talks at the 2024 IISE Annual conference. 
  • [May 2024]: Lauren Cravy and Omar Torres, undergraduate research assistants, got accepted into the Department of Homeland Security Summer Research Program. 
  • [April 2024]: Undergraduate research assistant Diego Zertuche is named Outstanding student of the year of the Industrial Engineering Program at Texas State University
  • [March 2024]: Dr. Pérez and industrial engineering students visited Meals on Wheels central Texas to discuss operational improvements and the development of an App.
  • [Feb 2024]: Dr. Pérez delivered a seminar presentation in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology on February 2, 2024