Brandon McConnell
Assistant Research Professor
- 919.515.7201
- bmmcconn@ncsu.edu
- 312 | 111 Lampe Drive
Brandon McConnell is an Assistant Research Professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. After serving as an Infantry officer in the US Army, Brandon now leads the Military Operations Research Group consisting of Operations Research and ISE students interested in military and national security challenges. He also mentors and advises the active-duty and veteran students from OR and ISE. He suffers from chronic surfing addiction.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research
NC State University
Master of Operations Research
NC State University
Bachelor of Science in Operations Research
United States Military Academy at West Point
Research Description
McConnell's research interests broadly include military operations research, expeditionary logistics with risk, as well as inventory control, production applications, healthcare systems, and national security. A central theme to his research is making these decisions under conditions of uncertainty or while managing a set of risks. His most current work focuses on using nonstationary queuing theory, scheduling, and forecasting to conduct capacity planning and performance analysis for expeditionary logistics networks with risk.
Honors and Awards
- Richard H. Barchi Prize for Best Paper, Military Operations Research Society, 2019
- Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, NC State University, 2018
- ISE Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, NC State ISE Department, 2018
- Edward A. Shook Mentor Award, NC State ISE Department, 2018
- Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship, NC State University, 2017
- Salah Elmaghraby Award, NC State University, 2015
Publications
- Improving chemotherapy infusion operations through the simulation of scheduling heuristics: a case study
- Slocum, R. F., Jones, H. L., Fletcher, M. T., McConnell, B. M., Hodgson, T. J., Taheri, J., & Wilson, J. R. (2020), Health Systems, 2, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/20476965.2019.1709908
- Modeling and transportation planning for US noncombatant evacuation operations in South Korea
- Kearby, J. A., Winz, R. D., Hodgson, T. J., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., & McConnell, B. M. (2020), Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JDAL-05-2019-0010
- Assessing uncertainty and risk in an expeditionary military logistics network
- McConnell, B. M., Hodgson, T. J., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., Liu, Y., Parlier, G. H., … Wilson, J. R. (2019), The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, 7, 154851291986059. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548512919860595
- How Data Analytics Will Improve Logistics Planning
- Schwartz, B., McConnell, B. M., & Parlier, G. H. J. S. (2019), Army Sustainment, 51(3), 54–57. Retrieved from https://www.army.mil/article/223842/how_data_analytics_will_improve_logistics_planning
- A Military Logistics Network Planning System
- Rogers, M. B., McConnell, B. M., Hodgson, T. J., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., Parlier, G., & Thoney Barletta, K. (2018), Military Operations Research, 23(4), 5–24. https://doi.org/10.5711/1082598323405
- Simulation-based Evaluation On Integrating Additive Manufacturing Capability In A Deployed Military Environment
- Moore, T. A., McConnell, B. M., & Wilson, J. R. (2018), Proceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference, 3721–3729. https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc.2018.8632474
- Implementing discrete event simulation to improve optometry clinic operations
- Seminelli, M. D., Wilson, J. W., & McConnell, B. (2017), Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference, 2157–2168. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2016.7822258