Brandon McConnell
Assistant Research Professor
- Phone: 919.515.7201
- Email: mcconnell@ncsu.edu
- Office: 4131C Fitts-Woolard Hall
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, McConnell 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 active-duty and veteran students from OR and ISE. He suffers from a chronic surfing addiction.
Research Interests
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.
Education
| Degree | Program | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research | NC State University | 2018 |
| MOR | Master of Operations Research | NC State University | 2015 |
| BSOR | Bachelor of Science in Operations Research | United States Military Academy at West Point | 2006 |
Honors and Awards
- 2019 | Richard H. Barchi Prize for Best Paper, Military Operations Research Society
- 2018 | 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
- 2017 | Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship, NC State University
- 2015 | Salah Elmaghraby Award, NC State University
Discover more about Brandon McConnell
- New Tool Tackles Uncertainty in Military Logistics Planning
- ISE Stars Shine Bright at the Anderson Awards
- Army Enlists ISE to Strengthen Training
- College Graduate Programs Prioritize Recruiting Students from a Military Background
- New Tool Aims to Assist Military Logistics in Evacuating Noncombatants
Publications
- US Army Aviation air movement operations assignment, utilization and routing
- Nelson, R., King, R., McConnell, B. M., & Thoney-Barletta, K. (2023), Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics. https://doi.org/10.1108/JDAL-11-2022-0013
- A Data-Centric Approach to Analyze Military Operations Leveraging National Training Center Data
- Lawrence, B., Mittal, V., Evangelista, P., & McConnell, B. M. (2022), Journal of DoD Research and Engineering, 5(4), 1–9.
- Army Aviation Air Movement Automation for the Mission Planner
- Nelson, R. E., T., & McConnell, B. M. (2022, March), Aviation Digest. Retrieved from https://home.army.mil/rucker/index.php/download_file/view/2218/934
- Checklists in Healthcare: Operational Improvement of Standards using Safety Engineering-Project CHOISSE-A framework for evaluating the effects of checklists on surgical team culture
- Perera, G. N., Hey, L. A., Chen, K. B., Morello, M. J., McConnell, B. M., & Ivy, J. S. (2022), APPLIED ERGONOMICS, 103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103786
- Performance tradeoffs for spare parts supply chains with additive manufacturing capability servicing intermittent demand
- McDermott, K. C., Winz, R. D., Hodgson, T. J., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., & McConnell, B. M. (2021), Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 179–213. https://doi.org/10.1108/JDAL-08-2020-0016
- 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, 4(1), 41–69. 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
