Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida (2002)
M.S. in Manufacturing Systems, University of Central Florida (1999)
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile (1992)
B.S. in Wood Manufacturing Engineering, Universidad del Bío Bío, Chile (1988)
Research Interests
Simulation Models
Applied Operations Research
Scheduling and Meta-heuristics
Supply Chain Management
Selected Projects
Powertrain Improvement Through Simulation Modeling, funded by Caterpillar Inc.
Regional Transportation Simulation Tool for Evacuation Planning (RTSTEP), funded by The City of Chicago (OEMC) and TRACC-Argonne National Laboratory (Collaboration).
Professional Associations and Honors
2021 ETAS/Senior Design Award, First Place (Faculty Coach)
2012 IIE/ARENA Student Simulation Competition, Third Place Winner (Faculty Advisor)
Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (2000-present)
2003 IIE/Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, Third Place
Selected Publications
Rabiei Hosseinabad, E., and Moraga R. The Evaluation of Renewable Energy Predictive Modeling in Energy Dependency Reduction: A System Dynamics Approach, International J. Appl. Management Science 12(1):1, 2020.
Nodooshan, K.G., Moraga R.J., Chen S-J., Nguyen C., Wang Z., and Mohseni S. Environmental and Economic Optimization of Algal Biofuel Supply Chain with Multiple Technological Pathways, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 57, 20, 6910–6925, 2018.
Sadaqa, M., Moraga R.J. Scheduling Blocking Flow Shops Using Meta-RaPS, Procedia Computer Science (by Elsevier) 61, 533-538, 2015.
Moraga, R., Meta-Heuristic for Randomized Priority Search: A Tutorial. Rabadi (Ed.), Heuristics, Meta-heuristics and Approximate Methods in Planning and Scheduling, Springer, 2015.