Reinaldo J. Moraga, Ph.D.

Education

• 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.