Purush Damodaran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University (2002)
M.S., Industrial Engineering, Northern Illinois University (1997)
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Madras (1994)
Dr. Purushothaman Damodaran
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
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Professor Damodaran’s expertise is in the area of large-scale optimization, logistics, simulation, scheduling and electronics manufacturing. He has developed a number of mixed-integer models to address interesting problems in the areas of new product development, batch processing, VLSI physical design, PCB assembly, etc. He has devised branch & price approaches for both deterministic and stochastic mixed-integer models. His initiatives in the area of electronics manufacturing were geared towards eliminating lead from electronics assembly.

His current research initiatives are:

  • capacity planning models for make-to-order enterprises
  • scheduling batch processing machines in electronics manufacturing
  • meet-pass planning in train scheduling design problem
  • queuing approximations for server assembly lines


To learn more about his research and teaching interests refer to corresponding links at the top of this webpage.