I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. I received my Ph.D. from the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech, where I was advised by Prof. Sait Tunc. My research interests broadly span queueing theory, game theory, stochastic modeling, and simulation, with applications in healthcare operations.

Research

Publications

An Experimental Investigation into the Hash Functions Used in Blockchains

with F. Wang, Y. Chen, A. O. Francis, B. Emmanuel, W. Zhenh, J. Chen. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2019, 1-21, 10.1109.

Asymptotic Normality of Joint Metamodel-based Sobol’ Index Estimators

with J. Zhang, X. Chen. Winter Simulation Conference, 2023, 3705 - 3716.

Papers Under Review

Targeted Priority Mechanisms in Transplantation: Incentivizing, Not Enforcing, Efficient Matching of Organs

with S. Tunc, B. Sandikci, B. Tanriover, M.J. Ellis
Status: Submitted to Management Science. Major Revision.

Working Papers

Treating to the Priority in Heart Transplantation

with S. Tunc, P. Afeche, B. Sandikci, W.F. Parker
Paper in preparation. Target journal: Operation Research

Targeted Incentive Mechanisms in U.S. Kidney Allocation: Lessons from the Eurotransplant Senior Program

with S. Tunc, M.J. Ellis
Paper in preparation. Target journal: American Journal of Transplantation

Strategic Patient Selection for Targeted Priority Mechanisms: Balancing Efficiency and Equity in Organ Allocation

with S. Tunc, M.J. Ellis
Paper in preparation. Target journal: Production and Operations Management

Referred Conference Presentations/Publications

R. Wang, S. Tunc, B. Sandikci, and M.J. Ellis. Targeted Priority Mechanisms in Organ Allocation. MSOM Healthcare SIG, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2024.
R. Wang, S. Tunc, B. Sandikci, and M.J. Ellis. Targeted Priority Mechanisms in Organ Transplantation. MSOM Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2023.

Other Presentations

R. Wang, S. Tunc, B. Sandikci, and M.J. Ellis. Targeted Priority Mechanisms in Organ Transplantation. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 2023.
R. Wang, S. Tunc, B. Sandikci, and M.J. Ellis. Targeted Priority Mechanisms in Organ Transplantation. INFORMS Healthcare Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2023.

Teaching

Instructor (Summer 2024)

ISE 2024: Probability Foundations for Industrial and Systems Engineers

• Core Sophomore-level Undergraduate Course (Class size: 55)
  • This core undergraduate course serves as a basis for applications courses in the industrial and systems engineering undergraduate curriculum. The course provides the foundation for the study of industrial statistics and quality control as well as for the sequence of probability modeling and analysis courses, such as stochastic processes and simulation modeling/analysis, as well as human factors and ergonomics and manufacturing courses.

Teaching Assistant (2021 – 2023, Spring 2024)

• ISE 2024: Probability Foundations for Industrial and Systems Engineering
• ISE 2404 - Deterministic Operations Research II
• ISE 3034: Technical Communication for Engineers
• ISE 3414: Probabilistic Operations Research
• ISE 4264: Industrial Automation
• ISE 5024: Mathematical Probability and Statistics
• ISE 5424: Simulation I