Engineering Management

DANIEL J. UNDERWOOD

OFFICE ADDRESS CONTACT INFORMATION

North Carolina State University ******.*********@****.***

Health Systems Engineering Laboratory m: 919-***-**** / f: 919-***-****

*** *****ls Hall, Campus Box 7906http://www4.ncsu.edu/ djunderw/

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111 Lampe Drive

Raleigh, NC 27695

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 2013 Industrial Engineering, North Carolina State University (in progress)

M.Sc., 2010 Operations Research, North Carolina State University

Thesis: Simulation Optimization of Prostate Cancer Screening using a Parallel

Genetic Algorithm

B.Sc., 2006 Chemistry, North Carolina State University

EMPLOYMENT

Technical Student2012-Present

Operations Research R&D, Advanced Analytical Solutions, SAS Institute (Cary, NC)

Development and documentation of SAS Marketing Optimization solution.

Teaching Assistant2010-2012

Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State

University

ISE 110 - Computer Based Modeling with Excel and VBA. Responsibilities: lecturing, office

hours, grading.

Guest lecturer for TE 110 - Computer Based Modeling with Excel and VBA (for textile

engineers).

Research Assistant2009-2010

Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State

University

Conducted research in prostate-cancer screening optimization, and surgical-suite

sequencing and scheduling.

Administered shared Linux server. (Advisor: Dr. Brian Denton

)

IT Specialist2008-2010

Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications, North Carolina State University

Provided technical support for enterprise-class learning management systems Blackboard

Vista and Moodle.

Assisted in enterprise migration between learning management systems. Designed and

produced sophisti-

cated online versions of existing courses.

Faculty Development Tech. 2002-2006Learning Technology Service, North Carolina State University

Providedtechnicalsupportforenterprise-

classlearningmanagementsystemWebCT(laterBlackboard)Vista.

Conducted faculty workshop on HTML basics. Instructed faculty in the use of online

digital video in the

electronic classroom.

PUBLICATIONS

D. J. Underwood, J. Zhang, B. T. Denton, N. D. Shah, and B. A. Inman. Simulation

optimization of PSA-

threshold based prostate cancer screening policies. Accepted

atHealthCareManagementScience, 2012.

Available online athttp://www4.ncsu.edu/ djunderw/documents/working-paper.pdf

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D. J. Underwood. Simulation optimization of prostate cancer screening using a parallel

genetic algorithm.

Master of Science Thesis, Operations Research, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial

and Systems En-

gineering, North Carolina State University, August 27, 2010. Available online

athttp://www.lib.ncsu.

edu/resolver/1840.16/6412

HONORS AND AWARDS

Presenter at the 7th Annual NC State University Graduate Student Research Symposium

(2012)

Second Place Winner at the 2011 INFORMS Interactive Sessions Competition. Poster

available online at

http://www4.ncsu.edu/ djunderw/documents/HAS-poster-2011.pdf

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Teaching Assistantship - Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems

Engineering, NC State Uni-

versity (2010-2011)

Dean s Fellowship - College of Engineering, NC State University (2010-2011)

REFEREEING FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS

HealthCareManagementScience

LEADERSHIP

Secretary of the NCSU Industrial and Systems Engineering University Graduate Student

Association (ISE

USGA) (2011-2012)

Vice President of the NCSU Student Chapter of The Institute for Operations Research and

the Management

Sciences (INFORMS) (2010-2011)

Treasurer of the NCSU Student Chapter of The Institute for Operations Research and the

Management Sci-

ences (INFORMS) (2009-2010)

TECHNICAL / COMPUTER EXPERTISE

Programming languages: C/C++, Python, SAS, MATLAB, Visual Basic, SQL

Concurrent programming: POSIX thread (pthread) libraries, OpenMP, Python socket-based

network pro-

gramming, Finite State Processes (FSP) modeling

Scientific software: MATLAB, CPLEX, SAS, Maple, Arena, and Microsoft Excel

Operating systems: Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu), BSD Unix (FreeBSD), Windows (XP, 7)

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Professional typesetting: LTX/TX

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SELECT GRADUATE COURSE TOPICS

Distributed and parallel programming

Simulation design and analysis

Stochastic processes and applied probability

Linear programming, integer programming

Statistical process/quality control

Algorithm design and complexity analysis

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Mathematical Society

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Mathematical Optimization Society

REFERENCES

Contactinformationavailableuponrequest.

Dr. Brian Denton Dr. James Wilson

Associate Professor Professor

Edward P. Fitts Department of Edward P. Fitts Department of

Industrial & Systems Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University

Dr. Reha Uzsoy

Clifton A. Anderson Distinguished Professor

Edward P. Fitts Department of

Industrial & Systems Engineering

North Carolina State University

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