Modi Research Group | Ayse Selin Kocaman

Ayse Selin Kocaman

Selin received her B.S. degree from the Industrial Engineering Department of Bogazici University in Turkey and M.S. degree in Operations Research from the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) department of Columbia University. She is currently a PhD student in Columbia University Earth and Environmental Engineering Department. In the Energy Planning Group, she is working on infrastructure planning, with a focus on optimization of rural energy networks. In 2011, she was awarded with first place in Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) College of Sustainable Operations Ph.D. Proposal Award Competition.

Research Interests:

Energy Infrastructure Design & Planning for Sustainable Developments
Optimization of Rural Energy Networks
Sustainable Energy Resources

Publications:

Kocaman, A.S.; Huh, W.T.;Modi, V. “Initial layout of power distribution systems for rural electrification: A heuristic algorithm for multilevel network design.” Applied Energy (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.029 .

Zvoleff, A; Kocaman, A.S.; Huh, W.T.; Modi V. “The Impact of Geography on Energy Infrastructure Cost.” Energy Policy,37,10,4066-4078 (2009) Download

Barlas, Y.; Kucuk, B.; Onsel, N.; Kocaman, A.S. “Measurement, Analysis and Evaluation of Academic Publications and Citations”. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, Bogazici University, Research Report 2008

Presentations:

Ayse Selin Kocaman, Woonghee Tim Huh, and Vijay Modi. “Energy Infrastructure Planning for Sustainable Developments”. TASSA Annual Meeting, University of Maryland, March 2012.

Ayse Selin Kocaman, Alex Zvoleff, Woonghee Tim Huh, and Vijay Modi. “Connecting People to Electricity- Single Level and Multilevel Grid Network Design”. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, November 2010.

Ayse Selin Kocaman, Woonghee Tim Huh, and Vijay Modi “Connecting People to Electricity- Single Level and Multilevel Grid Network Design for Rural Electrification”. POMS, Reno, April 2011.