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Adolfo Escobedo

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Associate Professor

4353 Fitts-Woolard Hall

919.515.1815 Website

Bio

Adolfo Escobedo is an educator and researcher in the field of industrial engineering and operations research. He joined the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an associate professor.

Education

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering Texas A&M University 2016

B.A. Mathematics California State University-Los Angeles 2009

Area(s) of Expertise

Escobedo's research interests are in the theory and application of mathematical programming and computing, specifically in the design and analysis of algorithms for power systems operations and planning, circular economy, computational social choice, and computational linear algebra.

Publications

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  • U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award, U.S. Department of State 2025
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award 2024
  • INFORMS Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Early Career Award 2023
  • IISE Operations Research Track Best Paper Award 2023
  • Computing Society (ICS) Prize, INFORMS 2021
  • Top 5% Best Teacher, Arizona State University 2020
  • U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship, Texas A&M University 2016
  • Finalist for the Junior Faculty Forum Paper Competition, INFORMS 2015
  • Jimmy H. Smith, Ph.D., P.E. Graduate Scholarship, Texas A&M University 2015
  • Graduate Fellowship, Texas A&M University 2014
  • LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship, Texas A&M University 2012