{"id":47585,"date":"2026-06-04T13:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/?post_type=person&#038;p=47585"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:43:21","slug":"spazhan","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/people\/spazhan\/","title":{"rendered":"Subramanian Pazhani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subramanian (Subbu) Pazhani joined NC State\u2019s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an adjunct faculty member in January 2023. He is a Senior Operations Research Specialist with the Analytics Center of Excellence, R&amp;D, SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina. His main responsibilities include designing, developing, and implementing optimization-based solutions for a variety of industries including Health Care, Transportation, Manufacturing, and Education. 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