My name is Hyunwoo Shin. I recently defended my Ph.D. dissertation in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech, where I worked under the supervision of Dr. Sait Tunc and Dr. Xi Chen. My research focuses on organ allocation systems using simulation modeling and simulation optimization methods.

Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, U.S.A.
  • Ph.D., Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, (2021–2026).
  • Dissertation defended May 2026.
• Korea Aerospace University, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
  • M.S., Logistics, School of Air Transport, Transprtation and Logistics, (2018-2020).
• Korea Aerospace University, Goyang, Republic of Korea.
  • B.S., Logistics, School of Air Transport, Transprtation and Logistics, (2012-2018).

Research Interests

• Methodology: Simulation Optimization; Statistical Inference; Simulation Validation; Interpretability of Machine Learning.
• Application: Organ Transplantation; Medical Decision Making; Healthcare; Logistics; Traffic.