Research

Dr. Grisselle Centeno’s research has examined optimization based approaches for the planning and control of operations in transportation industries, as well as in manufacturing and healthcare environments. Her work addressed modeling and solution of short-term capacity allocation. She possesses experience in working with large-scale mathematical programming models, developing heuristic solution methods, and building decision support systems.

Dr. Centeno is currently involved in funded research in the areas of Security Modeling & Simulation for major airports, Maintenance Support Systems & Decision Making models for Transit Systems, and Capacity Planning & Pricing models for Parking services and the Healthcare Industry. She is also a Co-PI for the STARS NSF GK-12 Fellows Project granted to the University of South Florida which focuses on the most neglected group of children: grades 3-5 students by building a unique program that infuses engineering and science principles into the elementary classrooms. Her research interest is expanding into the areas of demand forecasting models for analysis and system planning including operations management applications.

Current Sponsored Research:

 

 

Project Title

Agency

Funded Amount

Time Stands. for Transit Vehicles, Phase IV

FDOT

$120,000

Maintenance Management Software for Public Transit Industry in Florida

NCTR

$75,000

Public Transportation Response Plan for Pandemic Influenza - Phase I

NCTR

$90,000

Novel Silicon Carbide Technology Development

ONR

$740,000

Effective Nurse Staffing Plan to Face Respiratory Infectious Diseases Emergencies

USF COE, CON

$15,000

Productivity Outcome Metrics in Patient Handling & Movement

James A. Haley Veteran’s Hospital

$12,007

Simulation, Analysis and Re-design of Security Checkpoints at Major Commercial Airports

UCITSS

$205,000

Time Stand. for Transit Vehicles, Phase III

FDOT, NCTR

$107,000

Innovative Capacity And Pricing Models For Parking Services

USF – New Researcher Grant

$6,238

Time Standards Development for the Assembly of Products at Ditek Corporation

Ditek Corp

$3960

A Toolbox for Reducing Queues at Freeway Off-Ramps

FDOT

$240,000

Optimization and Integration of Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Silicon Intraocular Lens Processes

Florida High Tech Corridor

$394,659