Adolfo R. Escobedo, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, was selected as a 2016 recipient of the U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship.
The U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship was established to promote, encourage and reward outstanding teaching and research by doctoral students. Each college selects two students whose command of their respective disciplines exemplifies the meaning of scholar/mentor in the highest sense to submit to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies. Recipients are then evaluated and selected by a committee.
Under Dr. Erick Moreno’s supervision, Escobedo’s research focuses on the theory and application of optimization: linear, mixed-integer, and nonlinear programming, mathematical programming error reduction/elimination; and the design, analysis, and high-performance-computing implementation of algorithms.
Escobedo has three publications that have appeared or been selected to appear in journals, such as IIE Transactions and IIE Transactions on Power Systems. A publication in the INFORMS Journal on Computing was named a top six finalist in the INFORMS Junior Faculty Paper Competition Honorable Mention.
Escobedo taught ISEN 302 in the spring of 2015 and 2016 and currently serves as a mentor for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate Program at Texas A&M. Through his mentor service, Escobedo works to develop necessary skills in peers to help them be successful minority professionals.
Escobedo anticipates graduating with his Ph.D. in May 2016.