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Welcome to the Physical Internet Center at Georgia Tech

The center’s mission is threefold...

To provide worldwide scientific leadership in the development and implementation of the Physical Internet concept while positioning the Physical Internet Center as the primary resource for related education and innovation.

To pursue technological breakthroughs through our cutting-edge research laboratory while gathering a diverse team of faculty, graduate students and undergraduate research assistants in an interactive and collaborative environment.

To engage the Center's corporate partners as "living laboratories to enable change in the field" for testing and applying new technological advances and methods into real-world, practical situations.

Meet Our Researchers

Zeynab Bahrami Bidoni

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Machine Learning, Probabilistic Graphical Model, Network Computing, Data Mining, Decision Support Systems, Demand Generation, and Supply Chain

Program of Study:

Machine Learning

Jinyong Yim

Doctoral Researcher, Operations Research Scientist

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Yujia Xu

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Distribution, Supply Chain, Data Mining

Program of Study:

Supply Chain Engineering

Onkar Anand Kulkarni

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected City Logistics, Hyperconnected Transportation, Hyperconnected Networks, Supply Chain Disruptions, Network Design

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Jiachen Shi

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Distribution, Supply Chain, Operations Research

Program of Study:

Operations Research

Sheng Zhang

Doctoral Researcher

Machine Learning

Program of Study:

Machine Learning

Dipayan Banerjee

Doctoral Student Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Supply Chain, Last-Mile Delivery, Operations Research

Program of Study:

Operations Research

Sarni Jeya Prakash

Research Assistant

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Supply Chain, Advanced Analytics, Physical Internet

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Julien Maurice

Graduate Research Assistant

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Mobility Web, Hyperconnected Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Warehousing, Material Handling, Industrial Engineering

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Isabella Sanders

Assistant Professor

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Transportation/Supply Chain

Program of Study:

Supply Chain Engineering

Yulian Zeng

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering

Mahmut Metin Inan

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Jana Boerger

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Machine Learning

Program of Study:

Machine Learning

Nidhima Grover

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected City Logistics, Hyperconnected Transportation, Supply Chain, Last-Mile Delivery, Operations Research, Physical Internet

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Jingze Li

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Supply Chain, Machine Learning, Facility Layout Design, Operations Research

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Guanlin Chen

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Max Cichocki

Doctoral Student Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Hyperconnected Mobility Web, Industrial Engineering, Physical Internet

Program of Study:

Supply Chain Engineering

Guillaume Jean Deshayes

Research Assistant

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Transportation, Hyperconnected Networks, Data Mining, Advanced Analytics, Operations Research, Physical Internet

Program of Study:

Operations Research

Shivtej Mahaling Shete

Research Assistant

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Developing data-driven supply chain analytics platform enabling scaled simulation, optimization, and forecasting.

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Frederick Benaben

Professor

Sara Kaboudvand

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyper Connected Crossdocks

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Engineering

Miguel Roberto Campos Murcia

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected City Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Physical Internet

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Jisoo Park

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering, Minor in Machine Learning

Sahrish Jaleel Shaikh

Doctoral Researcher, Graduate Research Assistant

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Transportation, Hyperconnected Networks, Physical Internet

Program of Study:

Supply Chain Engineering

Ashwin Pothen

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Distribution, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Operations Research

Program of Study:

Operations Research

Sevda Babalou

Doctoral Researcher

Architecture

Program of Study:

Architecture

Tran Nguyen

Doctoral Researchers

Building Construction

BIM, Digital Twin, Energy efficiency, Sustainable design, Construction Methods

Program of Study:

Building Construction

Raj Maheshkumar Desai

Research Assistant

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Networks, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering

Pranav Tumkur

Research Assistant

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Program of Study:

Supply Chain Engineering

Matthieu Lauras

Full-Professor and Deputy-Head

Xinyue Pan

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Fresh Supply Chain

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering, Minor in Machine Learning

Moussa Hodjat-Shamami

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Supply Chain Disruptions

Program of Study:

Supply Chain Engineering

Simon Soonhong Kwon

Doctoral Researcher, Graduate Research Assistant

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected City Logistics, Hyperconnected Transportation, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Physical Internet

Program of Study:

Operations Research

Wencang Bao

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Transportation, Supply Chain, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Warehousing, Facility Layout Design, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research

Program of Study:

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Katja Susann Meuche

Doctoral Researcher

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hyperconnected Transportation, Hyperconnected Distribution, Hyperconnected Networks, Machine Learning, Advanced Analytics, Network Design, Industrial Engineering, Physical Internet

Program of Study:

Industrial Engineering