Aleksandr Vinel

Industrial and Systems Engineering
Associate Professor
3308 Shelby Center
334.844.1425
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Education

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa
M.S. Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
B.S. Applied Mathematics and Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Research Interests

stochastic optimization
risk-averse decision making
nonlinear optimization
applications in transportation safety
data analytics

In The News

ISE professor awarded Fulbright Scholarship to collaborate in Turkey

Aleksandr Vinel, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at Auburn University, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant. Vinel will spend the Spring 2025 semester teaching and collaborating at Bilkent University in Turkey.
ISE professor to participate in Israeli fellowship program

In an effort to support collaboration between Israeli and U.S. institutions, Auburn University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Associate Professor Aleksandr Vinel will soon leave for Israel to take part in the 2022-23 Winter - Faculty Fellowship Program.
ISE associate professor named area editor for scientific journal

Aleksandr Vinel, associate professor in the Auburn University Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was recently selected as area editor for the scientific journal Computers & Operations Research. Area editor is primarily responsible for organizing and overseeing peer-review processes for scientific papers submitted to the journal.
INFORMS student chapter wins national award

The INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Student Chapter at Auburn University was recently recognized with a national Student Chapter Annual Award for 2021. The purpose of the Student Chapter Annual Awards is to recognize the achievements of student chapters and to motivate them to perform well.
Industrial and systems engineering researchers win ‘Best Paper Award’

A team of researchers in Auburn University’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering was recently recognized for its contributions to the advancement of the practice of ergonomics through being awarded the “Best Paper Award 2021” by the “Ergonomics” journal.

FAA invests $3 million in Auburn University additive manufacturing research

Thanks to a recent $3 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) at Auburn University will soon initiate a two-year project focused on improving commercial air travel through the use of 3D-printed (or additively manufactured) metal components. 
Auburn’s first ‘Engineering as Art’ exhibit looks to showcase STEM’s creative side

For the next two weeks, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will be giving Auburn's Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art a run for it its money.