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Renata Konrad
Renata Konrad
Foisie Business School
Associate Professor
Education: 
B.A.Sc. University of Toronto 1999
MS University of Toronto 2004
PhD Purdue University 2009

The application of Industrial Engineering and mathematical knowledge has always been a rewarding challenge for me. Over the past several years, I have focused my research in the healthcare industry, which is particularly exciting given the current debates on healthcare reform. Current projects include evaluating anti-human trafficking efforts, computationally characterizing episodes of care from health insurance claim records and examining the impact of physician incentives on patient outcomes. In the past I have worked on projects related to mental health, patient flow and practice guidelines. I draw on a variety of Industrial Engineering techniques including optimization and simulation. I am a member of the Healthcare Delivery Institute (HDI) and regularly work with the New England Veterans Engineering Resource Center. One of my favorite things about WPI is its emphasis on theory and practice. In this spirit, I believe research complements teaching. I particularly enjoy project advising, as it provides me a learning opportunity taught by my students. Through projects, I learn about different problems facing industry, and with the students explore possible solutions. I find that the process, though painful at times, promotes maturity, initiative, and creativity.

Office Location
Washburn Shops 205
Contact
Phone: 
+1-508-831-5192
rkonrad@wpi.edu

Research Interests

Research Interests: 
Design and application of healthcare resource Allocation problems
IE Education
Decision support for anti-human trafficking efforts
Simulation
Applied optimization

Scholarly Work

Tutorial on Constructing a Red Blood Cell Inventory Management System w ith Two Demand Rates - 2008
Konrad, Renata, Tulu, Bengisu and Mark Lawley. "Monitoring Adherence to Evidence-Based Practices: A Method to Utilize HL7 Messages from Hospital Information Systems." Applied Clinical Informatics, 4(1), 126-143, 2013.
Trapp, Andrew C., and Renata A. Konrad. "Finding Diverse Solutions of High Quality to Binary Integer Programs." IIE Transactions forthcoming (2015)

News

The National Science Foundation Funds Research at WPI Aimed at Disrupting Human Trafficking Networks
October 02, 2018

In the News

Business School Professor Uses Analytical Tools to Address Human Trafficking

Renata Konrad spoke to WBUR's Morning Edition about work funded by the National Science Foundation using analytical tools to help aid agencies disrupt human trafficking networks.

WBUR 90.9
WPI researchers granted $145k to attack human trafficking networks

The Worcester Business Journal reported on how with a one-year, $145,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers in the Foisie Business School  will explore how analytical tools commonly used in industry can be employed to attack human trafficking networks worldwide by ferreting out the supply chains that sustain them.  

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