Dr. Seokgi Lee

Assistant Professor
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Dr. Seokgi Lee

Assistant Professor

Rayen School of Engineering

Moser Hall 2465

slee10@ysu.edu

seoklee.weebly.com

Bio

Dr. Seokgi Lee received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, University Part, PA, USA. He also received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Lee is a former Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami, USA. Currently He is an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Youngstown State University.

Research Interests

Dr. Seokgi Lee's research interests include distributed control systems using feedback control theory, predictive analytics and artificial neural network for service engineering processes such as supply chain management, transportation, and healthcare systems.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Seokgi Lee's teaching interests include operations research, production and inventory control, design of manufacturing systems, engineering statistics, and simulation systems.

  • Education
    • 2013

      Ph D, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

      Pennsylvania State University

      Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Supply Chain Servo Control: Models and Algorithms"

    • 2001

      MS, Industrial Engineering

      Hanyang University

      Dissertation/Thesis Title — "The Weight Initialization of Self-Organizing Neural Networks Using Convex Hull for the Euclidean Traveling Salesman Problem"

    • 1999

      BS, Industrial Engineering

      Hanyang University

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2023

      Youngstown State University

      Research Professorship

    • 2022

      Youngstown State University

      Research Professorship

    • 2021

      University of Miami

      Provost research award

      Provost Research Award for the research project titled “Detecting hidden characteristics of patients administered or prescribed opioids in emergency departments"

    • 2018

      Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

      SME Journal Award - Outstanding reviewer award

    • 2018

      Yonsei University, South Korea

      Scholarship for international collaborative research

      Scholarship for conducting research on multi-product dynamic flexible production scheduling algorithm with deep reinforcement learning.

    • 2017

      Yonsei University, South Korea

      Yonsei Institute of Sports Science and Exercise Medicine

    • 2014

      Pennsylvania State University

      Post-Doctoral Fellowship

    • 2013

      Johns Hopkins University

      Post-Doctoral Fellowship

  • Professional Positions
    • 2017 -

      Yonsei University, South Korea

      Visiting Fellow

    • 2017 -

      Johns Hopkins University

      Associate

    • 2014 - 2021

      University of Miami

      Assistant Professor

    • 2014 - 2014

      Pennsylvania State University

      Post-doctoral researcher

    • 2013 - 2013

      Johns Hopkins University

      Post-doctoral Researcher

    • 2011 - 2013

      Pennsylvania State University

      Instructor

    • 2008 - 2010

      Pennsylvania State University

      Research Assistant

    • 2006 - 2007

      Gyeonggi Research Institute, South Korea

      Research Assistant

    • 2004 - 2005

      LG CNS Co., Ltd., South Korea

      Project Manager, System Consultant

    • 2001 - 2003

      ERHouse Co., Ltd., South Korea

      Computer Programmer, System Consultant

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2024

      "Crowdsourcing integration on the last mile delivery platform considering floating population data"

      J. Kim, S. Kweon, S. Hwang, S. Lee

      Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier, volume 248

    • 2023

      "The production scheduling problem employing non-identical parallel machines with due dates considering carbon emissions and multiple types of energy sources"

      Y. Bok, N. Lee, S. Jo, S. Lee, S. Kweon, H. Na

      Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier, volume 238

    • 2023

      "Insulin Dynamics across the Glucose Tolerance Spectrum in Youth with Obesity"

      W. Cho, F. Bacha, H. Tfayli, S. Lee, S. Michaliszyn, J. Kim, S. Arslanian

      DIABETES, volume 72

    • 2022

      "Racial disparities in opioid administration and prescribing in the emergency department for pain"

      H. Kang, P. Zhang, S. Lee, S. Shen, E. Dunham

      AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, volume 55, p. 167-173

    • 2022

      "Hepatic Insulin Resistance Index (HIR-I) in Youth-Does Race/Ethnicity Matter?"

      W. Cho, F. Bacha, H. Tfayli, S. Lee, S. Michaliszyn, J. Kim, S. Arslanian

      DIABETES, volume 71

    • 2022

      "Demurrage pattern analysis using logical analysis of data: A case study of the Ulsan Port Authority"

      S. Kweon, S. Hwang, S. Lee, M. Jo

      EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS, volume 206

    • 2022

      "An electric forklift routing problem with battery charging and energy penalty constraints"

      S. Lee, H. Jeon, M. Issabakhsh, A. Ebrahimi

      JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING, volume 33, issue 6, p. 1761-1777

    • 2022

      "A Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Outpatient Primary Care Scheduling"

      M. Issabakhsh, S. Lee

      IEEE/Winter Simulation Conference

    • 2021

      "Scheduling patient appointment in an infusion center: a mixed integer robust optimization approach"

      M. Issabakhsh, S. Lee, H. Kang

      HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, volume 24, issue 1, p. 117-139

    • 2021

      "An integrated inventory and distribution problem for alternative fuel: a matheuristic approach"

      S. Hwang, S. Lee, S. Kweon

      EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, volume 15, issue 5, p. 711-744

    • 2020

      "Relationships Among Bone Morphological Parameters and Mechanical Properties of Cadaveric Human Vertebral Cancellous Bone"

      A. Al-Barghouthi, S. Lee, G. Solitro, L. Latta, F. Travascio

      JBMR PLUS, volume 4, issue 5

    • 2020

      "Multi-agent system and reinforcement learning approach for distributed intelligence in a flexible smart manufacturing system"

      Y. Kim, S. Lee, J. Son, H. Bae, B. Chung

      JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, volume 57, p. 440-450

    • 2020

      "Minimizing total energy cost and tardiness penalty for a scheduling-layout problem in a flexible job shop system: A comparison of four metaheuristic algorithms"

      A. Ebrahimi, H. Jeon, S. Lee, C. Wang

      COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, volume 141

    • 2020

      "Idle time and capacity control for a single machine scheduling problem with dynamic electricity pricing"

      S. Lee, M. Issabakhsh, H. Jeon, S. Hwang, . Do Chung, Byung

      OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, volume 13, issue 3-4, p. 197-217

    • 2019

      "Learning-based logistics planning and scheduling for crowdsourced parcel delivery"

      Y. Kang, S. Lee, B. Chung

      COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, volume 132, p. 271-279

    • 2019

      "Estimating manufacturing electricity costs by simulating dependence between production parameters"

      H. Jeon, S. Lee, C. Wang

      ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING, volume 55, p. 129-140

    • 2017

      "Power demand risk models on milling machines"

      H. Jeon, S. Lee, A. Kargarian, Y. Kang

      JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, volume 165, p. 1215-1228

    • 2017

      "A dynamic control approach for energy-efficient production scheduling on a single machine under time-varying electricity pricing"

      S. Lee, . Do Chung, Byung, H. Jeon, J. Chang

      JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, volume 165, p. 552-563

    • 2016

      "Smart logistics: distributed control of green crowdsourced parcel services"

      S. Lee, Y. Kang, V. Prabhu

      INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, volume 54, issue 23, p. 6956-6968

    • 2016

      "Predictive analytics for delivering prevention services"

      S. Lee, Y. Kang, N. Ialongo, V. Prabhu

      EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS, volume 55, p. 469-479

    • 2016

      "Just-in-time delivery for green fleets: A feedback control approach"

      S. Lee, V. Prabhu

      TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT, volume 46, p. 229-245

    • 2015

      "Energy-aware feedback control for production scheduling and capacity control"

      S. Lee, V. Prabhu

      INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, volume 53, issue 23, p. 7158-7170

    • 2015

      "A Dynamic Algorithm for Distributed Feedback Control for Manufacturing Production, Capacity, and Maintenance"

      S. Lee, V. Prabhu

      IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, volume 12, issue 2, p. 628-641

    • 2014

      "Energy-Aware Models for Warehousing Operations"

      V. Anand, S. Lee, V. Prabhu

      ADVANCES IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: INNOVATIVE AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN A GLOBAL-LOCAL WORLD, APMS 2014, PT II, volume 439, p. 390-397

    • 2014

      "Distributed Feedback Control for Production, Inventory, and CO2 Emissions in an Assemble-To-Order System"

      S. Lee, V. Prabhu

      SERVICE ORIENTATION IN HOLONIC AND MULTI-AGENT MANUFACTURING AND ROBOTICS, volume 544, p. 15-29

    • 2013

      "CONTINUOUS VARIABLE CONTROL APPROACH FOR HOME CARE CREW SCHEDULING"

      S. Lee, Y. Kang, V. Prabhu

      2013 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC), p. 2262-2273

    • 2011

      "Real-time Feedback Control for Production, Maintenance, and Capacity"

      S. Lee, V. Prabhu

      PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (IESM'2011): INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR NETWORKED MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MANAGEMENT, p. 1464-1473

    • 2010

      "SIMULATION-BASED CONTROL FOR GREEN TRANSPORTATION WITH HIGH DELIVERY SERVICE"

      S. Lee, V. Prabhu

      PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2010 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE, p. 2046-2056

  • Professional Service
    • 2017 - present

      Editorial Review Board Member
      Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

    • 2008 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Taylor and Francis

    • 2008 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Springer

    • 2008 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Elsevier

Dr. Seokgi Lee received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, University Part, PA, USA. He also received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Lee is a former Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami, USA. Currently He is an Assistant Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Youngstown State University. His research interests include distributed control systems using feedback control theory, predictive analytics and artificial neural network for service engineering processes such as supply chain management, transportation, and healthcare systems.

  • Research Focus

    Energy-aware Manufacturing & Transportation Systems, Predictive Analytics for Prevention Service, Simulation-optimization for Transportation and Healthcare Systems

  • Expertise

    Methodologies: simulation-based optimization, machine learning, feedback control theory, distributed system control, matheuristics, meta-heuristics

    Applications: learning-based logistics and transportation management, energy-aware supply chain control, outpatient scheduling and drug inventory control, predictive analytics for prevention services, sharing economy in material-handling and transportation systems

  • List of courses

    Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH

    • ISEN 6935 Decision Analysis for Engineering (graduate)
    • ISEN 3716 System Analysis and Design (undergraduate)
    • ISEN 3716 Engineering Statistics (undergraduate)
    • ISEN 5801 Operations Research 1 (undergraduate)

    University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

    • IEN 765 Advanced Production Systems (graduate)
    • IEN 465 Production and Inventory Control (undergraduate)
    • IEN 441 Deterministic Models in Operations Research (undergraduate)

    The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

    • IE 330 Information Technology for Industrial Engineering (undergraduate)
  • Service to the Institution
    • Committee of New Faculty Search in ISEN, Youngstown State University, 2021 to present
    • Committee of the College of Engineering College Council, University of Miami, 2020 to 2021
    • Committee chair of PhD recruitment in IEN, University of Miami, 2020 to 2021
    • Committee of PhD Qualifying Exam in IEN, University of Miami, 2019 to 2021
    • IEN Seminar Search Committee of the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Miami, 2018 to 2021
    • Session Organizer for the College of Engineering Research Day, University of Miami, 2019