Biography

 

• Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Wayne State University 2019 -
• Postdoctoral Researcher in Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-2018

Education

• Ph.D. in System Informatics & Control/Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
• M.S. in Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
• B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
• B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010

Publications

Journal Publications:

-2020-

[14] Ramanan P., Yıldırım M., Gebraeel N., Chow E. “Decentralized and Secure Generation Maintenance with Differential Privacy” under review - IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2021).

[13] Ramanan P., Yıldırım M., Gebraeel N., Chow E. “Large-Scale Maintenance and Unit Commitment: A Decentralized Subgradient Approach” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2021).

[12] Yildirim, S., Murat, A., Yildirim, M., Arslanturk, S. "Process Knowledge Driven Change Point Detection for Automated Calibration of Discrete Event Simulation Models Using Machine Learning." arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.05385, under review

[11] Fallahi F., Yildirim M., Lin J., Wang, C. “Sensor-Driven Microgrid Generation Maintenance: Formulation and Impact on Operations & Resilience”IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2021).

[10] Bakir I.*, Yildirim M.*, Ursavas E. “An Integrated Optimization Framework for Multi-Component Predictive Analytics in Wind Farm Operations & Maintenance” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2021) (* equal contribution).

[9] Liu, Xingchen, Sun, Q., Zhisheng, Ye, Yildirim M. “Optimal Multi-Type Inspection Policy for Systems with Imperfect Condition Monitoring” Reliability Engineering and System Safety (2021).

[8] Peters, B., Yildirim, M., Gebraeel, N., Paynabar, K. "Severity-Based Diagnosis for Vehicular Electric Systems with Multiple, Interacting Fault Modes" Reliability Engineering and System Safety (2020).

-2019-

[7] Yildirim, M., Gebraeel, N., Sun X. A. "Leveraging Predictive Analytics to Control and Coordinate Operations, Asset Loading and Maintenance" IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2019).

[6] Ramanan, P.. Yildirim, M., Gebraeel, N., and Chow, E. "An Asynchronous, Decentralized Solution Framework for the Large Scale Unit Commitment Problem" IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2019).

-Before 2019-

[5] Basciftci, B, Ahmed S., Gebraeel N., and Yildirim, M. "Stochastic Optimization of Maintenance and Operations Schedules under Unexpected Failures." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2018).

[4] Yildirim, M., Gebraeel, N., and Sun X. A. “Integrated Predictive Analytics & Optimization for Wind Farm Maintenance and Operations” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2017).

[3] Yildirim, M., Sun X. A., and Gebraeel, N. “Sensor-Driven Condition-Based Generator Maintenance Scheduling. Part 1: Maintenance Problem” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2016).

[2] Yıldırım, M., Sun X. A., and Gebraeel, N. “Sensor-Driven Condition-Based Generator Maintenance Scheduling. Part 2: Integrating Operations” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2016).

Computer Science Conferences:

[1] Ramanan P., Yildirim M., Chow E., and Gebraeel N. “Asynchronous Decentralized Framework for Unit Commitment in Power Systems” ICCS 2017 International Conference on Computational Science, Zurich, Switzerland, (2017).

 

Awards and Honors

• Finalist, INFORMS Quality Statistics and Reliability Best Student Paper Competition, November 2016
• Finalist, INFORMS Data Mining Best Student Paper Competition, November 2015
• First Place, Doctoral Colloquium Poster Competition, May 2015

Publication [5]: Winner, INFORMS Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment Best Student Paper Competition, November 2018

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