Biography
Prof. Semra Ağralı joined MEF University in July 2016. She served as the Department Head for Industrial Engineering between 2016 and 2019. Since March 2023, she has been serving as the Vice President for Research. Prof. Ağralı has published her research in leading academic journals such as INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, Omega, Journal of Global Optimization, European Journal of Operational Research, and Journal of the Operational Research Society. She has also led two TÜBİTAK 1001 projects and one TÜBİTAK 2219 project as the principal investigator. In 2020, she received the Goodeve Medal from the OR Society.
Research areas
Mathematical modeling, Mixed-integer optimization, Energy planning and management, Scheduling in the utility industry, Cluster size determination problems