Dr. Patrick T. Hester

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Old Dominion University
Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2007
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Mailing Address

Old Dominion University
Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
240A Kaufman Hall
Norfolk, Virginia 23529
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (757) 683-5205
pthester@odu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Risk and Reliability Engineering, 2007.
B.S., Webb Institute, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 2001.

Expertise and Research Interests

Multi-objective decision making under uncertainty, probabilistic and non-probabilistic uncertainty analysis, critical infrastructure protection, decision making using modeling and simulation

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Engineering Administration Or Management, Systems Engineering.

Additional Terms:

Critical Infrastructure, Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Decision Sciences, Modeling and Simulation, Non-probabilistic Uncertainty, Probabilistic Uncertainty.

Memberships

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Honors and Awards

2005-2007, NPSC Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories
2003-2007, NSF IGERT Fellowship, National Science Foundation (NSF), Vanderbilt University, Risk and reliability engineering and management
1997-2001, Full tuition scholarship, Webb Institute

Previous Positions

2005-2007, Research Assistant, Sandia National Laboratories

Funding Received

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Uncertainty Assessment Using Evidence Theory: A Combined Probabilistic & Non-Probabilistic Approach, $43,391, 2008 to 2009.

Publications

  • Patrick Hester, Sankaran Mahadevan (2008) Cost Optimization Using Stochastic Network Interdiction, IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability, Submitted
  • Mark McDonald, Patrick Hester, Sankaran Mahadevan (2008) Reliability-Based Assignment of Weights to Expert Opinions, Working
  • Stella Barberis-Bondi, Patrick Hester, Resit Unal, Trina Chytka (2008) Uncertainty Assessment for System Safety at Conceptual Design: A Combined Probabilistic and Evidence Approach, Working
  • Patrick Hester (2008) Analyzing Expert Credibility Using Evidence Theory, Conference Proceedings of FUR 2008, In review
  • Andreas Tolk, Robert Bowen, Patrick Hester (2008) Using Agent Technology To Move From Intention-Based To Effect-Based Models, WinterSim Proceedings, In review
  • Patrick Hester (2007) Sequential Battle Prediction Using Lanchester Equations, Information Age Warfare Quarterly, Submitted
  • Patrick Hester (2007) Reliability-Based Methods for Electric System Decision Making, Grid Interoperability Forum 1st Annual Proceedings
  • Patrick Hester, Pamela Dawson (2006) Real-Time Effectiveness Approach to Protecting Nuclear Materials, INMM 47th Annual Meeting, INMM
  • Patrick Hester, Sankaran Mahadevan, Larry Thomas (2005) Reliability-Based Shipboard Facility Optimization, Journal of Ship Production

Profile Details

Last Verified: 4/24/2008

COS Expertise ID #1274271
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