Vice President of Research and Innovation
E-mail Jose.Espiritu@tamuk.edu

Research interests
Reliability and Risk Assessment, Data Analytics, Systems Optimization and Sustainability Engineering

Education
Ph.D.  Industrial & Systems Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ  
M.S.  Industrial & Systems Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 
M.S.  Industrial Engineering - Quality Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Celaya, Gto. MX
B.S.   Biochemical Engineering Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec, Zacatepec, Mor. MX
   
Recent publications

• Heidi Taboada, Yasser A. Davizon, Jose F. Espiritu and Jaime Sanchez-Leal. (2022). Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control for a Class of Dynamic Supply Chain: A Systems Theory Approach. Applied Sciences. 2022, 12, 5347. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12115347.
• Ana Cram, Jose Espiritu, Heidi Taboada, Delia J. Valles-Rosales, Young Ho Park, Efren Delgado and Jianzhong Su. (2022). Multi-objective biofuel feedstock optimization considering different land-cover scenarios and watershed impacts. Clean Technologies and Recycling. Volume 2, Issue 2: 103-118. https://doi.org/10.3934/ctr.2022006
• Eduardo J. Castillo Fatule, Yuanrui Sang, Jose F. Espiritu and Heidi Taboada. Fine-Tuning the Parameters for Solving the Multi-Objective D-FACTS Allocation Problem. Proceedings of the 7th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Orlando, Florida, USA, June 12-14, 2022.
• Eduardo J. Castillo Fatule, Yuanrui Sang, Jose F. Espiritu and Heidi Taboada. (2021). Co-Optimizing Operating Cost and Renewable Energy Curtailment in D-FACTS Allocation. The 53rd North American Power Symposium (NAPS), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. November 14—16, 2021.
• Trinidad Reyes and Jose F. Espiritu. Microgrid Supplier Selection Problem Considering Euclidean Distance and Ideal Vector System. 6th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Monterrey, Mexico, November 3-5, 2021.
• Eduardo J. Castillo Fatule, Yuanrui Sang, Jose F. Espiritu and Heidi Taboada. (2020). A Computationally Efficient Evolutionary Algorithm for Stochastic D-FACTS Optimization. The 52nd North American Power Symposium, Tempe, AZ, October 11-13, 2020.
• Tongdan Jin, Heidi A. Taboada, and Jose F. Espiritu. (2020). Variance of Reliability Estimate for K-Out-Of-N System with Cold Standby Units. 2020 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance Modeling (APARM). Vancouver, Canada, August 20-23, 2020.

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