The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space.
Cynthia Cryder, Ph.D., joins Olin Business School as assistant professor of marketing. Cryder graduated summa cum laude from Ohio State University with honors in arts and sciences and distinction in psychology. Her doctorate in behavioral decision research and psychology is from Carnegie Mellon University. Cryder’s research interests include behavioral decision theory, prosocial behavior and field and Internet research methodology.
Michelle Duguid, Ph.D., joins Olin Business School as assistant professor of organizational behavior. Duguid graduated summa cum laude from Howard University and earned graduate degrees at Cornell University. Her research interests include social status and group dynamics and group creativity.
Venkat Subramanian, Ph.D., joins the School of Engineering & Applied Science as associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering. Coming from Tennessee Tech University, Subramanian’s research interests are in modeling and simulation of electrochemical power sources and applied mathematics. Specifically, he is interested in energy systems engineering, electrochemical engineering, first principles-based computationally efficient algorithms (CPU time < 50 ms) for state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) estimation of lithium-ion batteries, multiscale simulation and design of energetic materials (batteries and fuel cells), kinetic Monte Carlo methods and nonlinear model predictive control. Since 2003, his research group has received more than $2 million in research awards. Subramanian earned a doctorate from the University of South Carolina in 2001.