PhD in Transportation and Supply Chain
Next available term: Fall 2026
Important Application Deadline Information:
For acceptance into a fall semester, international applications are due December 1, 2025.
Domestic applications will be reviewed as they are received.
The Department of Transportation, Logistics, and Finance offers a Ph.D. degree in Transportation and Supply Chain. The degree is awarded through the College of Business in collaboration with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI). The program takes an interdisciplinary approach to transportation and supply chain and attracts students with backgrounds in supply chain management, transportation, agribusiness, applied economics, civil engineering, construction management, emergency management, finance, geosciences, and industrial/manufacturing engineering.
Current PhD Students

Ruhaimatu Abudu
Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant
College of Business
Research Interests:
- Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics in Supply Chain
- Maritime Transport and Policy
- Supply Chain Resilience

Evans Akoto
Graduate Research Assistant
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI)
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Herman Benjamin Atuobi
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Business
Research Interests:
- Agricultural Supply Chain
- Autonomous Trucking
- IOTs

Imran Badshah
Graduate Research Assistant
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI)
Research Interests:
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Traffic Modeling
- Traffic Safety

Md. Iqbal Bahar
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Business
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Prince Solomon Boadu
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Business
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Kwabena Dadson
Graduate Teaching Assistant
College of Business
Research Interests:
- Freight Transportation
- Multimodal Transport Systems
- Risk Analysis and Resilience
- Supply Chain Finance

Wesam Helmi
Research Interests:
- Containerized Grain Movement
- Freight Transportation
- Supply Chain Management

Edmond Loni M. Lisinge
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Business
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David Mannah
Research Interests:
- Last Mile Delivery Optimization
- Resilient Healthcare Logistics
- Supply Chains and Reverse Logistics
- Transportation and Supply Chain Infrastructure

Benedictus Dotu Nyan
Graduate Research Assistant
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI)
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Richard D. Penneigh
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Business
Research Interests:
- Last Mile Logistics
- Procurement
- Production Scheduling
- Sourcing
- Supply Chain Finance

Baishali Rahman
Graduate Research Assistant
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI)
Research Interests:
- Integrated Public Transit
- Traffic Safety
- Travel Demand Modeling
- Urgan Air Mobility
Dissertation Summaries

Safety Management System for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Amin Keramati, Spring 2021

Outpatient Appointment Scheduling Study: Utilization Projection, No-Show Prediction, and Capacity Allocation
Fangzheng Yuan, Spring 2021