Daniel Kosmas

Daniel Kosmas serves as an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Francis College of Engineering. His academic appointment focuses on operations research applications in critical public systems.

His research expertise spans network resiliency, public sector operations research, and stochastic network modeling with competing decision makers. Current projects address drug shortage mitigation, human trafficking network disruption, and critical supply chain resiliency, particularly for pharmaceutical manufacturing and FDA inspection optimization.

Key scientific recognition includes:

• National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship

Kosmas actively mentors graduate students and seeks new PhD candidates for research in public health operations, trafficking circuit analysis, and cascading impact modeling of drug shortages. His work bridges industrial engineering with real-world public safety challenges through transdisciplinary collaboration.