Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara is the Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor in the Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, affiliated with the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) and the Center for Interdisciplinary Mathematics. With over 4,000 citations and an h-index of 41, his work spans industrial engineering, systems engineering, and artificial intelligence.

• Key Research Areas: Supply Chain Management, Digital Twins, Machine Learning, and Sustainable Energy Systems.
• Notable Projects: NSF-funded initiatives on AI-based sensing, digital twin integration for SMEs, and energy analytics.
• Collaborations: Contributions to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in sustainable manufacturing and interdisciplinary research.