Chase Rainwater

Dr. Chase Rainwater is a Professor and Department Head of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas, where he has served since 2009. He co-directs the Arkansas Security Research and Education Institute and maintains active collaborations across engineering, food safety, and cybersecurity domains.

• Education: Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Florida, B.S. in Industrial Engineering from University of Arkansas

Research Interests include:

• Supply chain optimization and logistics
• National security applications via network interdiction and Markov decision processes
• Machine learning for image processing and domain adaptation
• Food safety risk assessment and public health modeling
• Large-scale algorithm design for complex systems

His work has been supported by over $20M in grants from NSF, USDA, Walmart Foundation, and Department of Defense. He supervises numerous graduate theses and has advised six Ph.D. dissertations.

Scientific Awards include:

• Multiple Outstanding Teaching Awards (2012-2022)
• Outstanding Researcher (2019)
• Collaborative Faculty Award (2018)
• Fellow, University of Arkansas Teaching Academy (2022)

He actively contributes to community outreach through FIRST robotics mentorship and professional service in IISE and INFORMS committees.