Manbir Sodhi

Manbir Sodhi is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. His research focuses on manufacturing optimization, supply chain modeling, IoT applications in production planning, and sustainability assessment of global products.

• Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1991
• M.S., University of Arizona, 1987
• B.S., Jadavpur University

His research spans operations research, vehicle routing algorithms, and sustainability frameworks, with applications in additive manufacturing, battery supply chains, and autonomous systems. Key trends in his publications include AI-driven optimization, eco-industrial network design, and cyber-physical security.

Recent grants include collaborations with the Office of Naval Research on additive manufacturing qualification, UUV swarm analysis, and mixed reality applications in advanced manufacturing. Sodhi holds a patent for laser-based surface smoothing technology (US Patent 8653409, 2014).