About Us
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University is a private research university in University Park, Texas, with satellite campuses in Plano, Texas and Taos, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South—now part of the United Methodist Church—in partnership with Dallas civic leaders.
Colorado School of Mines
The Colorado School of Mines is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874 under the auspices of the Episcopal Church, and with support from the territorial government. It became a state institution two years later when Colorado gained statehood. It grants degrees primarily in engineering and the applied sciences, with a focus on earth, energy and the environment. It offers graduate degrees in Operations Research with Engineering upon which the work presented here is based.
Meet the Team ...
Team Member: Brayden Park
Credentials (Degree info): Marketing
What you do for RIOT: Helps develop and implement marketing strategies for the team
Team Member: Eric Boone
Credentials (Degree info): Materials & Metallurgical Engineering
What you do for RIOT: Assist in gathering and organizing parameters in regards to athletic organizations for linear optimization models.
Team Member: Sam Kim
Credentials (Degree info): Korean and Business Intelligence & Analytics
What you do for RIOT: Translate English into Korean for the website and introduce magic numbers to Korean fans.
Team Member: Mark Husted
Credentials (Degree info): Operations Research PhD from Colorado School of Mines
What you do for RIOT: Writes the mixed-integer linear programs to determine the RIOT numbers.
Team Member: Reginald Phillips
Credentials (Degree info): M.S. Advanced Manufacturing at Colorado School of Mines
What you do for RIOT: Assist in the optimization of linear and non-linear program models.
Team Member: Trey Winbush
Credentials (Degree info): BS & MS: Mechanical Engineering
What you do for RIOT: Develop scripting and automation tools for data collection.
Team Member: Demonna (Mona) Wade
Credentials (Degree info): M.S.-NT Computer Science '21 at Colorado School of Mines
What you do for RIOT: Responsible for the coding, design and layout of a website.