{"id":2,"date":"2017-07-06T21:47:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T21:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utsaengineer.wpengine.com\/faculty-page-example\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-08-21T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T16:16:46","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Dr. Krystel Castillo<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-781\" src=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/11\/Castillo_Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"649\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Academic Positions<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>September 2017 &#8211; Present<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/texasenergy.utsa.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Director of the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute (TSERI)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>GreenStar Endowed Associate Professor in Energy<\/strong>\u00a0at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in the Mechanical Engineering Department.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>August 2012 &#8211; August 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong>\u00a0at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in the Mechanical Engineering Department.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Co-director<\/strong>\u00a0of the Manufacturing Systems and Automation Laboratory at UTSA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Core Faculty<\/strong>\u00a0of the Center of Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Faculty<\/strong>\u00a0of the Center for Simulation, Visualization, and Real-Time Prediction<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">My main research interests are mathematical modeling of supply chains; logistics; optimization of large-scale scenarios (meta-heuristics); statistical quality control and reliability. In summary, the application of Operations Research as well as statistical methods to model, analyze, and solve complex decision problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"UTSA College Of Engineering Focus On Research Krystel Castillo, Ph.D. TSERI\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AnKw1PAOK38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/10\/Krystel_Castillo_CV_Short.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Curriculum Vitae (pdf)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Curriculum Vitae (Extended)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/10\/Krystel_Castillo_CV_Extended.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Curriculum Vitae (pdf)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Research Lab<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Manufacturing Systems and Automation Laboratory (MSA) is a state-of-the-art facility for teaching, research, and development in: Modeling and optimization of supply chain and logistics problems with applications in bioenergy, sustainability, defense, manufacturing and healthcare. Heuristics and metaheuristics for solving large-scale and complex engineering problems. Statistical Quality Control and Reliability.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Latest News<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"su_slider_69f583870651c\" class=\"su-slider su-slider-centered su-slider-pages-no su-slider-responsive-no\" style=\"width:520px;height:320px\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"false\"><div class=\"su-slider-slides\"><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/08\/LatinaStyle_trimmed.pdf\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Dr. Krystel Castillo was feautured in Latina Style\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/02\/Dr.-Krystel-Castillo-was-feautured-in-Latina-Stylepage-17.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Krystel Castillo was feautured in Latina Style\" \/><span class=\"su-slider-slide-title\">Dr. Krystel Castillo was feautured in Latina Style<\/span><\/a><\/div><div 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su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-stack su-tabs-vertical\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fall 2018<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Spring 2018<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fall 2017<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Summer 2017<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Spring 2017<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Fall 2016<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Spring 2016<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Fall 2018\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 102.4px\">October<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 462.4px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/2018-henaac-award-winner-dr-krystel-castillo\/\">2018 HENAAC Award Winner: Dr. Krystel Castillo<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 102.4px\">August<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 462.4px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/texasenergy.utsa.edu\/news\/2018-henaac-award-winner-dr.-krystel-castillo\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">HENAAC Award Winner: Dr. Krystel Castillo<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Spring 2018\">\n<table style=\"height: 79px\" width=\"385\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 79px\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 79.2px;height: 79px\">January 30<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 291.2px;height: 79px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/08\/LatinaStyle_trimmed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Krystel Castillo is featured in Latina Style:Trailblazers in STEM: Latinas Leading the Charge article<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">April<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/texasenergy.utsa.edu\/news\/tseri-students-present-at-the-asee-gsw-conference\/\">Students present at the ASEE-GSW Conference<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">May<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/texasenergy.utsa.edu\/news\/2018-iise-annual-conference\/\">Ph.D. student won the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0place in the 2018 ISERC Energy Track Best Student Paper Competition.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">June<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/new-research-project\/\">New research project awarded.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">June &#8211; July<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/maria_internship\/\">Ph.D. student conducted summer research internship at USDA Beltsville laboratories.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Fall 2017\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">November 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plus.usgbc.org\/big-red-state-big-green-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>USGBC:Big Red State Big Green Market<\/strong>-TSERI has a vision for a new energy future\u2014one born of a partnership with San Antonio\u2019s greater community<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">\u00a0October 22<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/kcastillo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/08\/2017_MIF_Newsletter.pdf\">\u00a0Receive 2017 INFORMS MIF Early Career Award at the INFORMS Annual Conference in Houston Texas.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">October 12<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\">\u00a0Sue Stankus successfully defended his dissertation and graduated from the Ph.D. in ME with concentration in Manufacturing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">\u00a0September 22<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renewableenergymagazine.com\/panorama\/university-of-texas-at-san-antonio-receives-20171023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TSERI Receives Support from CPS Energy to conduct Sustainable Energy Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsa.edu\/today\/2017\/10\/story\/TSERIAlliance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Projects Link<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 94.4px\">September 10<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 276px\">Recipient of NSF Assist Travel Support to attend SACNAS Conference in\u00a0Salt Lake City, Utah from October 18-21, 201<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Summer 2017\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">July<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">James Stadick successfully defended his thesis and graduated from the M.S. in AMEE program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Spring 2017\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">May<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Hernan Chavez successfully defended his dissertation and graduated from the Ph.D. in ME with concentration in Manufacturing program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0May<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Dr. Krystel Castillo was appointed as Director of the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute (TSERI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0April 13<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Recipient of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsa.edu\/innovations\/spring2017\/story\/story-awards-ceremony.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 President\u2019s Distinguished Achievement Award for Research Achievement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0March 14<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Recognized as 2017 Outstanding Young Faculty by the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) \u2013Gulf South West Region at the University of Texas at Dallas, TX.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0February 16-17<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Brittany Schier presented her research poster in Albuquerque, NM.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">February 16<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Dr. Castillo announced as a winner of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanantonio\/news\/2017\/01\/10\/sabjs-2017-40-under-40-winners-announced.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Antonio Business Journal 2017 40 under 40 Award<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0February 15<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsa.edu\/today\/2017\/01\/40under40.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Castillo was one of the winners of the San Antonio Business Journal 40 under 40 Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanantonio\/news\/2017\/01\/10\/sabjs-2017-40-under-40-winners-announced.html?ana=e_sant_bn&amp;u=07b%2BiFUpHw3VxhHC8bR0IQ0c4da053&amp;t=1484073172&amp;j=77032821\">San Antonio News Article\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Fall 2016\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0October 28-30<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Students attend\u00a0HACU Conference at San Antonio Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">October 25<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Mario\u2019s paper \u201cA Principal Component Analysis in Switchgrass Chemical Composition\u201d was accepted in Energies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">October 25<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsa.edu\/innovations\/fall2016\/story\/our-people-student-success.html#booms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The summer internships conducted by our fellow students was featured in the Innovations Magazine\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0October 22<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">\u00a0Andres and Alex (undergraduates) were coauthors with USDA mentors. Their work from the 2015 summer internship was accepted in the Industrial Crops and Products.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0October 5-9<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Recipient of NSF Assist Travel Support to attend the Engineering Early-Career Faculty Development Symposium in the 28th HENAAC Conference in Anaheim CA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0September 14-16<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">A paper titled &#8220;Improving Radio Frequency Identification Accuracy in a Warehouse Setting&#8221;authored by several lab students won the third place in the 2016 IIE Engineering Lean and Six Sigma Conference.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Spring 2016\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0May 21-24<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Won the best track paper award in collaboration with Hernan Chavez (graduate student) in the Manufacturing and Engineering Design at the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC) at Anaheim, California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0January 21<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">Hernan\u2019s paper \u201cSimulation-based multi-objective model for supply chains with disruptions in transportation\u201d was accepted in the Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Journal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 85px\">\u00a0January 21<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 395px\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsa.edu\/innovations\/spring2015\/story\/feature-castillo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Castillo receives GreenStar Endowed Professorship in Energy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Krystel Castillo Academic Positions September 2017 &#8211; Present Director of the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute (TSERI)\u00a0at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) GreenStar Endowed Associate Professor in Energy\u00a0at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in the Mechanical Engineering Department. 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