The 2026 Ken Wang Scholars Program Selection Committee has selected the recipients for the 2026 edition:
As recipients, they will be introduced to the AGIFORS community at the beginning of the 2026 AGIFORS Symposium to maximize opportunities for them to connect with experts during the event.
| Year | Name | University | Focus Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Antonio Montaruli | University of Twente | Network Planning, Revenue Management |
| 2025 | Daniel Cisneros Acevedo | Delft University of Technology | Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance of Aircraft Engines |
| 2025 | Mahekha Dahanayaka | University of Twente | Airline Ops, Personnel Planning for Ground Ops |
| 2025 | Nikolaos Efthymiou | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Ops: resource-constrained shortest path problems in the context of passenger rebooking during disruptions |
| 2025 | Tim Jendrian | University of Mannheim | Crew: fatigue-aware crew scheduling for long-haul fleets |
| 2024 |
Zhenglei Ji |
New York Univeristy |
RM, Air Mobility Systems |
| 2024 |
Gabriel Cedraz Diniz |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
Airline Economic, Revenue Optimization, Network Analysis |
| 2024 |
Xiaoyun Niu |
Tongji University |
Integration between RM and Scheduling |
| 2024 |
Maitreyee Talnikar |
Georgia Institute of Technology | Applications of Machine Learning in RM |
| 2024 |
Tulio Sulbaran |
Georgia Institute of Technology | Consumer Choice Modeling |
| 2023 |
Abdul Ahad Khan |
Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur |
Crew Scheduling |
| 2023 |
Haochen Wu |
University of Michigan |
Airport Ground Handling |
| 2023 |
Jenny Tonka |
HEC Liège - University of Liège |
Air Cargo Ground Handling |
| 2023 |
Mohand Ryad Chelbani |
Polytechnique Montréal |
Crew Scheduling |
| 2023 |
Xiyitao Zhu |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Airspace Network Routing |
| 2021 | Dhandabani Srinivasan | Indian Institute of Technology - Madras | Air Cargo Pricing |
| 2021 | Kevin Wang | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Airline Pricing and Revenue Management |