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Sayanti Mukherjee

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Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee.

Sayanti Mukherjee

PhD

Sayanti Mukherjee

PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Research Topics

Operations research and analytics, Energy resilience and sustainability, Climate change impact assessment, Risk analysis and uncertainty modeling, Economic impact assessment, Disaster risk reduction, Growth econometrics and disaster impacts, Risk-informed decision analysis

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  • Do humans cause climate change? Even now, only half of Americans say yes.
    5/25/23

    The Hill quoted Sayanti Mukherjee, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, in an article about how only half of Americans believe that humans cause climate change.

  • In the wake of Hurricane Ian: Utility poles versus buried power lines
    10/1/22
    Spectrum News 1 interviewed Sayanti Mukherjee, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, for a story on the challenges of burying power lines in an effort to cut down on snapped utility poles during severe storms like Hurricane Ian.
  • Winter heating costs could soar for natural gas customers
    9/26/22
    WGRZ-TV reports that home heating costs are predicted to soar this winter. The report includes commentary from Sayanti Mukherjee, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering, who studies the power grid.
  • Microgrids and solar reduce risk of power outages
    12/7/21
    Tech Xplore posted an article on microgrids and solar power reducing the risk of power outages. It cites a UB study led by Sayanti Mukherjee, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and quotes Prasangsha Ganguly, Mukherjee's  PhD student.
  • Cleveland Public Power lacks transparency in outage reports
    4/1/21
    WEWS-TV in Cleveland quoted industrial engineer Sayanti Mukherjee in a story about a city-owned power company that experts say could do a better job in reporting on power outages.
  • Sayanti Mukherjee recognized by IISE as Outstanding Young Investigator
    4/1/21

    Sayanti Mukherjee was recently selected as the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Young Investigator Award in Energy Systems from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.

  • The real story behind the Texas power outages
    2/19/21
    MSN ran a story from Popular Science reporting on the factors, many of which have been years in the making, that led to the power outages in Texas. “In all my studies and my discussions with utilities, I have found that there is a false sense of security,” says Sayanti Mukherjee, an energy grid expert and assistant professor in UB’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.