Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam

Professor, Systems Design Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Dr. Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam is a Professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include design optimization under uncertainty with emphasis on developing operations research techniques as well as stochastic modelling. He is an expert applying AI techniques to many problems in resource management and his current interests include using regenerative economics and triple bottom analysis to design systems with attention to sustainability, equity, diversity, and inclusion. 

Graduate Supervision: 

Dr. Ponnambalam has competed supervision of 14 Ph.D students and 34 Master’s students in different areas of engineering. 

Selected Publications:

• Ahamadian, A., Ponnambalam, K., Almansoori, A., Elkamel, A. (2023). Optimal Management of a Virtual Power Plant Consisting of Renewable Energy Resources and Electric Vehicles Using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming and Deep Learning. Energies, 16, 1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16021000 

• Mousavi, S. J., Ponnambalam, K, Celeste, A., Cai, X. (2022). Enhancements to explicit stochastic reservoir operation optimization method,]. Advances in Water Resources, 169,2022, 104307, ISSN 0309-1708, 

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104307. 

• El-Awady, A.(GS), K. Ponnambalam. (2021). Simulation and Markov Chains to Support Bayesian Networks for Probabilistic Failure Analysis of Complex Systems. Reliability engineering and systems safety. DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2021.107511