{"id":12,"date":"2010-02-13T19:26:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T03:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodinnovation.org\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-02-01T18:48:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T18:48:23","slug":"the-human-factor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"Current Research Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Henry Quesada<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2146\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PIC2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2146 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PIC2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"PIC2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PIC2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PIC2.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Quesada sitting on the roots of a Dipteryx panamensis (Almendro) tree in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Associate Professor and Extension Specialist at Virginia Tech. Department of Sustainable Biomaterials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Academic background<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.S. Costa Rica Tech, 1997<\/li>\n<li>M.S. Purdue University, 2001<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Purdue University, 2004<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Experience<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate Professor, Virginia Tech (2014-to date)<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech (2008-2014)<\/li>\n<li>Associate Professor, Costa Rica Institute of\u00a0 Technology (2006-2008)<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor, Costa Rica Institute of \u00a0Technology (2005-2006)<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University (2000-2004)<\/li>\n<li>Instructor, Costa Rica Institute of\u00a0 Technology (1998-2000)<\/li>\n<li>Plant Manager, La Nacion-Commercial Printing Unit (1997-1998)<\/li>\n<li>Inventory Manager, La Nacion-Commercial Printing\u00a0Unit\u00a0(1996-1997)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Research interests<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business Process Management<\/li>\n<li>Marketing<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturing Systems<\/li>\n<li>Lean Supply Chain Management<\/li>\n<li>Automation of Manufacturing Systems<\/li>\n<li>Innovation Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a more detailed resume of Dr. Henry Quesada please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/sbio.vt.edu\/our-people\/faculty\/quesada-pineda.html\">https:\/\/sbio.vt.edu\/our-people\/faculty\/quesada-pineda.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:quesada@vt.edu\">quesada@vt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Sailesh Adhikari. Post-doctoral Researcher<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/?attachment_id=2351\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2351\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2351\" src=\"http:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/sailesh-pic-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/sailesh-pic-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/sailesh-pic-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/sailesh-pic-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/sailesh-pic-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/sailesh-pic.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><em>Academic background<\/em><\/p>\n<p>B.E. Industrial Engineering. Institute of Engineering, TEC, Nepal, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>M.S. Eastern Illinois University, 2016<\/p>\n<p>PhD. Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Tech. 2020<\/p>\n<p><em>Experience<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post-doctoral researcher &#8211; Virginia Tech. Jan 2020 to date.<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Research Assistant \u2013 Virginia Tec. 2017- 2020<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Research Assistant \u2013 Eastern Illinois University; Aug 2014- May 2016<\/li>\n<li>Waste Water Treatment Plant, Charleston, IL &#8211; Project Analyst Intern; May 2015- Aug 2015<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Lecturer- Thapathali Engineering College, Nepal<\/li>\n<li>Quality Assurance Officer; Nepal Cylinder Pvt. Ltd, KTM, Nepal; Sep 2011- Jul 2012<\/li>\n<li>Industrial Engineer; Intern; Laxmi Steel Pvt. Ltd-Butwal; Aug 2010-Nov 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Former MS and PhD students (with Quesada as Committee Chair)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sailesh Adhikari. 2020 PhD. Post-doctoral researcher. Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA<\/li>\n<li>Juan Gonz\u00e1lez. 2020 MS. Chaired with B. Bond. Continuous Improvement Engineer. Hewlett Packard.\u00a0 San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica<\/li>\n<li>Paula Fallas, 2019 MS. Assistant Optimization Manager. APM Terminals North America. Los Angeles, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Li Liang, 2017 PhD. Procurement Officer. Super Micro Computer, Inc. San Jose, CA<\/li>\n<li>Gaurav Kakkar, 2017 MS. Blacksburg, VA. Sales Executive. Richmond International Forest Products. Richmond, VA.<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Withers, 2016 MS. Doctoral Candidate. School of Construction. Virginia Tech.<\/li>\n<li>Sevtap Erdogan, 2015 MS. Chaired with B. Bond. Research Associate. Kastamonu University, Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Edgar Arias, 2014 PhD. Marketing Data Analyst. Department of Forestry in South Carolina, USA<\/li>\n<li>Melissa Brenes-Bastos, 2014 MS. Marketing Executive at Experian. San Jose, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n<li>Shawn Crawford,\u00a0 2012 MF. Entrepreneur. Rainwater Management Solutions. Salem, VA<\/li>\n<li>Johanna Madrigal, 2012 PhD. Assistant Professor at School of Industrial Production Engineering. Costa Rica Tech. Cartago, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n<li>Scarlett Sanchez,\u00a0 2011 MS. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Scott Lyon, 2011 MS. District Fores Products Specialist, Southeast area. Department of Natural Resources. Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Wang Chao, 2011 MS. Continuous Improvement Engineer. Coopeland Furniture. Bradford, Vermont, USA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Quesada Associate Professor and Extension Specialist at Virginia Tech. Department of Sustainable Biomaterials. Academic background: B.S. Costa Rica Tech, 1997 M.S. Purdue University, 2001 Ph.D. Purdue University, 2004 Experience: Associate Professor, Virginia Tech (2014-to date) Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech (2008-2014) Associate Professor, Costa Rica Institute of\u00a0 Technology (2006-2008) Assistant Professor, Costa Rica Institute of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/?page_id=12\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Current Research Team&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sim.sbio.vt.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}