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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Optimization in radiation therapy treatment planning, medical applications of operations research; Global and nonlinear optimization methods.

PROFESSIONAL

• Research: Intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning, total body irradiation, data mining for organ transplant success
• Teaching: Operations Research I

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. student (adviser: Dr. H.E. Romeijn) (2003 - 2007)
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF) recipient (2004 - 2007), National Science Foundation Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NSF AGEP) fellowship recipient (2003)
• Master's of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering (December 2006)
• Magna Cum Laude Baccalaureate, Industrial and Systems Engineering (August 2003)
• National Hispanic Scholar, Florida Bright Futures (1999 - 2003); Dean’s List (Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003)
• 1996 - 1999 Miami-Palmetto Senior High School Miami, Florida
  5.42 weighted GPA, 3.95 cumulative GPA
• National Council of Teachers of English essay finalist (1999); Most Outstanding Woman in Journalism (1999), Junior in English (1998), Sophomore in Science (1997); Coach’s Award (Women’s Volleyball, 1999), Team Spirit Award (Women’s Softball, 1998); Editorials Editor on CSPA Silver Crown newspaper (1998 - 1999)

PRESENTATIONS

• Modeling the dose deposition of a beam in radiation therapy
  D.M. Aleman, I. Karakayali, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida

• Modeling the dose deposition of a beam in radiation therapy
  D.M. Aleman, I. Karakayali, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida

• Accounting for fractionation in intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida

• A novel neighborhood for local search and simulated annealing methods in beam orientation optimization in IMRT
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida
  
• A response surface-based approach to beam orientation optimization in IMRT (moderated poster presentation)
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida
  

• Accounting for fractionation in fluence map optimization in IMRT
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida

• Beam orientation optimization methods in intensity modulated radiation therapy
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida
  *** Winner: Best Paper, Service Systems ***

• Local search and simulated annealing methods in beam orientation optimization in IMRT
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida
  

• A response surface approach to integrated beam orientation and fluence map optimization for IMRT
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida

• A response Surface Approach to beam orientation optimization for IMRT treatment planning
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida

• A response surface based approach for integrating beam orientation optimization with fluence map optimization in IMRT
  D.M. Aleman, H.E. Romeijn, J.F. Dempsey, University of Florida

EXPERIENCE

• Nominated to attend by Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida.
• Attend sessions with topics including understanding how students learn, cognitive styles, exposure to a variety of teaching methods such as cases and games, and teaching/mentoring graduate students.

• Teach introductory level C++ to ~140 undergraduate engineering students with no prior programming experience.
• Conduct weekly labs to further hone programming skills for students also enrolled in CGS 2425L, the accompanying lab section to CGS 2425.

• Assist research in developing a novel approach to delivering radiation therapy.
• Areas of study include optimization of beam angles, apertures and fluence maps, while also accounting for fractionation and patient motion

• Develop departmental software applications
• Build, maintain and troubleshoot department computer and network systems
• Develop, implement and administrate new database-driven department website and online database applications
• Interview and hire assistant webmasters

• "Programming in Visual Basic .NET for Engineers and Scientists". S. Kirli, R.K. Ahuja, A.A. Pol.
• Write, edit and provide graphics for Visual Basic .NET textbook

• Assist students; hold review sessions; proctor exams; grade projects; handle grade disputes
• Develop and administrate website, online bulletin board and grade database

• Maintain, update and create database-driven course and faculty websites
• Develop program logos

• Write, edit and provide graphics for Visual Basic .NET textbook

• Assist students; hold review sessions; proctor exams; grade projects; handle grade disputes
• Develop and administrate website, online bulletin board and grade database

• Design and administrate websites for small businesses and personal users. URLs available upon request.
• Design, build and incorporate database-driven content into interactive websites.

• Handle all import documentation; work with U.S. Customs and freight forwarders; schedule shipments.
• Maintain inventory database records.
• Network maintenance and customization; development and administration of website

COURSE WORK

COMPUTER SKILLS

Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady AutoDesk AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop ILOG CPLEX for C++ and Java Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash Matlab Mathworks Microsoft Office, Access, FrontPage

Assembly Language C++ Visual Basic, VB Script Java, Javascript FORTRAN ASP, PHP, SQL, HTML

ACTIVITIES AND MISCELLANEOUS

Spanish; Alpha Pi Mu; Institute of Industrial Engineers; Society of Automotive Engineers; UF Women’s Rugby Team; Tolbert Area Council Representative; Khoury League Softball Coach, Manager and Umpire