Vitaliy Krasko
vkrasko@mines.edu
Education
Colorado School of Mines – Golden, Colorado
Ph.D. Operations Research with Engineering
Dissertation: Global Optimization of Debris Flow Hazard Mitigation
Current GPA: 3.79/4.0
M.Sc. Mineral and Energy Economics
University of Colorado – Boulder, Colorado
B.A. Economics, minor in Applied Mathematics
Expected May 2016
May 2013
May 2011
Skills
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GAMS, R, C++, Mathematica, Microsoft Excel
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Mathematical optimization (linear, nonlinear, integer, network, stochastic)
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Econometrics and regression analysis
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Data analysis and statistics
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Algorithm design
Work Experience
Research Assistant – Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines
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Researched optimization of debris flow hazard management and general economics of natural hazard
mitigation in three case studies
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Used econometric models to derive model parameters
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Formulated and solved nonlinear mixed integer programs with GAMS software
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Ran Monte Carlo simulations to assess levels of uncertainty in model parameters
Graduate Intern – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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4/2012 – 4/2014
Co-authored peer reviewed journal paper in Energy Policy, two technical reports, one conference
paper, two white papers for government clients, and two unpublished technical reports
Built data sets and performed data analysis in R and Excel
Teaching Assistant – Principles of Economics, Colorado School of Mines
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8/2012 – Present
Spring and Fall 2012
Led two weekly recitation sessions for 20-25 students each, focusing on applied economic experiments
Accomplishments
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National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellow
6/2013 – Present
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Placed in top 10% (31/425) in Kaggle public data science competition
10/2013
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Organized session of INFORMS conference on “Natural Hazard Management”
11/2014