The R.O.M.E Lab focuses on identifying vulnerabilities and disruptions that occur within supply chains and developing intervention and mitigation strategies that optimize the whole system.
Research Areas
Agriculture
Dr. Talley’s research in Agriculture focuses (1) optimizing pre and post operations of perishable food supply chains; (2) using demographic and behavior information to evaluate food contamination risk, mitigation, and intervention strategies; (3) traceability strategies from farm to table; and (4) evaluating food waste at the local and national level.
Focus Areas: Food Supply Chain Optimization, Food Contamination (Risk), Food Traceability and Food Waste, Food Supply Chain Safety and Defense
Humanitarian
Dr. Talley’s research in the area of Humanitarian Logistics stems from the increase of disaster and disruptions. These events can exacerbate the conditions in a supply chain system beyond capacity. We focus on developing decision support systems that determine the best strategies to handle these events and deal with shortages, damages, and costs.
Focus Areas: Supply Chain Disruptions, Prepositioning, Resource Allocation, Supply Chain Resiliency
Engineering Education
Dr. Talley’s research in Engineering Education focuses on (1) improving the perception of research among African American male and female students, (2) building confidence in African American male and female students in conducting research, (3) increased awareness of the factors that influence graduate school attendance, (4) identify commonalities between Black female stem students and Black female professors in Stem to persist in STEM fields, and (5) identify factors associated with student persistence at the undergraduate and graduate level that influence students’ decision to go into academia or industry for STEM vs. another discipline.
Focus Areas: Persistence of Black female STEM Students and Black female faculty, STEM Pipeline, African American students’ perception of research
Research Team
Research Grants
National Science Foundation (PI), Excellence in Research: Collaborative Proposal – Smart Technology-enabled nutrient lifecycle and supply chain management optimization, Morgan State University ($430,286), Prairie View A&M University ($300,000), and Tennessee State University ($268,864) Total ($999,150). 9/01/2020-8/31/2023
National Science Foundation (Co-PI), SRS RN: Multiscale RECIPES (Resilient, Equitable, and Circular Innovations with Partnership and Education Synergies) for Sustainable Food Systems, Morgan State University($1,800,000) Total ($15,000,000). 9/01/2021 –8/31/2026
Publications
Book Chapter
Talley, J., Davis, L. Simulation Based Approach to Evaluate the Effects of Food Supply Chain Mitigation and Compliance Strategies on Consumer Behavior and Risk Communication Methods. In A. E. Smith (Ed.), Women in Industrial and Systems Engineering: Key Advances and Perspectives on Emerging Topics. Springer. 2019
Peer Reviewed Journal Papers
Talley, J., Davis. L., Liu, L., Morin, B., “Quantifying Food Borne Illness using a Compartmental Based Model”. Computers in Industrial Engineering, 2020
Talley, J., Davis. L., Liu, L., Morin, B., “A Food Vector-Borne Contamination Model to Assess Interventions Strategies for Foodborne Outbreaks”. Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 66, 2019
Teasley, R., Bemley, J., Davis, L. White, C., Chang, Y. , “A Markov Chain Model for Quantifying Consumer Risk in Food Supply Chain”. Health Systems, 2015
Bemley, J., Davis, L., Brock, L., Qu, X., Prepositioning Commodities to Repair Maritime Navigational Aids, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Vol. 3(1), 2013
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
Talley, J., Thomas, S., Nelson, A., Ogunduyilemi, T. “Assessing Consumer Compliance During Milk Contamination Events”, Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2021
Wiafe, D., Talley, J, “Microgreen Supply chain Analysis for the Pre-Harvest Stage”, Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2021
Talley, J. “SEIR Models for Food Contamination Events,” Society for Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2019