People

Faculty

Yisha Dr. Xiang

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering – University of Arkansas, 2009

M.S., Industrial Engineering – University of Arkansas, 2006

B.S., Industrial Engineering – Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China, 2003

Current PhD Students

Hunter Huang

M.A., Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2023

B.S., Mathematics, Shandong University, China, 2022

Jun Zhou

M.S., Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, 2021

B.E., Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Wuhan University, China, 2018

Saunak Panda

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington-Seattle, 2020

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, PES Institute of Technology, India, 2018

Tong Li

M.S., Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2020

B.S., Applied Statistics, Northeastern University, China, 2017

Will Wascom

Current Professional Role: Mechanical Engineer – NASA Ames Research Center

M.S., Systems Engineering – Naval Postgraduate School, 2016

M.B.A, Project Management – Southeastern Louisiana University, 2014

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering – Louisiana State University, 2010

Alumni

Dr. Zhicheng (Jason) Zhu

Current Position: Optimization Engineer, Plume design Inc.

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2021

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China, 2014

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China, 2011

Eric Bediako

Current Professional Role: Reliability Manager – Delek

M.S., Systems and Engineering Management – Texas Tech University, 2016

B.Sc., Chemical Engineering – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 2004

Dr. Ying Liao

Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University

M.S., Applied Statistics, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2017

B.S., Statistics, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2014

Dr. Yue (Yvette) Shi

First Position after Graduation: Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, China

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2022

M.S., Management Science & Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China, 2016

B.S., E-Commerce, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China, 2014

Visiting Researchers

Hong Zhao

M.S., Computational Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019

B.S.,Computational Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China,2016

Undergraduate Researchers

Morgan Loiseau

Undergraduate Research Assistant funded By NSF REU supplement (2020-2021)

B.S., Industrial Engineering – Texas Tech University, 2022