Team

PhD Students:

1. Yutong Zhang (2024 Fall ~ Present)

   • B.Sc, Computer Science, The University of British Columbia, Canada.

2. Jingyi Feng (2024 Fall ~ Present)

   • M.S. Statistics and M.S. in Computational Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.

   • B.Sc, Mathematics, Indiana University.

3. Sangyup Lee (2024 Fall ~ Present), co-advised by Dr. Jianjun Shi

   • SK hynix Inc.

   • M.S., Industrial and Information Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea

   • B.S., Industrial Engineering, Ajou University, South Korea

4. Melika Baghi, PhD Student (main advisor: Dr. Kamran Paynabar)

   • M.S., Masters in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, Amirkabir University of Technology

   • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology

Master Students:

1. Hong Zheng Shi (2024 ~ Present)

   • B.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

2. Jing Qi (2025 ~ Present)

   • B.S., Industrial Engineering and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University

3. Yang Lian (2025 ~ Present)

   • B.S., Economics/Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Post-Doc Researcher:

1. Yinsong Wang (2024 Fall ~ Present) (main advisor: Dr. Yu Ding)

   • Ph.D,  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University.

Former PhD/Master students:

1. Guanzhou Wei (2019 Fall ~ Present), PhD student

   • M.Sc, Industrial Engineering, Tianjin University

   • B.Eng, Industrial Engineering, Jilin University

   • First Job: Assistant Professor at Iowa State

2. Xinchao Liu (2019 ~ 2025), PhD student (co-advised with Dr. Chuck Zhang)

   • M.Sc, Aircraft Airworthiness Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

   • B.Eng, Aircraft Design and Engineering (Helicopter Engineering), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

   • First Job: Assistant Professor at Mississippi State

3. Jingyi Chen (2024), Master student

   • M.Sc, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

   • B.Eng, Industrial Engineering, Sichuan University – Pittsburgh Institute

   • Started pursuing her PhD degree at Rice University from Spring 2025

4. Mohammadmahdi Hajiha (2017 ~ 2022), PhD Student

   • M.Sc, Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran

   • First Job: Bank of America (headquarter), Charlotte NC

5. Reza Iranzad (2018 Fall ~ 2023), PhD Student (co-advised by Dr. Art Chaovalitwongse)

   • M.Sc, Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran,

   • B.Sc, Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

   • First Job: FedEx (headquarter), Memphis, TN

Former visiting students:

1. Gerben Bultema (2025 Feb ~ June), TU Delft, Netherlands

2. Taihan Chen (2025 Mar ~ June), National University of Singapore

3. Yi Ding (2025 Mar ~ June), City University of Hong Kong