the team
graduate researchers & post docs
Dr. Mojtaba A. Farahani
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2025 -
Ph. D. Candidate Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2021 - 2024
Topic: Time Series Analytics & Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): RII Track 2 FEC: Enabling Factory to Factory (F2F) Networking for Future Manufacturing (NSF); EAGER: Private Blockchain-Enabled Federated Learning Framework for Distributed Manufacturing Networks (NSF)
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Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2024
M.S. Industrial Engineering, KNTU University, 2011
B.E. Industrial Engineering, OFU University, 2009
Matt McCormick
Ph. D. Candidate Mechanical Engineering, USC, 2022 - present
Topic: Time Series Analytics & Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): RII Track 2 FEC: Enabling Factory to Factory (F2F) Networking for Future Manufacturing (NSF)
News: 2023 NAMRC Outstanding Reviewer;
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2021
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University, 2009
Austin Harper
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2023 - present
Topic: Time Series Analytics for Composite 3D Printing
Project(s): Complex Separating Aerial Vehicle, and Modeling and Simulation (CSAVMS)
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B.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2020
Md Irfan Khan
Ph. D. Candidate Mechanical Engineering, USC, 2025 - present
Topic: Blockchain & Federated Learning in Manufacturing Networks
Project(s): EAGER: Private Blockchain-Enabled Federated Learning Framework for Distributed Manufacturing Networks (NSF)
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M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Tyler, 2024
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, 2017
Sathish Kasilingam
Ph. D. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2021 - present
Topic: Hybrid Analytics in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): Hybrid modeling for energy efficient CNC grinding (CESMII/DoE)
News: Serves as President fo the WVU Graduate and Professional Student Senate & Co-founded a company (Plant3r); Finalists for the ASME/SME Student Manufacturing Design Competition at NAMRC 50;
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2017
B.E. Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, 2015
Carlos Dodero Fernandez
M.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2023 - present
Topic: Automated Visual Inspection and Energy Data Analytics in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): RII Track 2 FEC: Enabling Factory to Factory (F2F) Networking for Future Manufacturing (NSF)
News: Played D1 Tennis, Entrepreneur
B.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia Univeristy, 2023
undergraduate researchers
Brenden Forsee
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, WVU, 2021 - present
Topic: Continuous Composite Additive Manufacturing
Project(s): Time Series Analytics for Composites AM
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