Teaching and Mentoring

Undergraduate Courses                                                                         

EGR 201 Engineering mechanics: Statics

CEE 426 Risk and uncertainty analysis for infrastructures

CEE 221L Computational Lab (AutoCAD and Python programming)

Graduate Courses                                                                                  

CEE 595 Machine learning and pattern recognition (I): Theory

CEE 595 Machine learning and pattern recognition (II): Implementations

PosDoc Advisor

Sreelakshmi Sreeharan (starting 01/25/2024)

Yusheng Jiang (starting 01/01/2025)

PhD Advisor

Zehnaseeb Ali (starting 08/2025)

      Accoustic sensor array and fusion for localization

Kiranmayee Madhusudhan (starting 01/2025)

A Framework and Integrated Solution of a Dynamic Pipeline Hazard and Risk Data Repository for All Pipelines

Achour Idoughi (starting 08/2024, co-advisor Dr. Keigo Hirakawa),

Uncertainty Quantification and Denoising for Structured-light Systems.

Qingyu Ren (starting 05/2024),

Real-time 3D Structure from Motion Modeling with Quantified Uncertainty for Infrastructure Monitoring.

·         Winner of the U Dayton 2023 Graduate Student Summer Fellowship

·         Winner of the U Dayton 2023 Hanley Sustainability Institute Graduate Fellowship.

·         Winner of the U Dayton 2024 Hanley Sustainability Institute Graduate Fellowship.

Qiancheng Sun (starting 01/2021 and graduated 05/2023, co-advisor Dr. Kevin Hallinan),

3d surface reconstruction and modeling using structure from motion. Dissertations directed to completion as a co-advisor: “Data Analysis in Energy”. Defended on 11/28/2022.

Sreelakshmi Sreeharan (starting 08/2020 and graduated 12/2023, co-advisor Dr. Feng Ye),

Data-driven and machine learning approaches for underground pipeline maintenance and risk management.

·         Winner of the U Dayton 2022 Graduate Student Summer Fellowship

Xingxing Wei (starting 09/2019 and graduated 09/2021),

Three-dimensional subsurface modeling.

Master Thesis Advisor

Qingyu Ren (starting 01/2022 and graduated 04/2024),

Dynamic Thermal 3D Point Cloud Generation Using Structure from Motion.

GA supervisor

Hongyu Wu (05/2019 ~ 08/2019),

DIGGS data format transformation.

Undergraduate Student Researcher Supervisor

Nicholas Wehrman (05/2025 ~ present),

      Research Topic "3D Scanning Technique for Infrastructure System maintenance

Alexander Chattos (05/2023 ~ present),

Research topic “Data Acquisition and Rendering for Creating Digital Twins of Civil Infrastructures”.

Jordan Powell (05/2024 ~ 08/2024),

Research topic: Digital Twin Enabled UD Building energy Efficiency Analysis

PhD advisory committee member

Jielun Zhang (ECE department, Advisor: Dr. Feng Ye) passed PhD defense on Jun. 27th 2023.

Daidong Ying (ECE department, Advisor: Dr. Feng Ye)

Qiancheng Sun (ME department, Primary Advisor: Dr. Kevin Hallinan)