Po-Yu (Frank) is a Ph.D. student in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech since 2021, he first enrolled in the graduate program as an MEng student in 2020. His primary research interest is teamwork in cybersecurity of cyber-physical systems (CPS).

Frank received his MENG degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2022, and his BS degree in Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan in 2019. Frank is a basketball fan/player and occasionally a video gamer.

Yuzhou (David) Du is a Ph.D. student in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech since August 2024. His primary research interests are multi-modal assessment of clinical performance in healthcare simulations and human–AI interactions in safety-critical, multi-agent systems.

David received his M.S. in Engineering Design Innovation from Northwestern University in 2023 and his B.S. in Systems Engineering and Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2021. Before his doctoral studies, he spent a year and a half as a UX researcher at Northwestern’s Center for Connected Learning & Computer-Based Modeling, leading user-centric design research for user interfaces for large language model. In his spare time, David enjoys watching and playing sports, sketching, gaming, and catching up on movies and TV shows.

Jinwoo Oh is a Ph.D. student in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech since Spring 2023. He is interested in understanding people in-depth using various modern technologies and proposing new technologies based on that understanding.

Jinwoo received his Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Seoul National University in 2018, and Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in 2016. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, he worked as a research engineer in SK hynix memory semiconductor Inc. for 5 years. He loves to spend time brewing coffee, playing musical instruments and driving outside.

Seongwoo Park is a Ph.D. student in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech since August 2025. His primary research interests include the development of aerial traffic control systems, 3D simulation environments, and artificial intelligence applications in complex socio-technical systems.

Seongwoo received his B.S. in ICT Convergence from Handong Global University in South Korea in 2024. After graduation, he worked as an AI Service Developer at Comfolabs, where he designed algorithms for 3D human body graphics and contributed to AI-driven service development. Outside of his studies, Seongwoo enjoys weight training, trekking, and other physical activities that help him stay active and motivated..

Milena Alvarado is an M.S. student in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech, where she began her studies in August 2025. Her primary research interest is in human factors engineering, with a focus on human performance metrics and the optimization of human-system interaction across different settings.

She earned her Bachelor's in Psychology with a minor in Cognitive Sciences from the University of Central Florida (UCF). In 2024, she completed an internship at the Air Force Research Laboratory, where she examined human decision-making and performance on visual tasks. Before coming to Virginia Tech, she worked at UCF as a program coordinator on projects related to decision-making and technology-based scam susceptibility across adulthood. Outside of academics, Milena enjoys caring for her plants, traveling, dancing to latin music, and spending time with family and friends.

Paloma Coche is a master's student in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech since August 2024. Her primary research interests include human factors in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), pilot research for aviation and space systems, exoskeleton use in extreme environments, and the impact of extended reality (XR) on social and occupational integration.

She earned her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Art from San Diego State University in 2024. In the summer of 2025, Paloma interned at NASA’s Ames Research Center within the Exploration Technology Directorate, where she worked on integrating human elements into computational functional hazard assessments for early-stage system design. Outside of her academic work, Paloma is pursuing her Private Pilot License with the Hokie Flying Club and races with the Virginia Tech Alpine Ski Team. She enjoys exercising, spending time outdoors, traveling with friends, spending time with her family, reading, watching movies and TV shows, and finding creative ways to make the world a better place..