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Zhenyu (James) Kong, Ph.D.
R. H. Bogle Jr. Professor
Director, SMART Lab

Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech

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201 Durham Hall

1145 Perry Street

Blacksburg, VA 24061

Email: zkong@vt.edu

Phone: 540-231-9762

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Education

  • Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004

  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 1995

  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 1993

 

Research Areas

Main Area: Manufacturing Systems Engineering

  • Machine learning and AI-based cyber-physical manufacturing systems

  • Real-time sensing, advanced analytics, and process monitoring/control for smart manufacturing.

  • Modeling, synthesis, and diagnosis for large and complex manufacturing systems.

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