Current and former Students
Current Ph.D. Students
Amirul Islam Saimon
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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MS, Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
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BS, Industrial and Production Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
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Email: saimon1@vt.edu
Ruiyuan Zhang
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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MS, Engineering Mechanics, Hunan University
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BS, Mechanical Engineering, Hohai University
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Email: ruiyuanz@vt.edu
Dhrubajyoti (DJ) Gupta
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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BS, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur
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Email: djgupta@vt.edu
Xuan Liu
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
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BS, Mechanical Engineering & Computer Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University
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Email: xuanliu@vt.edu
Peining Zhang
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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BS, Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
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Email: peining@vt.edu
Former Students
Former Ph.D. Students
Chaoran Dou
Ph.D., 2025, Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, The University of Missouri at Columbia
Benjamin Stanfield
Ph.D., 2024, Virginia Tech
Research Scientist, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Raghav Gnanasambandam
Ph.D., 2024, Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, Florida State University
Jihoon Chung
Ph.D., 2023, Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Korea
Maede Maftouni
Ph.D., 2023, Virginia Tech
Data Scientist, Socure Inc.
Rongxuan (Raphael) Wang
Ph.D., 2023, Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, Auburn University
Andrew Law
Ph.D., 2022, Virginia Tech
Research Scientist, IoTex Inc.
Bo Shen
Ph.D., 2022, Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Chenang Liu
Ph.D., 2019, Virginia Tech
Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University
Jia (Peter) Liu
Ph.D., 2017, Virginia Tech
Associate Professor, The University of Florida
Kaveh Bastani
Ph.D., 2016, Virginia Tech
Senior Data Scientist, UniFund, Inc.
Prahalad Rao
Ph.D. , 2013, Oklahoma State University (co-advised with Dr. Bukkapatnam)
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
Mahmoud Mistarihi
Ph.D. , 2013, Oklahoma State University
Associate Professor, Liwa University, UAE
Omer F. Beyca
Ph.D., 2013, Oklahoma State University
Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Asil Oztekin
Ph.D., 2010, Oklahoma State University
Professor, The University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Former Master's Students
Ina Yang
MS (Research Project), 2025, Virginia Tech,
Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University
Yuhao (Marshall) Wu
MS (Research Project), 2024, Virginia Tech,
Ph.D. student at Houston University
Babak Barazandeh
MS (Research Project), 2017, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Student at the University of Southern California
David Roberson
MS (Thesis), 2016, Virginia Tech
App Engineer at Index AR Solutions
Banafsheh Aven Samareh
MS (Thesis), 2013, Oklahoma State University
Microsoft Inc.
Ermias Biru
MS (Thesis), 2010, Oklahoma State University
Kaustubh Erande
MS (Thesis), 2008, Oklahoma State University
Principal Product Manager at Walmart
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