Current Students
Ph.D. Students

Jihoon Chung
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
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BS, Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University
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Email: jihoon7@vt.edu

Bo Shen
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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BS, Statistics, The University of Science and Technology of China
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Email: boshen@vt.edu

Andrew Law
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ISE Ph.D. Student, Lab Manger
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MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
- BS, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University
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Email: aclaw@vt.edu

Maede Maftouni
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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MS, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology
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BS, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology
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Email: maftouni@vt.edu

Rongxuan Raphael Wang
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
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BS, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
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Email: rxwang@vt.edu

Benjamin N. Standfield
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ISE Ph.D. Student
- BS, Manufacturing Engineering, Virginia State University
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Email: bsta7599@vt.edu

Raghav Gnannasambandam
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Email: raghavg@vt.edu

Daniel Elkins
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ISE Ph.D. Student (co-advised with Dr. Rayne Zheng at UCLA)
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- BS, Nuclear Engineering, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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Email: delkins2@vt.edu

Chaoran Dou
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ISE Ph.D. Student
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MS, Manufacturing Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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MS, Mechanical Engineering, Yangzhou University
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BS, Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University Chengxian College
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Email: doucr@vt.edu
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Former Students
Ph.D. Students
Chenang Liu
Ph.D., 2019, Virginia Tech; Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
Jia (Peter) Liu
Ph.D., 2017, Virginia Tech; Assistant Professor, Auburn University
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); Assistant Professor, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mahmoud Mistarihi
Ph.D. , 2013, Oklahoma State University; Assistant Professor, Yarmouk University, Jordan
Omer F. Beyca
Ph.D., 2013, Oklahoma State University; Assistant Professor, Istanbul Technical
University, Turkey
Asil Oztekin
Ph.D., 2010, Oklahoma State University; Associate Professor, The University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Master's Students
David Roberson
MS (Thesis), 2016, Virginia Tech, App Engineer at Index AR Solutions
Babak Barazandeh
MS, 2017, Virginia Tech, Ph.D. Student at the University of Southern California
Banafsheh Aven Samareh
MS (Thesis), 2013, Oklahoma State University
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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