Ph.D. Students

Graduated Ph.D. Students

  • Jialei Chen, 2021, “Engineering-Driven Learning Approaches for Bio-Manufacturing and Personalized Medicine.”
    • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
  • Hongzhen Tian, 2021, “Information Extraction from Messy Data: Noisy Spectra, Incomplete Data, and Unlabeled Images.” 
    • Current Position: Data Scientist, Microsoft, Seattle, WA.
  • Geet Lahoti, 2019, “Clustering and Feature Detection Methods for High-Dimensional Data.”
    • Current Position: Data Scientist, eBay, Austin, TX.
  • Yung-Hang Chang (co-advisor), 2017, “Model-based Monitoring and Control of Aerosol Jet Printing Processes.”
    • Current Position: Data Scientist, Formation, San Francisco, CA.
  • Chase Knight, 2013, “Recycling High-Performance Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers using Sub-critical and Supercritical Water.”
    • Current Position: Corrosion and Composite Materials Engineer, Florida Department of Transportation, Gainesville, FL.
  • Quyet Do, 2013, “Supercritical Fluid Deposition of Vanadium Pentoxide within Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper for Electrochemical Capacitor.”
    • Current Position: Group Leader, Nanotechnology Lab, Research Laboratories Center – Saigon Hi-Tech Park, Vietnam.
  • Kan Wang, 2013, “Statistics-Enhanced Multistage Process Models for Integrated Design and Manufacturing of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Treated Buckypaper.”
    • Current Position: Research Engineer II, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  • Xiang Fu, 2010, “High Temperature Polyimide/Carbon Fiber/Carbon Nanotubes Multiscale Composites: Processing, Cure Kinetics and Multifunctionality.”
    • Current Position: Senior Engineer, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN.
  • Chao-Hsi Tsai, 2010, “Elastic Property Prediction and Variation Quantification for Buckypaper-Polymer Nanocomposites: Modeling and Experimental Validation.”
    • Current Position: Senior Research Engineer, Industry Technology Research Institute, Taiwan.
  • Jingjing Qiu, 2008, “Multifunctional Multiscale Composites: Processing, Modeling and Characterization.”
    • Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
  • Jing Li, 2006, “Modeling, Design and Control of Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) for Thickness Variation Reduction.”
    • Current Position: Manufacturing Engineering Manager, ThyssenKrupp, Cincinnati, OH.
  • Jikui Meng, 2006, “Integrated Robust Design Using Computer Experiments and Optimization of a Diesel HPCR Injector.”
    • Current Position: Director – Simulation Based Product Development, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN.
  • Chensong Dong, 2003, “Dimension Variation Prediction and Control for Composites.”
    • Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtain University, Australia.
  • Xuzeng Zhang, 2001, “A Unified Functional Tolerancing Approach for Integrated Design, Manufacturing, and Inspection.”
    • Current Position: Chief Metrologist, MSI-Viking Gage, Duncan, SC.
  • Paul Varghese, 1996, “Automated Tolerance Design Systems.”
    • Current Position: Senior Systems Engineer, Iridium Satellite LLC, Washington, D.C.
  • Julie Dunston (co-advisor): 1995, “Integrated Product and Process Design for Resin Transfer Molded (RTM) Parts.”
    • Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Technology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
  • Shui-Shun Lin, 1995, “Mechanical Tolerancing for Integrated Design and Manufacturing.”
    • Current Position: Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Business Administration, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan.