Alumni

April Bryan

Thesis Title:”Co-Evolution of Products and Manufacturing Systems”, co-chair with Yoram Koren. 2007.

Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Western Washington University


Wenjia Cai

Thesis Title:”Optimal Fixture Configuration Design for Deformable Sheet Metal Assembly”, Feb. 1996.

Current Employment:currently with General Motors R&D Center


Jaime Camelio

Thesis Title:”Variation Analysis for Multi-stage Assembly Systems with Compliant Parts”, October, 2002.

Current Employment: Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor of Advanced Manufacturing, Virginia Tech


Vernnaliz Carrasquillo

Email: [email protected]

Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Product Design Engineering Technology, Eastern Michigan University

Research Interests: Before earning her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan, Dr. Carrasquillo worked as an automotive industry interior component design engineer. During this time, she also earned a masters from the University of Michigan Dearborn in mechanical engineering. It was during her time as a design engineer that her interest in ergonomics flourished. Her research focuses on the analysis of worker posture and recovery time in mixed-model assembly lines.


Peikuang Chen

Thesis Title:”On-Line Monitoring and Preventive Maintenance for Progressive Dies”, May, 1997

Current Employment: currently with Foxcon, Taiwan


Melida Chin

Thesis Title:”Contact Resistance of Anisotropic Conductive Adhesives”

Current Employment: ACAs in Micro-Scale Packaging”. January 2005. currently with AMD


Haseung Chung

Email: [email protected]

Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University

Education:

  • Ph.D., (2005) University of Michigan
  • M.S. (2000), Seoul National University in Korea
  • B.S. (1998), Seoul National University in Korea

Research Interest:

  • Laser material processing;
  • Inventive additive manufacturing;
  • Magnetic-field assisted finishing (MAF);
  • Innovative joining technologies for dissimilar metals;
  • Cyber manufacturing systems;
  • Numerical modeling of thermal deformation
  • Heat and mass transfer phenomena;
  • Energy system optimization using thermal network models.

Hao Du

Thesis Title:”Monitoring of GMAW of Aluminum Alloys”, 2007.

Current Employment:Currently with Schlumberger.


Ugur Ersoy

Thesis Title:”Modeling and Control of GMAW”, co-chair with Elijah Kannatey-Asibu, 2007.

Current Employment: Currently with Schlumberger


Theodor Freiheit

Email: [email protected]

Thesis Title:”Reliability and Productivity of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems”. October, 2002.

Current Employment: Research Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

Education:

  • Ph.D. (2003), University of Michigan
  • MBA (1995), University of Michigan
  • MSE (1988), Purdue University

Research Interests:

  • Manufacturing Systems Design & Analysis
  • Control of Manufacturing & Service Systems
  • Personalized Product Design & Manufacture
  • Joining of Dissimilar Materials
  • Welding Distortion

Umesh Gandhi

Thesis Title:”Data Based Approach in Modeling Automobile Crash”, May, 1993, Co-chair with late Prof. S. M. Wu.

Current Employment: Currently with Toyota Technical Center, Ann Arbor.


Weihong “Grace” Guo

Email: [email protected]

Thesis Title: Senior Fusion and Process Monitoring for Ultrasonic Welding of Lithium-ion Batteries

Current Employment: Weihong “Grace” Guo is an Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Rutgers University. She is the founding director of the Data Analytics & Process Insights Laboratory at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She joined the Rutgers faculty in 2015.

Education:

  •  Ph.D., Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • M.S., Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • B.S., Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Research Interests: Guo’s research focuses on developing novel methodologies for extracting and analyzing massive and complex data to facilitate effective monitoring of operational quality, early detection of system anomalies, quick diagnosis of fault root causes and intelligent system design and control.


Sijun He

Thesis Title:”Formability Enhancement for Laser Welded Tailored Blanks”, January 2001.

Current Employment: Currently with General Motors


Luis Eduardo Izquierdo

Thesis Title:”Adaptive Control of Assembly Quality Using Programmable Tools”, co-chair with Jianjun Shi, 2007.

Current Employment: N/A


Yong Hoon Jang

Thesis Title:”Contact Resistance During Resistance Welding”, Graduation date: March, 1999, co-chair with James Barber.

Current Employment: Professor of Yongsei University, Korea


Xiaoning Jin

Thesis Title:”Assemble to Order of Remanufactured Products with Variable Quality Returns”, IOE, co-advised with Jun Ni. May, 2012.

Current Employment: Currently Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, Boston


Tae Hyung Kim

Email: [email protected]

Current Employment: Vice President for Research and Development, Optimal Process Technologies, LLC

Education:

  • Ph.D. (2006) Hanyang University, Korea
  • M.S. (2001)  Hanyang University, Korea
  • B.S. (1999)  Hanyang University, Korea

Jeonghan Ko

Email: [email protected]

Thesis Title: ”Design and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems with Complex Configurations”, April 2006.

Current Employment: Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Ajou University, Korea


Heng Kuang

Email: [email protected]

Current Employment: Heng Kuang is a Senior Analyst on Stats and Operation Research at United Airlines.

Research Interests: Kuang uses operation research, stats and machine learning to solve the complex business problems in the airline industry, ranging from demand forecasting, dynamic pricing, network optimization, staff scheduling to advertisement campaign.


James Lee

Thesis Title:”Variability Characterization and Tolerancing for Auto Body Assembly”, September 1998.

Current Employment: Currently with Chrysler Corporation


Jinkoo Lee

Thesis Title:”Set Based Approach for Sheet Metal Stamping”, May, 1996, co-chair with Al Ward.

Current Employment: now with Ford Motor Company


Shawn Lee

Thesis Title:”Characterization Ultrasonic Welding Process and Quality”, Mechanical Engineering. June, 2013.

Current Employment: Currently with Hyundai


Jingjing Li

Thesis Title:”Pre-Form Anneal Forming of Aluminum Alloys”, August 2011.

Current Employment: Associate Professor, PennState University


Sha Li

Thesis Title:”Assembly System Design for Lithium Ion Battery Manufacturing”, ME, December 2013.

Current Employment: N/A


Wei Li

Thesis Title:”Monitoring and Control of Resistance Spot Welding Processes”, Feb, 1999, Co-Chair with Jun Ni.

Current Employment: Professor, University of Texas Austin. Winner of PECASE


Gene Liao

Thesis Title:”Modeling, Analysis and Optimization of Fixture-Workpiece Systems”, D. Eng in Manufacturing, May 1999

Current Employment: Professor, Wayne State University


Guosong Lin

Thesis Title: ”Formability and Quality in Hemming”, April, 2006.

Current Employment: Currently with Intel


Jian Liu

Thesis Title:”Stream of Variation Modeling for Machining Systems”, co-chair with Jianjun Shi, 2008.

Current Employment: Associate Professor, University of Arizona


Shenhou Liu

Thesis Title:”Variation Simulation for Sheet Metal Assembly”, May, 1995, Co-chair with Tony C. Woo.

Current Employment: Currently with Siemens


Yegang Liu

Thesis Title:”Statistival Control of Multivariate Processes with Applications to Automobile Body Assembly”, 2002.

Current Employment: Currently with Chery Motors


Joshua Long

Thesis Title:”Variation Simulation for Compliant Assembly with Applications”, Dec. 1999

Current Employment: currently with GM


Valerie Maier-Speredolozi

Thesis Title:”Manufacturing System Convertibility and Configuration Selection”, May 2003, co-chair with Yoram Koren.

Current Employment: Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island


Hai Nguyen

Thesis Title:”Surface Variation Characterization and Control Using High Definition Metrology”, January 2013.

Current Employment: Senior lecturer, Hanoi University, Vietnam


Hatem Orban

Thesis Title:”Modeling and Analysis of Tube Hydro Forming”. April, 2006,

Current Employment: Currently with GM


Robert Riggs

Email: [email protected]

Thesis Title: Modeling and optimization of disassembly systems with a high variety of end of life (EOL) states, 2015

Current Employment: Robert Riggs is a Lecturer and Curriculum Advisor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University

Education:

  • Ph.D. (2015), Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
  • MSE (2011), Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
  • BSIE (2008) Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Minor, Kettering University

Research Interests: Riggs teaches a wide variety of courses in the Industrial Engineering Curriculum at both the graduate and undergraduate level, serves as a curriculum advisor to the department, and engages undergraduate students in research opportunities that typically focus on healthcare and manufacturing systems.


Chinmo Roan

Thesis Title:”Process Monitoring, Identification, and Fault Classification for Automobile Body Assembly”, May, 1993, Co-chair with late Prof. S. M. Wu.

Current Employment: Currently with Perceptron, Inc.


Narasimhan Seshadri

Thesis Title:”Variability Characterization and Control in Stamping Die Development”, Graduation date: May, 1999.

Current Employment: IT Technologies


Chenhui Shao

Email: [email protected]

Thesis Title: Data-Based Spatial and Temporal Modeling for Surface Variation Monitoring in Manufacturing, 2016

Current Employment: Chenhui Shao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Education:

  • Ph.D. (2016), Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • M.A., Statistics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • M.S.E., Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • B.E., Automation, University of Science and Technology of China

Research Interests: Shao’s research interests focus on smart manufacturing, big data analytics in manufacturing, and manufacturing system control and automation. Chenhui has earned multiple awards, including SME 30 Under 30 Honoree, Best Paper Award from ASME MSEC, Best Applications Paper Award from IISE Transactions, Scholar-in-Residence from National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and Feature Article in IIE Transactions


Daniel Shriver

Email: [email protected]

Thesis Title:  Ultrasonic Joining of Short Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

Current Employment: Dr. Shriver is a Body Design Engineer for Toyota Motors North America and specializes in the design of welded, exterior, sheet metal panels. As an exterior design engineer, he is tasked with creating panels with many things in mind, including vehicle styling, aerodynamics, and customer perception.

Education:

  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University

Saumuy Suriano

Thesis Title:”High Definition Metrology Based Process Control”, Industrial Engineering April, 2013.

Current Employment: Currently with Ford Motor Company


He Tang

Thesis Title:”Machine Mechanical Characteristics and their Impact on Resistance Welding Process and Quality”, December 1999

Current Employment: Currently Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University


Fang Wang

Thesis Title:”Droplet Formation and Transfer in Short Circuit GMAW”, May 2003, co-chair with Elijah Kannatey-Asibu.

Current Employment: currently with Radian Heatsinks, California


Hui Wang

Thesis Title:”Product Variety Induced Manufacturing Complexity and Its Impact on Mixed Model Assembly Systems and Supply Chains”, Industrial Engineering, November 20112010, co-chair with Goker Aydin of IOE.

Current Employment: currently at GM R&D Center


Wei L. Wang

Thesis Title:”Selected Studies on Atom Force Microscopes”, April, 2004.

Current Employment: currently Research Scholar, Harvard University


Thomas W. Weber

Thesis Title:“Theory and Analysis of Manufacturing System Configurations”, D.Eng., December, 1997, co-chaired with Yoram Koren.

Current Employment: CEO of WeberTech


Robert Webbink

Thesis Title:”Generation and Evaluation of Auto Body Assembly System Configurations”. Feb. 2003.

Current Employment: currently with P&G


Jianpeng Yue

Thesis Title:”Sensitivity and Uncertainty in Simulation Models for Multi-Stage Manufacturing Systems”, April, 2006.

Current Employment: Currently Product Development Manager at China National Petroleum Corporation USA


Guohua Zhang

Thesis Title:”Analysis and Optimization of Sheet Metal Flanging and Hemming Processes”, Dec., 2000

Current Employment: Currently with General Electric


Weiping Zhong

Thesis Title:”Variation Propagation for Machining Systems with Different Configurations”, May, 2002.

Current Employment: Currently Global Director with GE


Liang Zhou

Thesis Title:”Functional Morphing for Manufacturing Process Design and Control”,2010.

Current Employment: currently with Savvysherpa, LLC


Mingxin Zhou

Thesis Title:”A Unified Approach to Assessing the Mechanical Performance of Resistance Spot Welds”, 2001.

Current Employment: Currently with General Motors


Yuanyuan Zhou

Thesis Title:”Assembly and Performance Modeling for PEM Fuel Cells”, co-chaired with Albert Shih, October 2008.

Current Employment: Currently pursuing MBA at UPenn Walton.


Xiaowei Zhu

Thesis Title: ”Complexity of Manufacturing Systems”,co-chair with Yoram Koren. September 2008.

Current Employment: Currently with Travelers