Director

Yiran (Emma) Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering (IMSE) Department
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Northwest, 2015
B.S. in Vehicle Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2013
Email: yiran.yang@uta.edu
Ph.D. Students

Ali Sotoodeh
Ph.D. Student, IMSE Department (Fall 2020-Present)
Lighting Consultant, GMR Protect Resources (2019-Present)
M.S. in Systems Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, 2017
M.S. in Quantitative Economics and Econometrics, California Lutheran University, 2014
B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, Tehran Aeronautical University, 2000

Md Humaun Kobir
Ph.D. Student, IMSE Department (Fall 2021-Present)
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2021
B.S. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2015
Email: mxk4453@mavs.uta.edu

Mohammad Ahnaf Shahriar
Ph.D. Student, IMSE Department (Spring 2023-Present)
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2022
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Military Institute of Science and Technology, 2018
Email: mxs7256@mavs.uta.edu
Undergraduate Students
Alumni

Lei Di
Graduated with Ph.D. degree in Summer of 2023, Current Position: Automation Engineer at Elite Quartz
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 2019; M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIC, 2016
B.S. in Measurement and Control Technology and Instrument, Jilin University, 2015

Esequiel Aguilar Villarreal
Pursuing B.S. in Industrial Engineering
Minor in Spanish
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU), supported by College of Engineering, “Recycling and Reusing ABS Wastes from 3D Printing”, L3/Harris Award at UTA Innovation Day 2020

Leiker Kristen
Pursuing B.S. in Bioengineering
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU), supported by College of Engineering, “Cost-Aware PA12 Recycling in Selective Laser Sintering”

Cynthia Domingues
Pursuing B.S. in Bioengineering
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU), supported by College of Engineering, “Cost-Aware PA12 Recycling in Selective Laser Sintering”

Richard Robertson
Pursuing B.A. in Computer Engineering
Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU), supported by College of Engineering, “Recycling and Reusing ABS Wastes from 3D Printing”
L3/Harris Award at UTA Innovation Day 2020

Emmanuel (Emmy) Azobor
Pursuing B.S. in Industrial Engineering
Email: emmanuel.azobor@mavs.uta.edu
