PhD Students

1. Darek Ceglarek, 1994, "Knowledge-Based Diagnosis for Automotive Body Assembly: Methodology and Implementation", Co-Chair with late Prof. S. M. Wu
   Current Position: EPSRC Research Chair Professor, Director of Digital Product Lifecycle Management, University of Warwick, UK. Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, (received the NSF CAREER Award in 2003)
2. Chris Koh, 1995, "Tonnage Signature Analysis for Stamping Process Fault Detection and Isolation", Co-Chair with Prof. J. Ni
   Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Industrial and Mechanical Engineer, Nanyang University, Singapore
3. Davoud Khorzad, 1996, "Model Based Optimization for Auto Body Dimensional Control in Design and Assembly", Co-chair with J. Ni
   Current Position: Director of Engineering, Pharmaceutical Systems Inc. (PSI)
4. Boon W. Shiu, 1996, “Modeling of an Automotive Body Assembly System for Dimensional Control”, Co-chair with D. Ceglarek
   Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineer, Hongkong Polytech University
5. Fu-gee Tsung, 1997, “Run-to-run Proportional-Integrated-Derivative Process Control and Monitoring Schemes”, co-Chair with Jeff Wu
   Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineer, Hongkong Science and Technology University
6. Dan Apley, 1997, “Supervisory Adaptive Control: Monitoring, Diagnosis and Uncertainty”, co-Chair with J. Ni
   Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Northwestern University. (received the NSF CAREER Award in 2001)
7. Jionghua Jin, 1998, “Feature Extraction of Waveform Signals for Stamping Process Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis”
   Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan. (received the NSF CAREER Award in 2002, PECASE Award in 2004)
   
8. Steve Dyer, 1999, “Real-time In-process Dynamic Balancing for High Speed Rotating Machinery”, co-Chair with J. Ni
   Current Position: Manager, ATKEARNEY Management Consultants
   
9. Qiang Rong, 2000, “Modeling and Diagnosis of Assembly Systems with Complaint Structures for Dimensional Control”, Co-chair with D. Ceglarek
   Current Position: Executive Director, Morningstar Company
10. Baocheng Sun, 2000, “Statistical Process Monitoring for Non-IID Process”
    Current Position: Senior Engineer, Ford Company
11. Shiyu Zhou, 2000, “Real Time Dynamic Balancing under Abrupt Change Conditions”
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. (received the NSF CAREER Award in 2005)
12. Huifang Li, 2000, “Modeling, Analysis, and Performance Optimization for Material Handling of Compliant Sheet Metal Parts” co-Chair with D. Ceglarek
    Current Position: Senior Engineer, General Motors.
    
13. Yu Ding, 2001, “Modeling and Analysis of Stream of Variation in Multistage Manufacturing Processes” co-Chair with Dr. D. Ceglarek
    Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University. (received the NSF CAREER Award in 2004)
    
14. Sittiporn Pimsakul, 2002, “Reconfigurable Manufacturing systems for Automotive Body Assembly”, co-Chair with Dr. Darek Ceglarek
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
    
15. Qiang Huang, 2003, “Stream of Variation Modeling and Analysis in Machining Processes”,
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, University of Southern Florida.
16. Yong Chen, 2003, “Integrated Design and Analysis of Product Quality and Tooling Reliability”, co-Chair with J. Jin.
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa.
17. Jihyun Kim, 2004, “In-Process Sensor Fusion and Data Analysis for Forging Process Control and Quality Improvements”
    Current Position: Research Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Korea University
18. Hongbin Jia, 2005, “Rolling Process Control”, co-chair with Y. L. Murphy. Current Position: Engineer, OG Technology Company
19. Pornpen Chaipradubkiat, 2006, “Integration of Part Quality and Tooling Information for Effective Process Control and Maintenance Planning”. co-chair with J. Jin.
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering Department, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
20. Jing Li, 2007, “Causation-based Quality Control Methodologies with Applications”,
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Arizona State University
21. Eduardo Izquierdo, 2007, “Adaptive Assembly for Variation Reduction with Programmable Tooling”, co-Chair with S. Jack Hu
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Warwick, UK.
22. Jian Liu, 2008, “System-level Quality Planning and Diagnosis for Complex Multistage Manufacturing Processes”
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Univ. of Arizona