lab alumni
graduate students & post docs
Dr. Makenzie (Keepers) Dolly
Current Position: Teaching Assistant Professor at West Virginia University IMSE
Ph. D. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2019 - 2023
Topic: Analysis of the Psychological and Production Effects of the Use of Gamification for Manufacturing Assembly
Project(s): Automated Data Flow to Enable Analytics for SMEs through OAGIS (NIST)
News: First direct admit (BS to PhD) student at WVU IE; Received Featured Paper Award at APMS 2019; IMSE Graduate Student Researcher of the Year Award (2022); Recipient of the WVU Foundation Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship; Recipient of the Mullenger Fellowship; Mentored Isabelle to win Honorable Mention in the 2023 WVU Award for Outstanding Publication by an Undergraduate Researcher in a competitive process.
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2023
B.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2019
Anna Billey
Current Position: Leadership Development Program with a manufacturing path at Toyota North America
M.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2021 - 2023
Topic: Energy Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): Scalable curricula for Smart Manufacturing Shop floor & machine tool data analytics (CESMII/DoE) // RII Track 2 FEC: Enabling Factory to Factory (F2F) Networking for Future Manufacturing (NSF)
News: Former captain of the Women's Soccer team at CalU; Recipient of the Statler College Excellence in Research - MS award 2024.
M.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2023
B.S. Mechatronics Engineering Technology, California University of Pennsylvania, 2021
Sayantee Roy
Current Position: Manufacturing Operations Engineer at Global Foundries
M.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2021 - 2022
Topic: Bottleneck Management through Strategic Sequencing in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): Smart Ag
News:
M.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2022
B.S. Industrial & Production Engineering, military Institute of Science & Technology (Bangladesh), 2019
Milica Babic
Current Position: Business Analyst at Dish Network
M.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2020 - 2022
Topic: Multisided Quality Inspection in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): Scalable curricula for Smart Manufacturing Shop floor & machine tool data analytics (CESMII/DoE)
News: Named to all three all-american first teams as part of the WVU Rifle team.
M.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2022
B.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2020
Md Mushfiqur Rahman
Current Position: Supply Chain Systems Analyst at Frontier Com.
M.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2019 - 2021
Thesis title: Multivariate Time Series Classification Of Sensor Data From An Industrial Drying Hopper: A Deep Learning Approach
Project(s): Hybrid modeling for energy efficient CNC grinding (CESMII/DoE)
M.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2021
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2018
Fahid Hasan Pulak
Current Position: Business Analyst at Amazon
M.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2019 - 2021
Thesis title: Sustainability KPIs for Mass Customization
Project(s): SUSTAIN – Steering variety and complexity in operations management towards sustainability (Thomas Jefferson Fund)
M.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2021
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2017
Assem Almadani
Current Position: Manager at Unilever
M.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2019 - 2021
Thesis title: Effect of feedrate, depth of cut, tool material, and toolpath on dimensional accuracy and surface roughness of milled CFRP
Project(s): Graduate Teaching Assistant for Manufacturing Processes Lab
M.S. Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University, 2021
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, 2019
Dr. Muztoba Ahmad Kahn
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Carroll University
Ph. D. Industrial Engineering
Thesis title: “Capital Equipment Upgrade Strategy in the context of Servitization"
West Virginia University, USA, 2015 - 2020.
Dr. Juergen Herbert Lenz
Current Position: Full professor at University of Applied Sciences Augsbug, Germany
Post-Doc Industrial Engineering
West Virginia University, USA, 2018 - 2020.
Dr. Sameer Mittal
Current Position: Assistant Professor at JK Lakshmipat University
Ph. D. Industrial Engineering
West Virginia University, USA, 2015 - 2019.
Ephraim Pittore
Current Position: Product Designer at Clearwater Technology Consultants
M.S. Design & Merchandising
West Virginia University, USA, 2016 - 2018.
Samantha Melroy
Current Position: Associate Systems Engineer at Mylan
M.S. Industrial Engineering
West Virginia University, USA, 2016 - 2017.
undergraduate students
Robert Gianniny
Current Position: Associate at BCG
B.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2018 - 2022
Topic: Digital Twins & Future Factories
Project(s): RII Track 2 FEC: Enabling Factory to Factory (F2F) Networking for Future Manufacturing (NSF)
News: Winner of Race to the Case 2022; Finalist of WV Business Plan Competition 2022; IMSE Outstanding Senior Award (2022)
Matthew Fox
Current Position: tbd
B.S. Aerospace, and Mechanical Engineering , WVU, 2018 - 2022
Topic: Smart Sensor Systems for Agriculture & Logistics
Project(s): Smart Ag
Jenna Soltesz
Current Position: Business Technology Analyst at Deloitte
B.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2018 - 2022
Topic: Circular Economy and Sustainability of Campus Operations
Project(s): Bucklew Scholarship and UG Research Fellowship
News: Featured by WVU Foundation video; IMSE UG Student Researcher of the Year Award (2022); IMSE Outstanding Senior Award (2022)
Frank Hudacheck
Current Position: tbd
B.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2018 - present
Topic: Digital Twins & Future Factories
Project(s): RII Track 2 FEC: Enabling Factory to Factory (F2F) Networking for Future Manufacturing (NSF)
Tanner Nichols
Current Position: Project Engineer at 3M
B.S. Industrial Engineering, WVU, 2017 - 2022
Topic: Automated Visual Inspection and Energy Data Analytics in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): Scalable curricula for Smart Manufacturing Shop floor & machine tool data analytics (CESMII/DoE); UG Research Fellowship
Joshua Gross
Current Position: Software Engineer at Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI)
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, WVU, 2017 - 2021
Topic: Smart Products and AR in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): Design for Manufacturability and Assembly for Patented Prototype Used for Recoil Reduction System (industry); UG Research Fellowship
Graduated as one of 2021 WVU Outstanding Seniors!
Murad Hamirani
Current Position: Software Developer at Leidos
B.S. Computer Science, WVU, 2018 - 2022
Topic: Smart Products in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): Bucklew Scholar; UG Research Fellowship
Joseph Sullivan
Current Position: Enterprise Architect at Deloitte
B.S. Computer Science, WVU, 2017 - 2021
Topic: Smart Products in Smart Manufacturing Systems
Project(s): Bucklew Scholar; UG Research Fellowship
William Keefe
Current Position: Associate Engineering Specialist at Merck
B.S. Industrial Engineering
West Virginia University, USA, 2018 - 2020.
Gabriela Lais Rozati
Current Position: Business Manager at ALTEN UK - Engineering and Technology Consulting
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
West Virginia University, USA, 2016 - 2017 & EEP - Escolar de Engenharia de Piracicaba, Brazil.
Matthew McHugh
Current Position: Senior Engineering Specialist at Philips
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
West Virginia University, USA, 2016 - 2017.
Christian Stone
Current Position: District Sales Representative at Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company
B.S. Industrial Engineering
West Virginia University, USA, 2017 - 2018.
Garret Carden
Current Position: Associate Brand Manager at Mar-Bal, Inc
B.S. Industrial Engineering
West Virginia University, USA, 2016 - 2017.
visiting students
Philipp Goennheimer
Current Position: Chief Engineer at wbk Insititute of Production Science, Germany
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2023.
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, (KIT), Germany
Anne Probst
Current Position: Data and Process Manager at Siemens Healthineers
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2020-2021.
M.S. Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, (KIT), Germany
Helen Torlino
Current Position: Analyst, Supply Planning - ACT at SC Johnson
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2019-2020.
M.S. Engineering/Industrial Management at Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Vadim Kapp
Current Position: Machine Learning Engineer at AZERO GmbH
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2019-2020.
M.S. Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, (KIT), Germany
Dr. Michela Zambetti
Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher at Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2019.
Ph.D. Technology, Innovation and Management at University of Bergamo, Italy
Valerio Pelosi
Current Position: Area Manager at Amazon
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2019.
M.S. Engineering/Industrial Management at Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Dr. Christoph Liebrecht
Current Position: Disruptive and Special Technology Support at Siemens
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2019.
Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, (KIT), Germany
Dr. Karan Menon
Current Position: Researcher at Tampere University
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2018.
Ph.D. Industrial and Information Management at Tampere University, Finland
Darja Wagner-Kampik
Current Position: Researcher at BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2017-2018.
Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) Production Engineering at University of Bremen, Germany
Jonas Kohls
Current Position: Senior Strategy Consultant bei Siemens Management Consulting
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2017-2018.
M.S. Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, (KIT), Germany
Stefan Wellsandt
Current Position: Researcher at BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2017.
Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) Production Engineering at University of Bremen, Germany
Patrick Schmid
Current Position: Strategic Product Manager Sensor Integration Products at SICK
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2017.
M.S. Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, (KIT), Germany
Joerg Siegel
Current Position: Co-founder at RoomPriceGenie.com
Visiting Researcher at West Virginia University, USA, 2017.
M.S. Industrial Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, (KIT), Germany