MEMBERS
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Yiliang “Leon” Liao
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Iowa State University
3020 Black Engineering
2529 Union Drive, Ames, IA 50011
leonl@iastate.edu | (515) 294-1325
Associate Editor: Journal of Manufacturing Processes
Youth Editor: International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2012
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD, 2008
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China, 2006
CURRENT MEMBERS
Md Fazlay Rubbi
PhD Student
fazlay@iastate.edu
Google Scholar
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia, 2021
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Bangladesh, 2018
Mohammad Merajul Haque
PhD Student
meraj@iastate.edu
Google Scholar
M.S., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2017
B.S., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2013
ALUMNI
Dr. Xing Zhang
Current position: Assistant Professor, Soochow University
Google Scholar
Ph.D., Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, 2021
Dr. Bo Mao
Current Position: Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
Google Scholar
Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, 2020
Dr. Ali Baghersaghchi Khorasani
Current Position: Process Engineer, Aligh Technology, San Jose, CA
Postdoc, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, 2020-2021
Ph.D., Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, 2020
Christopher Yocom
Current Position: Lead Engineer, Ford Motor Company, TN
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 2017
Rebecca Histed
Current Position: Senior Mechanical Engineer, Redwood Materials, Sparks, NV
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, 2020
Visiting Scholar: Dr. Yingwen Duan, Associate Professor, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Zachary Premach, B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 2020
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Aaron Do, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 2018
