COSS Lab

COSS Lab – People

Faculty

Weihang Zhu, Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, and joint appointments in Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston (Ph.D., NC State University 2003; BS/MS, Zhejiang University 1997/2000)

Postdoc Researchers

TBD, Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, co-advised by Dr. Suresh Khator

Graduate Students

Bikram Koirala, Doctoral Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2019 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song, passed qualifying exam in August 2021, mushroom harvesting system)
Arturo Haces-Garcia, Doctoral Candidate, Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2020 (co-advisor Dr. Miao Pan, passed qualifying exam in November 2021, VR/AR)
Ji’An Chen, Doctoral Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2021 (main co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song, Structure Health Monitoring, passed qualifying exam in January 2023)
Jiming Kang, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2022 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song, mechanics/mushroom harvesting system)
Himansu Shaw, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Summer 2023 (main co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song)
Shengjun Lu, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2023 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song)
Raman Silwal, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2023 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song)
Abishek Kafle, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2023 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song)
Pratikshya Tiwari, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2023 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song)
Sharad Oli, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2024 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song)
MD Kashfin, Doctoral Student, Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2024 (co-advisor Dr. Suresh Khator)
Manjul Regmi, Master Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Spring 2023
Abdollah Zakeri, Doctoral Student, Computer Science, University of Houston, since Spring 2023 (advised by Dr. Fatima Merchant and Dr. Driss Benhaddou, sponsored by a USDA grant from our lab)

Visiting Scholar

Undergraduate

Collaborator

University of Houston (TX, USA): Dr. Venkatesh Balan (Biotech), Dr. Driss Benhaddou (ELET), Dr. Zheng Fan (MECT), Dr. Li Sun (ME), Dr. Gangbing Song (ME), Dr. Lei Fan (EPET), Dr. Augustina Reyes (Education), Dr. Paige Evans (teachHOUSTON), Dr. Mariam Manuel (teachHOUSTON), Ms. Ramona Mateer (teachHOUSTON), Dr. Yisha Xiang (IE), Dr. Gino Lim (IE), Dr. Fatima Merchant (CET), Dr. Xiaonan Shan (ECE), Dr. Tomika Greer (HRD)
MD Anderson Cancer Center: Dr. Gregory Reece
Prairie View A&M University: Dr. Ray Ram
Lamar University (TX, USA): Dr. Brian Craig (IE), Dr. James Curry (IE), Dr. Alberto Marquez (IE), Dr Xinyu Liu (IE), Dr. Yueqing Li (IE), Dr. Xuejun Fan (ME), Dr. Jenny Zhou (ME), Dr. Xianchang Li (ME), Dr. Helen Lou (ChemE), Dr. Nicholas Brake (CE), Dr. Julia Yoo (Edu), Dr. Dorothy Sisk (Edu).
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Dr. Cunjiang Yu
North Carolina State University (NC, USA): Dr. Yuan-Shin Lee.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, USA): Dr. Mandayam Srinivasan.
Zhejiang University (China): Dr. Wei Li (Energy Engineering) et al.
Autodesk Corporation (MI, USA): Dr. Yongfu Ren.
University of Tulsa (OK, USA) : Dr. Wen-Chyuan Chiang.
Santa Clara University (CA, USA): Dr. Gangshu George Cai.
Old Dominion University (NC, USA): Dr. Yaohang Li, Dr. Sandeep Kumar
American Bureau of Shipping, Dr. Kevin McSweeney.
Baker Hughes, Dr. Pugalenthi Pandian.

Alumni

Sandesh Risal, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2023, postdoc 2024, now at Samson Control USA
Patricia Kurniawan, Computer Science, University of Houston, REU summer 2024
Harris Adnan, Computer Science, University of Houston, REU summer 2024
Khoa Nguyen, Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, REU summer 2024
Ezra Wari, Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, Spring 2020 – Spring 2024 (co-advisor Dr. Gino Lim, Maintenance Scheduling and Optimization/Offshore Safety/Energy Modeling)
Muhammad M. Hussain, Doctoral Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Spring 2020 (co-advisor Dr. Li Sun, passed qualifying exam in December 2021, Bioink/Tissue Engineering)
Guoyang Shen, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2023 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song)
Sandesh Risal, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2023, Computational Materials/Machine Learning/Energy Modeling, co-advised by Dr. Li Sun.
Charles Ortiz, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston (summer 2023 NSF REU)
Huy Nguyen, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Houston (summer 2023 NSF REU)
Jonathan Olvera, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Houston (summer 2022, summer 2023)
Zhaoyi Zhang, Ph.D., Dalian Maritime University, July 2022 – July 2023
Shashank Adhikari, Master Student, Industrial Engineering, University of Houston, Spring 2023
Christopher Kelly, Master Student, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Fall 2021 – Spring 2023, 3D printing
Joshua Clark, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Houston (summer 2021)
Edward Fabian, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston (summer 2022 NSF REU)
Ashok Lama, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Houston (summer 2022)
Davis Drake, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Houston (summer 2021, summer 2022 NSF REU)
Gan Liu, Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas – Austin (summer 2021 NSF REU)
Kevin Diaz, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Houston (summer 2021 NSF REU)
Samprash Risal, Doctoral Student, Materials Engineering, University of Houston, since Fall 2021 (advisor Dr. Zheng Fan, battery testing)
Jayasankar Sivakumar, Master Student, Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, RA in summer 2022
Kais Khemakhem, Master Student, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Fall 2020 – Spring 2022, 3D printing
Ning Lou, Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2020 (co-advisor Dr. Gangbing Song)
Acyut Kaneria, Doctor of Engineering student, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University;
Kamal Thapa, Master of Engineering Science, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated May 2018;
Arash Abedi, Doctor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated May 2017;
Mohammad Altayeb, Doctor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated May 2017;
Sumit Piya, Master of Engineering Science, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated May 2017;
Ezra Wari, Doctor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated December 2015;
Alem Demissie, Doctor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated December 2015;
Md. A. Islam, Master of Engineering Science, Mechanical Engineering, Lamar University, graduated December 2013;
Ganesh Mudunuri, Doctor of Engineering Science, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated August 2013;
Eric Qi Xie, Master of Engineering Science, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated May 2013;
Anjali Mishra, Master of Engineering Science, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated Dec 2009.
Bhavan Parikh, Master of Engineering Science, Mechanical Engineering, Lamar University, graduated Aug 2008.
Tirumalesh Chintamani, Master of Computer Science, Computer Science, Lamar University, graduated Dec 2006.
Sudarsan Raghavan, Master of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated Dec 2006;
Satish Masilamani, Master of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, graduated Dec 2006.