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Left: The RIA Research group at the Rutgers Energy Lab next to the RIA Solar Testbed (Photo taken in Summer 2021). Right: The RIA Research Group social get-together in Highland Park (Photo taken in Spring 2023)

 

Principal Investigator and Lab Director: Dr. Ahmed Aziz Ezzat

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rutgers University.

Scholarly Affiliate, Rutgers AI & Data Science (RAD) Collaboratory

Faculty Affiliate, Rutgers Climate & Energy Institute (RCEI).

PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2019

Professional Affiliations: INFORMS, IISE, IEEE, IIF.

Biography (for invited talks): Dr. Aziz Ezzat’s Biography

Curriculum Vitae: AzizEzzat-CV

Links: Google Scholar; LinkedIn.

 

 

Post-doctoral Associates & Ph.D. Researchers: 

 

Yating Fang (Post-doctoral Fellow)

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rutgers Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (RAD) Collaboratory, Rutgers University, 2025 – Present. 

Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rutgers University, 2025

Professional Affiliations: INFORMS, IISE, IEEE.

Research Interests: Physics-Informed & Scientific ML, Deep Learning, Materials & Industrial Informatics

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Jiaxiang Ji (PhD Researcher)

 

Ph.D. student in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University.

M.A., Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022.

B.S., Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Nankai University, 2021.

Research Interests: Spatio-Temporal Machine Learning, AI for Energy & Environment.

 

 

 

 

Keyi Wang (PhD Researcher)

Ph.D. student in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University.

M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, 2022.

B.S., Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Nankai University, 2020.

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Quality, Reliability, and Maintenance Optimization

 

 

 

Jungmin Kim (PhD Researcher)

Ph.D. student in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University.

M.S., Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, 2022.

B.S., Industrial and Management Engineering, Korea University, 2020.

Research Interests: Machine Learning, Data Mining.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdventure/

Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jdventure/bio?authuser=0

 

 

 

Yupei Shu (PhD Researcher)

Ph.D. student in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rutgers University.

M.S., Operations Research, Columbia University, 2024.

B.A., Mathematics, Rutgers University, 2022.

Research Interests: Physics-Informed ML, Spatio-Temporal Data Science, Industrial AI

LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/yupeishu

 

 

 

Undergraduate Researchers: 

Michael Galsim (Undergraduate Researcher) 

NSF REU Researcher, 2024-2025.

Paul and Jenna Segal Foundation Scholar, 2025-2026. 

B.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University, 2026.

B.A., Computer Science, Rutgers University, 2026.

Research Interests: Decision-making under uncertainty, Optimization & algorithmic modeling, ML-for-OR / data-driven optimization

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgalsim/

 

 

Murat Turkeli (Undergraduate Researcher)  

B.S. Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rutgers University, 2027

Research Interests: Digital Twins, Forecasting, Autonomous Thermal Monitoring and Analytics with UAVs, AI-Driven Data Center Energy Efficiency

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/murat-turkeli

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Lab Members:

PhDs: 
  • Petros Papadopoulos (2023), Now with Metlen Energy, Greece.
  • Feng Ye (2025), Now Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, USA.
  • Yating Fang (2025), Now Postdoc Fellow in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (RAD), Rutgers Univ., USA
MSc (Thesis):  
  • Bhavya Jain (2021), Now with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as a Data Scientist.
  • Praanjal Nasery (2021), Now with EPRI as Wind Energy Scientist.
  • Cory Petersen (2025), Now with Lockheed Martin as Industrial Engineer.
MS (Research): 
  • Vaibhav Panchal (2022), Now Senior Data Scientist at Rivian.
  • Rushil Patel (2022), Now with Wayfair as a Supply Chain & Operations Engineer
  • Vinay Kolanuvada (2022).
  • Dhiraj Bagul (2023), Now with Barclays as a Software Developer
  • Yiming Deng (2022).
  • Xinxi Zhang (2024), Now a PhD Student in Computer Science at Rutgers University
  • Priyank Patel (2024), Now with Humanscale as a Product Engineer
  • Sai Srichandra Ravuri (2025). 
  • Peter Adly Malak (2025). 
  • Abdelrahman Sawy (2025). 
  • Fabio Gunderson (2025), Now a Data Scientist at Johnson & Johnson
Undergraduate (Research): 
  • Irfan Peer (2020), Now with Deloitte as an Analyst.
  • Jeffery Delva (2020).
  • Fabio Gunderson (2020), Now a Data Scientist at Johnson & Johnson.
  • Xiangyue (Max) Wang (2021), Now a PhD student in Quantum Computing at University of Oxford.
  • Dev Patel (2021), Now with Samsung as Data Scientist.
  • Soham Palande (2021), Now with JP Morgan as a Research Associate.
  • Shreya Jain (2021).
  • Hamidu Barrie (2023), Now with Merck as Associate Specialist Engineer.
  • Andrei Dimitriu (2023).
  • Katherine Moreira (2023), Now with Sargent & Lundy as a Nuclear Power Engineer.
  • Althea Miquela (2023), Now with L3-Harris as an Operations Engineer and MS student at Georgia Tech
  • Nicholas Percarpio (2024), Now with Colgate-Palmolive as Supply Chain Associate.
  • Vishnu Iyengar (2024), Now pursuing an MS in Business and Science at Rutgers.
  • Prisha Bhamre (2025)
  • Briana Worrell (2025)
  • Nathaniel Vinoya (2025), Now with U.S. Air Force as Operations Research Analyst.
  • Jeeva Ramasamy, (2025), Now pursing MS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech.
High School Interns: 
  • Dylan Liu-Walter (2020), Millburn High School, NJ.
  • Winston Ni (2022), Princeton Day School, NJ.
  • Andy Xu (2022), Millburn High School, NJ.