Research Interests
- Stochastic modeling and optimization of production systems, semiconductor manufacturing, and healthcare delivery systems
- Real-time monitoring and control of additive manufacturing
- Logistics and Supply Chain
Manufacturing and Service Automation Lab
Industrial Engineering, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
Education Background
- PhD, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison
- MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison
- Visiting Scholar, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
- BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Selected Honors and Awards
- Best Student Paper Finalist Award, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2023
- Best Paper Award, IISE Transactions, 2021
- Best Healthcare Paper Award Finalist, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2021
- Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Early Career IE in Academia Award, 2021
- Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, IISE Western Region, 2020
- SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, 2020
- Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2019
- Faculty Residency Award, Mayo-ASU Alliance for Health Care, 2019
- Runner-up Award, NIST RAMP competition, 2018
- Best Student Paper Award Finalist, IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2017
- Best Student Paper Award Finalist, IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM), 2015
- Most Popular Article, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (TASE), 2013
- Best Paper Award, IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modeling, Management and Control (MIM), 2013
Latest News
Feifan has won the finalist award in IEEE CASE best healthcare paper competition. Congratulations!August 27, 2021
Sepehr and Lu won the second place in 2021 ASME-CIE Hackathon. Congratulations!August 22, 2021
Dr. Ju has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure effective this fall.June 1, 2021
Our paper first authored by Feifan won the Best Paper Award in IISE Transactions!May 27, 2021
Dr. Ju has won the Outstanding Faculty Advisor award from IISEMay 27, 2021
Nathan Chmelnik has won the UPS scholarship for minority students from IISE.May 27, 2021
Welcome CS students Elisa and Ethan joining the group as undergraduate researchers.May 10, 2021
Congratulations to Lorenzo, Nathan, Katelyn and Emma for successfully defending their Honor Thesis.April 16, 2021
Feifan successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratualtions Dr. Wang!April 15, 2021
Congratulate Eeshan for successfully defending his MS thesis.April 13, 2021
Dr. Ju is selected to receive the Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Early Career IE in Academia Award.April 8, 2021
Dr. Ju gave a talk on large scale additive manufacturing research at ORIE seminar of UT Austin.March 5, 2021
Dr. Ju has been promoted as the chair of sustainable production technical committee at IEEE RAS.February 5, 2021
Dr. Ju has been assigned as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engneering.January 30, 2021
Sepehr has successfully passed the comprehensive exam. Congratulations!January 30, 2021
Feifan won the prestigious Dean’s Dissertation Award. Congratulations!November 12, 2020
Dr. Ju received funding from NIST on additive manufacturing process controlOctober 1, 2020
Our paper on multi-fidelity modeling and control of production system has been published in IEEE TAC.September 15, 2020
PhD student Chih-Kai received prestigious Fulton Fellowship. Congratulations!July 29, 2020
Dr. Ju received funding from Boeing on factory process improvement.July 16, 2020