I am a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, advised by Prof. Kaibo Liu. I received an M.S. in Computer Science from UW–Madison in 2025. Before joining UW–Madison, I earned an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering in 2022 and a B.S. in Material Engineering and Finance in 2019, both at South China University of Technology.

last updated: Sep. 2026

Research Interests

• Degradation Modeling and Prognostics

• Machine Learning and Industrial AI (LLMs, AI Agents,and Generative Models)

• Digital Twins

• Markov Decision Processes and Reinforcement Learning

• Optimization and Data-Driven Decision-Making

Application Areas

• Smart Manufacturing

• Logistics Robotics

• Fusion Facilities and Nuclear Energy Systems

🎖️ Honors and Awards

• Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, 2026–2027

• Feature Article Selection, IISE Transactions, 2026

• Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Award Nominee, Dept. of ISyE, UW–Madison, 2025–2026

• IISE Future Faculty Fellow (3F), IISE, 2025–2026

• Narayan–Chen Family Graduate Student Support Fund Scholarship, UW–Madison, 2025

• Best Paper Finalist, DAIS Section, IISE Annual Conference & Expo, 2023

• ISyE Graduate Student Travel Award, UW–Madison, 2023

• Chancellor’s Opportunity Award, UW–Madison, 2022

• National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China, 2017

📷 Interests

Outside of research, I enjoy photography, hiking, tennis, and movies. I often take photos during my hikes, and some of my photography can be found here.