Ph.D. Student Position @ The University of Tennessee Knoxville (Industrial an...

Title: Ph.D. Student Position @ The University of Tennessee Knoxville (Industrial and Systems
Engineering)

Dr. Bing Yao with the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University
of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) is looking for Ph.D. students starting from Fall 2023. The
prospective students will receive full doctoral-level financial support with a tuition waiver.
Dr. Bing Yao is an Assistant Professor at UTK. She received her dual-title PhD degree in
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University. She
received her master’s degree in physics from Penn State and Bachelor’s degree in physics from
the University of Science and Technology of China. Her research focuses on the development
of innovative data-driven models for smart health and advanced manufacturing. Specifically, her
research interests include:

• Big data analytics for spatiotemporal complex systems
• Physics-informed machine learning
• Computer simulation and optimization
• Biomedical and health informatics
• Data mining and signal processing
• Markov decision process and sequential decision making
• Sensor-based modeling and control of additive manufacturing
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For more information about her research, please visit her website:
https://sites.google.com/view/yaobing/home.

The University of Tennessee Knoxville is Tennessee’s flagship university, a campus of choice
for outstanding undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution. The campus is in one of the
most beautiful areas of the country, with easy access to miles of inland waterways, pristine state
and national parks, diverse cultural opportunities, and a blend of convenient urban and rural
living settings. Downtown Knoxville, adjacent to campus, is a thriving neighborhood filled with
restaurants, shops, and indoor and outdoor entertainment venues, and is home to the Knoxville
Symphony Orchestra, the Knoxville Opera Company, annual international festivals, such as the
Big Ears Music Festival, and seasonal weekly events such as Jazz on the Square, Shakespeare
on the Square, and the Farmers Market. Please find more information about the University of
Tennessee Knoxville and the ISE department at https://www.utk.edu and https://ise.utk.edu.
Prospective students are expected to have a strong background in programming, statistics,
optimization, and mathematics, with a major in industrial engineering, statistics, computer
science, mathematics, physics, or other related engineering majors.
To apply:
If interested, please contact Bing Yao (byao3@utk.edu) with a detailed CV and college
education transcript.