BEST Visiting Scholars, Students and Postdoctoral Researchers

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1.1987/89Xio Wan WangProfessor at Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing Peoples Republic of China. Fuzzy logic and supervisory control.
2.Spring 1989John S. Gero, Russell Severance Springer ProfessorProfessor of Architectural Science and Director of Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia and Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University. AI in Design.
3.Spring 1989Maria Angeles GilProfessor from Department de Matematicas at the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain. Fuzzy logic and Bayes’ networks.
4.Spring 1989Javier Sanchez-ReyesProfessor from ETSEIB, Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. Bayes’ networks and neural-fuzzy networks for diagnostics, sensor validation and supervisory control.
5.1991-92Xueli YuProfessor of Computer Science from Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, China. Diagnostics and artificial intelligence.
6.Spring 1993Michael Gerald MaddenProfessor from University College, Ireland. Bayes’ networks and probabilistic methods for diagnostics and monitoring.
7.1994-95Masao ArakawaProfessor from Waseda University, Japan. Fuzzy optimization using influence diagrams and design databases.
8.1994-95Luciano Sanchez-RamosProfessor from Department de Matematicas at the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
9.Spring 1996Thomas LarsonResearcher from Technical University of Denmark. Mult-sensor data fusion.
10.Spring 1996Akiko IdeResearcher from NEC, Japan. User Interface Design for educational software environments.
11.1997-99Ronald M. DolinResearcher from Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. Bayes’ Nets, influence diagrams and probabilistic methods for diagnostic and monitoring.
12.1997-99Susan ChaoPostdoctoral researcher from Engineering-Economic Systems, Stanford University. Decision analysis, equipment diagnostics, monitoring and warranty decision making.
13.1998-2000Janio AkamatsuProfessor from UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Guarantingueta, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Engineering education, educational technology and educational assessment.
14.1999-2000Anita FlynnActing Assistant Professor. Research in Micromechanical Electronic Systems (MEMS) and teaching mechatronics design courses.
15.2000-02Shijun QuiProfessor from Xiamen University in China, Berkeley Scholars Program. Research on artificial intelligence, sensor fusion and supervisory control for mechanical systems diagnostics.
16.2000-02Chee Peng LimFulbright Scholar and Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Science Malaysia, Engineering Campus. Research on neural-fuzzy intelligent systems for medical decision support.
17.2000-02Shu-Xun ChenProfessor in the School of Space Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and former Director of the Key Laboratory for Modern Design and Advance Manufactory at Guangxi University. Research on mechanical design and multiobjective optimization.
18.2004-05Juha KelaVTT Finland, industrial visitor, mobile and embedded computing technologies in consumer products.
19.2004-06Xia TengDr. Teng received her PhD in materials science and engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 1993. Since graduating she has worked on medical information systems and several e-Learning initiatives.
20.2005-06Chiung-Hui ChiuDr. Chiu is a Professor in the Graduate Institute of Computer Science and Information Education at the National University of Tainan in Taiwan. Her main research interests focus on investigating the designs of computer-based systems, particularly for design and learning.
21.2005-06Jia-long WuPost-doctoral Researcher, computational linguistics, digital libraries.
22.2006-07Igor VernerDr. Verner is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education in Technology and Science at the Technion University in Israel. His research is in educational technology and learning environments for engineering.
23.2007-08Vincente BorjaProfessor of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, UNAM, Mexico City. Studied sustainable product design and manufacturing.
24.2007-08Erik KolbVisiting student, Aachen University, Germany. Design theory and methods.
25.2007-09Joceslise JacquesVisiting student, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – Brazil. Sustainable product design.
26.2007-08Aydin TaghizadehVisiting student, Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden. Green CAD.
27.2009-10Stefaan SimonsProfessor of Chemical Engineering, University College London; grant from the Royal National Academy to study sustinable engineering and CO2 technologies.
28.2010-11Kyoung Jun LeeVisiting professor from Kyung Hee University, South Korea, working on “Integration of Product, Service, and Business Model Development Methodology through Design and Service Science Approach”.
29.2010-11Wang HaoVisiting student from the University of Tokyo working on “Value Cognition System for Innovation Product Development and Chance Discovery for Decision-making”.
30.2010-11Hal AronsonDr. Aronson is a visiting scholar from WE CARE Solar.
31.2011-12Stefano MoretVisiting student from Padua University working on “Energy Harvesting & Data Analysis of Smart Lighting in Sutardja Dai Hall”, 2011.
32.2011-12Yunlu ZhangVisiting student from Wuhan University working on data mining and digital libraries.
33.2012-13Chunyan LiangLecturer in the School of Economics and Management in the North China Electric Power University, P.R.China working on digital libraries and sustainable product design and manufacturing.
34.2013-15Ying TianLecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the Tianjin University working on methods for modeling a product’s energy footprint, particularly in the early stages of the design process.
35.2013-14Yinan LaiProgram Director of the Mechanical Engineering Division at the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Prior to this appointment, she served as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Dean at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China. Her research involves design methods for digital design and virtual prototyping.
35.2014-14Celeste RoschuniPostdoctoral Researcher. Focus on human-centered design in education and practice. Entrepreneurial lead on theDesignExchange.
36.2015-16SeungEok ChoiIndustry Visitor, UX Lab, DMC R&D Center, Samsung Electronics.
37.2015-16Syed Imran AliDoctoral Fellow, Clean Water in Refugee Camps, Blum Center for Developing Economies, UC Berkeley.
38.2015-16Kweku Opoku-AgyemangDoctoral Fellow, ITC and Democracy in Ghana, Blum Center for Developing Economies, UC Berkeley.
39.2015-16Kevin LeahyFulbright Student Fellow, University College Cork.
39.2016-17Chengwei ChangVisiting doctoral student from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China. Focus on computational design.
39.2016-17Matilde Bisballe JensenVisiting doctoral student from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Institute of Engineering Design and Materials. Focus on early state prototype-driven behavior.
39.2016-17Euiyoung KimPostdoctoral Researcher. Focus on human-centered design and design roadmapping
39.2018-23Vivek RaoPostdoctoral Researcher. Focus on Design of Emerging Technologies

Current  |  MS Theses  |  Ph.D. Dissertations  |  Other Ph.D. Dissertations   |  Visiting ScholarsAgogino C.V.