Our Team
Director
Dong Zhang, Assistant Professor
Post-doc, Carnegie Mellon University in Mechanical Engineering (2020-2021)
Ph.D./M.S., University of California, Berkeley in Systems Engineering (2020)
B.S., University of Michigan in Civil and Environmental Engineering (2015)
B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2015)
E-mail: dzhang [at] ou.edu
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Graduate Students
Yuichi Kajiura
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering [Since Fall 2022]
M. S., Northeastern University in Computer Science (2021-2022)
M. Eng., The University of Tokyo in System Innovation (2019-2021)
Graduate Certificate, Stanford University in Data Mining (2018-2019)
B. Eng., Keio University in Applied Physics and Physico-Informatics (2005-2009)
E-mail: yuichi [at] ou.edu
Jorge Esteban Espin
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering [Since Spring 2023]
M. S., Universidad de los Hemisferios in Project Management (2021-2022)
B. S., National Polytechnic School in Electronic and Control Eng. (2015-2021)
E-mail: jorge.espin [at] ou.edu
Mehrab Hasan
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering [Since Fall 2024
M. S., University of North Texas in Material Science and Engineering (2022-2024)
B. S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Naval Architechture and Marine Engineering (2016-2021)
E-mail: mehrab.hasan-1 [at] ou.edu
Wonoo Choo
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering [Since Spring 2025]
M. E., University of Queensland in Mechatronic, Robotics, and Automation
B. E., University of Queensland in Mechatronic, Robotics, and Automation
E-mail: w.choo [at] ou.edu
Zhicheng Xu
Ph.D. student, Mechanical Engineering [Since Spring 2025]
M. S., Oregon State University in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (2021)
B. S., Ningbo University in  Electrical & Automation Engineering (2016)
E-mail: zhicheng.xu [at] ou.edu
Toan Matsumoto
M. S. student, Mechanical Engineering [Since Fall 2024]
B. S., The University of Oklahoma in Mechanical Engineering (2019-2023)
E-mail: toan.matsumoto [at] ou.edu
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
Michael Williams, now graduate student at The Pennsylvania State University, Mechanical Engineering.
Logan Scott, now with US Navy.
Bryant Pelkey, now Associate Instrument Engineer at Valero.