Current Members

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Xiuzhen Ye

joined in October 2024

  • Education
    • Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield (2023), advised by Iñaki Esnaola, thesis: Sparsity and Coordination Constraints on Stealth Data Injection Attacks.
    • M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, South China University of Technology (2019), advised by Tianyao Ji
    • B.S. Smart Grid Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (2016)
  • Email: xye7@ncsu.edu
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiuzhen-ye-443a52330/
  • Research Area: Problems at the information-theoretic and control-theoretic foundations of process systems engineering

Born in Fujian, China, Xiuzhen enjoys exploring new things both in science and daily life. Along with her curiosity, Chinese dancing and physical exercise have been her long-term hobbies since young. She had fun being a dancer in the art troupe in school and a member of the university badminton team. Recently, she has developed interests in bouldering and control theory... 

Ph.D. Students (3)

Moritz Woelk

joined in Fall 2022, currently 3rd year

  • Education
    • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware (2022)
  • Email: mwoelk@ncsu.edu
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moritz-woelk-3b5221175/
  • Research area: Data-driven control methods and process applications
  • Hobbies: Playing soccer, weightlifting, and hanging out with friends

Cormak L. Weeks

co-advised with Prof. Lilian C. Hsiao

joined in Fall 2022, currently 3rd year

  • Education
    • B.S. Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University (2022)
    • B.S. Chemistry, Texas Tech University (2022)
  • Email: clweeks@ncsu.edu
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cormak
  • Research area: AI-driven microstructure control of printed soft materials
  • Hobbies: Swimming, painting, cooking, and traveling

Damilola Fasiku

joined in Fall 2023, currently 2nd year

  • Education
    • B.S. Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University (2020)
  • Email: dfasiku@ncsu.edu
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damilola-fasiku/
  • Research area: Distributed optimization for large-scale problems
  • Hobbies: Listening to music, playing soccer, and playing the piano

Jarod E. Morris

joined in Fall 2024, currently 1st year

  • Education
    • B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of South Alabama (2024)
  • Email: jemorri4@ncsu.edu
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarod-morris-952515208/
  • Research area: Data-driven control theory
  • Hobbies: Playing soccer, sketching, hiking, and weightlifting

Undergraduate Researchers (3)

Angela Ni

joined in Fall 2023, currently in the junior year

  • Email: ani3@ncsu.edu
  • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/angela-ni-665844253
  • Research Area: Data-driven methods for state observer synthesis
  • Hobbies: Watching anime, solve Rubik's cube, and try new cuisines

Leyao Huang

joined in Fall 2024, currently in the senior year

  • Email: lhuang24@ncsu.edu
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leyao-huang-90903024b/
  • Research Area: Zeroth-order and first-order optimization for nonlinear controller auto-tuning
  • Hobbies: Watching movies, experimenting with new recipes in cooking, playing tennis

Tyler Simpson

joined in Fall 2024, currently in the junior year