{"id":4,"date":"2017-01-13T22:44:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T22:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/liang-zhang\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:26:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/liang-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Liang Zhang Department Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/liang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/IMG_7214-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/liang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/IMG_7214-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/liang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/IMG_7214-633x1024.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/liang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/IMG_7214-768x1243.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/liang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/IMG_7214-624x1010.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.ee.uconn.edu\/liang-zhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/09\/IMG_7214.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Liang Zhang<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Professor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Director of Undergraduate Studies<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Office: ITE 333<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Phone: (860) 486-4462<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:liang.zhang@uconn.edu\">liang.zhang@uconn.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Education:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">PhD, University of Michigan, 2009<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">MS, Tsinghua University, China, 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">BS, Tsinghua University, China, 2002<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Research Interests:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Modeling, analysis, continuous improvement, design, control, and energy efficient operations of manufacturing and service systems; Mathematical modeling and analysis of battery systems<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Appointments:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2018 \u2013 Present\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer<b><br \/>\n<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Engineering, University of Connecticut<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b><\/b>2013 \u2013 2018\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer<b><br \/>\n<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Engineering, University of Connecticut<b><br \/>\n<\/b>2009 \u2013 2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing<b><br \/>\n<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Research Lab:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sps.ee.uconn.edu\/\">Smart Production Systems Lab<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Google Scholar Profile:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=HZDBkOcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Memberships:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Honors and Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2016 Best Student Paper Award Finalist, 12th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and\u00a0Engineering, Fort Worth, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2014 Best Paper Award, 10th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Taipei,\u00a0Taiwan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2014 Best Paper Award, IIE Transactions Focused Issue on Design and Manufacturing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2013 Best Textbook Award (2nd Prize), Chinese Translation of Production Systems Engineering,\u00a0Association of Chinese University Presses, China<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2009 Best Track Paper Award, 13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, Moscow, Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2004 Best Paper Award, Chinese Conference on Decision and Control, Huangshan, China<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2002 Outstanding Paper Award, 1st International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, Beijing, China<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liang Zhang Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies Office: ITE 333 Phone: (860) 486-4462 Email: liang.zhang@uconn.edu Education: PhD, University of Michigan, 2009 MS, Tsinghua University, China, 2004 BS, Tsinghua University, China, 2002 Research Interests: Modeling, analysis, continuous improvement, design, control, and energy efficient operations of manufacturing and service systems; 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