YADA  ZHU Department of Industrial &Systems Engineering Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 96 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854 Fax: (732)445-5467 email: yadazhu@eden.rutgers.edu

Education:   2006- Ph.D. candidate, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers, NJ 2009 Master, Statistics, Rutgers, NJ 2005 Master, M.E., National University of Singapore, Singapore 2002 Bachelor, M.E. Beihang University, Beijing, China   Experiences:   2008- Research Assistant (RA), Industrial & Systems Engineering, Rutgers 2006-2008 RA, Center for Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, NSF Science and Technology Center, Rutgers 2008 summer Invited Visiting Researcher, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 2007 summer Invited Visiting Researcher, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 2005-2006 Statistical Process Control Engineer, Kulicke & Soffa (S.E.A.) Pet Ltd, Singapore

Research Projects:

Rutgers university--Accelerated Life Testing (ALT): Investigate equivalent ALT plans under different stress applications Develop ALT model for ALT tests under time-varying stresses Develop optimal ALT plans with multiple stresses Rutgers university--Measurement error: Investigate the effects of measurement errors on container inspection at port-of-entry Develop inspection policies to reduce the effects on container inspection at port-of-entry Hong Kong university--Optimal preventive maintenance scheduling: Investigate a competing risk (degradation and sudden failure) maintenance situation Derive an expected availability model under a non-stationary alternative renew process truced at a given time Develop optimal maintenance schedule in terms of degradation threshold and time to preventive maintenance subjected to repair cost budget National University of Singapore--Statistical process control Develop framework of statistical process control for injection mould fabrication and molding process

Accepted & Submitted Journal Publications: Y. Zhu and E. A. Elsayed, “Optimal accelerated life testing plan with multiple stresses” To be submitted to Naval Research Logistics. Y. Zhu and E. A. Elsayed, “Design equivalent accelerated life testing plan among different stress applications”, To be submitted to IIE Transaction on Quality and Reliability. Y. Zhu, M. Li, C. Young, M. Xie, and E. A. Elsayed, “Impact of measurement error on container inspection policies at port-of-entry”. Accept by Annuals of Operational Research. Y. Zhu, E. A. Elsayed, H. Liao, and P. Y. Chen, “Availability optimization of systems subject to competing risk”. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 202, pp. 781-788, 2010. Y. Zhu and E. A. Elsayed, “Design of equivalent accelerated life testing plan with nonparametric regression models”. Submitted to special issue of International Journal of Quality Technology. C. Young, M. Li, Y. Zhu, M. Xie, E. A. Elsayed, and T. Asamov, “Multi-objective optimization of a port-of-entry inspection policy”. To appear to IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. E. A. Elsayed, C. Young, M. Xie, H. Zhang, and Y. Zhu, “Port-of-entry inspection: sensor deployment policy optimization”. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 6, pp. 265-276, 2009. Y. Zhu, Y. S. Wong, and K. S. Lee, “Framework of computer-aided short-run SPC planning”. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 34, pp. 362-377, 2007.

Book Chapter: E. A. Elsayed, Y. Zhu, H. Zhang and H. Liao, “Investigation of Equivalent Step-Stress Testing Plans,” Recent Advancement of Stochastic Operations Research II, Edited by S., Dohi, T., S. Osaki and Sawaki, K., World Scientific, Singapore, 2008.

Conference Presentation: Y. Zhu and E. A. Elsayed, “Design of optimal reliability test plans with multiple stresses”. IIE Annual Conference and Expo, Miami, Florida, May, 2009. Y. Zhu and E. A. Elsayed, “Optimal design of accelerated life tests with multiple stresses”. 2009 Quality & Productivity Research Conference, IBM T. J. Watson Research Ctr., June, 2009. Y. Zhu and E. A. Elsayed, “Optimal design of multiple stresses accelerated life testing”. 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June, 2009. E. A. Elsayed, Y. Zhu, M. Koskulics, and C. Li, “On optimality and equivalency of accelerated life test plans”, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. 2008. E. A. Elsayed, Y. Zhu, L. Y. Chan, and H. Liao, “Availability optimization of units subject to competing risk”. 14th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Orlando, Florida, USA, August, 2008. Y. Zhu and E. A. Elsayed, “Design of equivalent accelerated life testing plans with nonparametric regression models”. ALT’2008 International Conference on Accelerated Life Testing in Reliability and Quality Control, IMB-Bordeaux, France, June, 2008. Y. Zhu and E. A. Elsayed, “Equivalent testing plans for ramp-stresses and constant-stresses”. 6th IERC, Vancouver, Canada, May, 2008. E. A. Elsayed and Y. Zhu, “Investigation of equivalent accelerated life testing plans”. 2008 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Knoxville, TNN, January, 2008. E. A. Elsayed, H. Zhang, Y. Zhu, and H. Liao, “Investigate of equivalent step-stress testing plans”. The 2007 Recent Advances in Stochastic Operations Research (RASOR), Nanzan university, Japan, March, 2007. Y. Zhu, X. Zhang, and J. M. Seuntjens, “A case study of combining SPC and EPC in multistage manufacturing process”. 2006 Joint Research Conference on Statistics in Quality, Industry and Technology, Knoxville, TN, June 2006.

Professional Societies: Student member of IIE Student member of INFORMS

Professional Services: Referee of Computers and Industrial Engineering Referee of IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering