Team

We are looking for new team members!

PI

Wenhao Yang

Assistant Professor

Dr. Victor A. Zaloom Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

College of Engineering

Lamar University, 4400 MLK Blvd., PO Box 10009, Beaumont, Texas 77710

Lakshmana Ayyalasomayajula (Avinash)

DE Student

Rezwanul Ashraf Ruddro

DE Student

This could be you!

See openings for more info

Name	Degree	Duration	Thesis	Current Position
Rezwanul Ashraf Ruddro	M.S.	2025 – 2026	Development of an Immersive VR Learning System With LLM-Integrated Avatar for Educational Assistance	Continuing DE student at Lamar University
Muhammad Ilyas Mubarik	M.S.	2024 – 2026	Advanced Mixed Reality Training for First Responders in Hurricane Scenarios

Name	Affiliation
Cheng Han	University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC)
Yueqing Li	Lamar University
Cheng-Hsien Lin	Lamar University
Xinyu Liu	Lamar University
Dongfang Liu	Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Jiebo Luo	University of Rochester
Ruixiang Tang	Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Qifan Wang	Meta MRS Research
Yan Yan	Lamar University

Heather Martindale is helping us (and other groups) with administration.