Graduate Student Mentors

Transitioning into graduate school can be a stressful experience. That’s why the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering established a peer mentorship program — to give new graduate students helpful advice and a support network during their first year of graduate-level study.

Peer mentors serve as a helpful guide, providing experience and advice about research, networking, time management, relationships with advisors and faculty, and much more.

Mentors are an available resource from the time you receive admission to the graduate program through your first year of graduate studies.

Email	Name	Degree	Advisor	Research Area
aanu@vt.edu	Aanuoluwapo Ojelade	PhD	Dr. Maury Nussbaum	Human Factors
abhraneild@vt.edu	Abhraneil Dam	PhD	Dr. Myounghoon Jeon	Human Factors
alexandria@vt.edu	Alexandria Rossi Alvarez	PhD	Dr. Charlie Klauer	Human Factors
anirudh1@vt.edu	Anirudh More	PhD	Dr. Nathan Lau	Human Factors
annosi@vt.edu	Ann Osi	PhD	Dr. Navid Ghaffarzadegan	Management Systems
boshen@vt.edu	Bo Shen	PhD	Dr. Zhenyu "James" Kong	Manufacturing Systems
cheolheil@vt.edu	Cheolhei Lee	PhD	Dr. Xiaowei Yue	Operations Research
hesam@vt.edu	Hesam Mahmoudi	PhD	Dr. Navid Ghaffarzadegan	Management Systems
jihoon7@vt.edu	Jihoon Chung	PhD	Dr. Zhenyu "James" Kong	Manufacturing Systems
kartikrf@vt.edu	Kartik Kulkarni	PhD	Dr. Manish Bansal	Operations Research
manhua@vt.edu	Manhua Wang	PhD	Dr. Myounghoon Jeon	Human Factors
mayursk@vt.edu	Mayuranath SureshKumar	PhD	Dr. Hanumanth Kannan	Management Systems
mohammadbeigi@vt.edu	Mohammad Beigi	PhD	Dr. KostasTriantis	Management Systems
alrezq@vt.edu	Mohammed Alrezq	PhD	Dr. Eileen Van Aken	Management Systems
jnan97@vt.edu	Nan Jiang	PhD	Dr. Weijun Xie	Operations Research
obinna@vt.edu	Obinna Ugwu	PhD	Dr. Joe Gabbard	Human Factors
raghavg@vt.edu	Raghav Gnanasambandam	PhD	Dr. Zhenyu "James" Kong	Manufacturing Systems
rlg1990@vt.edu	Richard Greatbatch	PhD	Dr. Joe Gabbard	Human Factors
rxwang@vt.edu	Rongxuan Wang	PhD	Dr. Zhenyu "James" Kong	Manufacturing Systems
rossfw@vt.edu	Ross Williams	PhD	Dr. Niyousha Hosseinichimeh	Management Systems
sharansrini98@vt.edu	Sharan Srinivasan	MS	Dr. Maury Nussbaum	Human Factors
taijungchen@vt.edu	Tai-Jung Chen	PhD	Dr. Kwok Tsui	Operations Research
yinanw@vt.edu	Yinan Wang	PhD	Dr. Xiaowei Yue	Operations Research