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Fully Funded PhD Openings
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Our group at Florida State University is recruiting motivated PhD students for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026! If interested, please email your C.V., academic background (expertise/skills), and intended research direction to Dr. Zhang (xinyaozhang@ufl.edu). In the email subject, specify PhD Application - Expected Enrollment Term (Fall 2025 / Spring 2026).
Join Us as Undergraduate or Graduate Researcher
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We are seeking curious minds to explore research areas in AI‑Enhanced Manufacturing Modeling, Human‑Robot Collaboration Prediction, and other inspiring projects.
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Xinyao (Cynthia) Zhang
Upcoming Assistant
Professor in Industrial &
Manufacturing Engineering
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publications
Automatic Screw Detection and Tool Recommendation System for Robotic Disassembly
Published in Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 2022
Xinyao Zhang, Kareem Eltouny, Xiao Liang, Sara Behdad
Unsupervised Human Activity Recognition Learning for Disassembly Tasks
Published in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2023
Xinyao Zhang, Daiyao Yi, Sara Behdad, Shreya Saxena
Early Prediction of Human Intention for Human–Robot Collaboration Using Transformer Network
Published in Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 2024
Xinyao Zhang, Sibo Tian, Xiao Liang, Minghui Zheng, Sara Behdad
Multi-Task Learning for Intention and Trajectory Prediction in Human–Robot Collaborative Disassembly Tasks
Published in Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 2025
Xinyao Zhang, Sibo Tian, Xiao Liang, Minghui Zheng, Sara Behdad
Predictive Repair Management Using Multi-Head Attention Transformer and Online Learning
Published in ASME-IDETC, 2025
Xinyao Zhang, Willie Cade, Karl R. Haapala, Arun Natarajan, Sara Behdad
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Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014
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Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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