Nailong Zhang

a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was recently nominated as a finalist in the Best Student Paper competition for the Process Industry Track at the 2015 Industrial and Systems Engineer Research Conference (ISERC). Zhang conducted his research under the mentorship of assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering Qingyu Yang. Together, the two co-authored the paper titled "A random effect autologistic regression model with application for characterizing variation of multiple microstructure samples," and submitted it to the conference. A panel will decide the winner based on presentation and response given at the ISERC conference to be held in Nashville, TN May 30-Jun. 2, 2015.