Zhiyang Zhang

Instructor

Education

M.S., Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech Aug. 2015 – Dec. 2016
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2013
M.S., Department of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University Sept. 2005 – June 2008

Honors & Awards

Recognized by “Thank-a-Teacher” from Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Virginia Tech, 2020

Professional Membership

American Statistical Association (ASA).

STAT 4214: Regression Analysis, Spring 2023.
STAT 3704: Statistics for Engineering Applications, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023.
STAT 4705: Statistics for Engineers, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023.
STAT 3006: Statistical Methods II, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020.

Data Science Pedagogy
Engineering Statistics and Application
Design and Analysis of Online Experiments
Covariance Matrix Estimation and Portfolio Optimization

Kang, X., Zhang, Z., and Deng X. (2022). Covariance Estimation via Modified Cholesky Decomposition, in Springer Handbook of Engineering Statistics (2nd Edition), in press.
Chan, V., Tsui, K-W, Wei, Y., Zhang, Z. and Deng, X. (2021). Efficient Estimation of Smoothing Spline with Exact Shape Constraints, Statistical Theory and Related Fields, 5(1), 55-69.
Shen, S., Zhang, Z., and Deng, X. (2020). On Design and Analysis of Funnel Testing Experiments in Webpage Optimization, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, 14, article 3.
Schultz, A. R.; Lambert, P. M.; Chartrain, N. A.; Ruohoniemi, D. M.; Zhang, Z.; Jangu, C.; Zhang, M.; Williams, C. B.; Long, T. E. (2014). 3D Printing Phosphonium Ionic Liquid Networks with Mask Projection Microstereolithography, ACS Macro Letters, 3, 1205-1209.
Zhang, Z. and Madsen, L. A. (2014). Observation of Separate Cation and Anion Electrophoretic Mobilities in Pure Ionic Liquids. J. Chem. Phys, 140(8), 084204. (2014 Editor’s Choice, JCP)
Simons T. J.; Bayley P. M.; Zhang Z.; Howlett P. C.; MacFarlane D. R.; Madsen L. A.; Forsyth M. J. (2014). Influence of Zn2+ and Water on the Transport Properties of a Pyrrolidinium Dicyanamide Ionic Liquid. Phys. Chem. B, 118(18), 4895–4905.
Lingwood M. D.; Zhang Z.; Kidd B. E.; McCreary K. B.; Hou J.; Madsen L. A. (2013). Unraveling the Local Energetics of Transport in a Polymer Ion Conductor, Chem. Commun., (39), 4283-4285.
Hou J.; Zhang Z.; Madsen L. A. (2011). Cation/Anion Associations in Ionic Liquids Modulated by Hydration and Ionic Medium, J. Phys. Chem. B, 115(16), 4576–4582.