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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.