Zefeng Lyu

Assistant Professor
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Zefeng Lyu

Assistant Professor

Rayen School of Engineering

Moser Hall 2442

phone: (330) 941-7455

zlyu@ysu.edu

Bio

Dr. Zefeng Lyu is an Assistant Professor in the Rayen School of Engineering at Youngstown State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), after completing his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering at Zhejiang University of Technology. Prior to joining YSU, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at UTK.

Research Interests

Dr. Lyu's research interests include optimization methods and machine learning, with applications in vehicle routing, infrastructure maintenance, and workforce scheduling.

Teaching Interests

His teaching interests include facilities planning, project management, as well as machine learning and data analytics for engineers.

  • Education
    • 2023

      Ph D, Industrial and Systems Engineering

      The University of Tennessee

      Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Exact Models, Heuristics, and Supervised Learning Approaches for Vehicle Routing Problems"

    • 2017

      BS, Industrial Engineering

      Zhejiang University of Technology

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2021

      The University of Tennessee

      The Lloyd W. Crawford Fellowship

      The Lloyd W. Crawford Fellowship is awarded to students at the University of Tennessee for their academic achievements.

  • Professional Positions
    • 2024 - 2024

      The University of Tennessee

      Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2024

      "A Scalable and Adaptable Supervised Learning Approach for Solving the Traveling Salesman Problems"

      Z. Lyu, I. Zahidul, A. Yu

      IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE

    • 2023

      "The Culvert Maintenance planning and scheduling problem: a mathematical formulation to optimize resource utilization"

      Z. Lyu, C. Starr, A. Yu

      50th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering

    • 2022

      "Q-learning and traditional methods on solving the pocket Rubik’s cube"

      Z. Lyu, Z. Liu, A. Khojandi, A. Yu

      Computers and Industrial Engineering, Elsevier, volume 171

    • 2022

      "The pickup and delivery problem with transshipments: Critical review of two existing models and a new formulation"

      Z. Lyu, A. Yu

      European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 305

    • 2021

      "A Three-stage Heuristic for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Occasional Drivers and Transshipment. In IIE Annual Conference"

      Z. Lyu, A. Yu

      2021 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference

    • 2020

      "Consultant assignment and routing problem with priority matching"

      Z. Lyu, A. Yu

      Computers and Industrial Engineering, Elsevier, volume 151

    • 2019

      "Hybrid multi‑stage algorithm for a multi‑depot consultant assignment and routing problem"

      Z. Lyu, A. Yu

      49th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering

  • Professional Service
    • 2024 - present

      Session Chair
      American Society for Engineering Management 2024 International Annual Conference and 45th Annual Meeting

    • 2024 - present

      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Computers and Industrial Engineering (Elsevier)