SSRS LAB

Director

HYEONG SUK NA, PH.D.

("Hyeong Suk" is my first name)

Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Director of the Smart, Sustainable, and Resilient Systems (SSRS) Laboratory

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211

Office: E3437B Thomas & Nell Lafferre Hall | Phone: (573) 882-9185

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I am always looking for opportunities for research collaborations with both academic and industry partners. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have ideas or problems to discuss with my research group.

Current Graduate Students

Shivam Shrivastava

Ph.D. Student

(Fall 2023 - Present)

M.S. (2025) Computer Science, University of Missouri

B.S. (2018) Information Technology, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

His research focuses on applying computer vision and image processing techniques to critical application areas such as emergency management, transportation systems, and energy systems.

Shivam joined the SSRS Lab in 2024.

Michael A. Geisecke

Ph.D. Student

(Fall 2024 - Present)

B.S. (2018) Industrial Engineering, West Virginia University

His research interests include large-scale optimization and decision analysis with applications to smart and sustainable systems such as emergency management, transportation systems, and energy systems.

Michael joined the SSRS Lab in 2024.

Muhammad Z. Sajid

Ph.D. Student

(Spring 2025 - Present)

M.S. (2023) Software Engineering, National University of Science and Technology

B.S. (2019) Information Technology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

His research focuses on applying computer vision and image processing techniques to critical application areas such as emergency management, transportation systems, and energy systems.

Muhammad joined the SSRS Lab in 2025.

Zahra Sobhani

Ph.D. Student

(Spring 2025 - Present)

M.S. (2024) Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University

B.S. (2013) Industrial Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology

Her research interests include stochastic networks and simulation modeling with applications to smart and sustainable systems such as emergency management, transportation systems, and energy systems.

Zahra joined the SSRS Lab in 2025.

RJ Morrison

Master's Student

(Fall 2023 - Present)

B.S. (2023) Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Missouri

His research interests include stochastic networks and simulation modeling with applications to smart and sustainable systems such as emergency management and transportation systems.

RJ joined the SSRS Lab in 2023.

Current Undergraduate Researchers

Caden Davis

Federated Learning for Anomaly Detection in Smart Grid

(Fall 2024 - Present)

SSRS Lab Alumni

Martin Cueto

Undergraduate

Researcher

Using Machine Learning to Predict Adult Obesity Prevalence in Missouri

(Spring 2024)

Karolina Rapacz

Undergraduate

Researcher

Optimal Deployment of Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

(Fall 2023)

Justin Cypress

Undergraduate

Researcher

Optimal Deployment of Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

(Fall 2023 - Spring 2024)