Team

Our Research Team

Dr. Chris Brown Faculty	Yoseph Berhanu PhD Student	Dibyendu Brinto Bose PhD Student	Xiaoxiao Gan PhD Student
Peiqing Guo MS Student	Sahar Farzanehpour MS Student	Shawal Khalid PhD Student	Min Ko PhD Student
Hunter Leary PhD Student	Huayu Liang MS Student	Swetha Rajeev MS Student	Tian-Yu (Edward) Shiung MS Student
Arpit Thool PhD Student	Swanand Vaishampayan PhD Student	Tianjia Wang PhD Student (co-advisor: Yan Chen)

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Alumni/Emeriti

Name	Degree	Thesis / Project	Last Known Job
Graduate Students
Huayu Liang	M.S. (2024)	“Understanding User and Developer Perceptions of Dark Patterns in Online Environments”	PhD
Md Mahim Haque	M.S. (2023)	“FixEval: Execution-based Evaluation of Program Fixes for Competitive Programming Problems”	Luminary AI
Nivishree Palvannan	M.S. (2023)	“Impact of Using Suggestion Bot While Code Reviewing”	Torc Robotics
Ryan Wood	M.S. (2023)	“Understanding the Impact of Dark Pattern Detection on Online Users”	Peraton
Lucas Franke	M.S. (2023)	“Understanding the Impact of Data Privacy Regulations on Software and Its Stakeholders”	IBM
Brian Bell	M.S. (2023)	“Understanding the Preparation Phase of Technical Interviews”	Kinsale Insurance
Sean Gruber	M.S. (2023)	“Gaps in Software Engineering Education”	Peraton
Undergraduate Students
Edwin Lewis*	B.S. (expected 2026, Morehouse College)	Postmortems: The Game Development Process [poster]	Sophomore at Morehouse
Omer Ahmed*	B.S. (expected 2026)	AI Tools vs Debugging Tools: Exploring User Perceptions on Bug Locating Performance [poster]	Sophomore at VT
Colin Roberts*	B.S. (expected 2024)	Enhancing Debugging Efficiency: User Perspectives on AutoPrint, an Automated Print Statement Tool [poster]	Senior at VT
Dylan Murphy	B.S. (2023)	Independent Study [demo]	TBD
Sahar Farzanehpour	B.S. (2023)	Innovating Job Application Processes: A Comparative Study of Online Job Profiles and Resumes [poster]	MS at VT
Jenna Krebs	B.S. (2023)	A Study of Exponent and Pramp as Technical Interview Preparation Tools [poster]	MS at NC State
Grace Govan	B.S. (expected 2024)	Gaps in Software Engineering Education [poster]	Junior at VT
Peiqing Guo	B.S. (2022)	Digital badge system to improve student SE behaviors [repo]	MS at VT

* Virginia Tech Multicultural Academics Opportunities Program (MAOP) Summer Research Intern