Our Research Team

We are committed to being a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative team of researchers. For more information about our work, please visit our research page. Additionally, feel free to join our weekly reading group open to anyone interested in reading about and discussing trending topics in software engineering (contact for details).

Dr. Chris Brown

Faculty


Yoseph Berhanu

PhD Student


Dibyendu Brinto Bose

PhD Student


Xiaoxiao Gan

PhD Student


Shawal Khalid

PhD Student


Min Ko

PhD Student


Hunter Leary

PhD Student


Huayu Liang

PhD Student


Arpit Thool

PhD Student


Swanand Vaishampayan

PhD Student


Tianjia Wang

PhD Student
(co-advisor: Yan Chen)


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Alumni


Name Degree Thesis /  Project Last Known Job
Sahar FarzanehpourM.S. (2025)Title TBDTBD
PeiQing GuoM.S. (2025)“Reimagining Graduate Academic Planning: A User-Centered Web Application for the Plan of Study Process”TBD
Swetha RajeevM.S. (2025)“Bridging the Gap in Software Engineering Education: Analyzing Learning Behaviors, Challenges, and Resource Effectiveness in Full-Stack Development”Capital One
Tian-Yu (Edward) ShiungM.S. (2025)“Are Bigger LLMs Always Better? A Study of Open and Closed-Source Models in Code Generation and Translation”TBD
Huayu LiangM.S. (2024)“Understanding User and Developer Perceptions of Dark Patterns in Online Environments”PhD at VT
Md Mahim HaqueM.S. (2023)“FixEval: Execution-based Evaluation of Program Fixes for Competitive Programming Problems”Luminary AI
Nivishree PalvannanM.S. (2023)“Impact of Using Suggestion Bot While Code Reviewing”Torc Robotics
Ryan WoodM.S. (2023)“Understanding the Impact of Dark Pattern Detection on Online Users”Peraton
Lucas FrankeM.S. (2023)“Understanding the Impact of Data Privacy Regulations on Software and Its Stakeholders”IBM
Brian BellM.S. (2023)“Understanding the Preparation Phase of Technical Interviews”Kinsale Insurance
Sean GruberM.S. (2023)“Gaps in Software Engineering Education”Peraton
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