{"id":46937,"date":"2026-05-21T15:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/?post_type=person&#038;p=46937"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:24:03","slug":"hwan4","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/people\/hwan4\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Wan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hong Wan<\/strong> received her Ph.D. in industrial engineering and management sciences from Northwestern University in 2004. She earned a B.S. in chemistry from Peking University in 1998, an M.S. in materials sciences in 2001 and an M.S. in industrial engineering and management sciences in 2002, both from Northwestern University. Before joining the NC State faculty, she was an associate professor in the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. 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