FACULTY PROFILES

Honglun Xu

Research Assistant Professor
Research Institute for Manufacturing and Engineering Systems (RIMES)

Office Building: Engineering Building
Office Room: E-226E
Phone: (915) 747-5780
Email: hxu4@utep.edu

Bio

I am a Research Assistant Professor at UTEP, specializing in machine learning, data analytics, EV charging optimization, predictive maintenance, and renewable energy systems to enhance decision-making and sustainability in engineering applications.

Education

Ph D in Computational Science, The University of Texas at El Paso (2022)
MS in Computational Science, University of Texas at El Paso (2018)

Publications

Utilizing Machine Learning Techniques for Computer-Aided COVID-19 Screening Based on Clinical Data COVID Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications for Developing the Diagnosis of COVID-19, 3rd Edition (2026), Honglun Xu, Andrews T. Anum, Michael Pokojovy , Yuxin Wen, Md Fashiar Rahman, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Scott Moen, Eric Walser, Sreenath C. Madathil.
A review of mechanisms and ML-based research on factors affecting spontaneous imbibition of surfactant Geoenergy Science and Engineering (2024), Kun Xie, Zhanqi Wu, Changlong Liu, Jie Mei, Weijia Cao, Hongna Ding, Xiaoqin Zhang, Honglun Xu, Yu Suo, Xuanshuo Tian, others.
Development and Optimal Design of Electric Vehicle Charging Station Digital Twin (2024), Tzu-Liang B. Tseng, Tenzin Lhaden, Denisse U. Castaneda, Honglun Xu, Fashiar Rahman, Michael Pokojovy, Chun-Che Huang.
A simulation-based optimization approach to improve the performance of the healthcare systems - A case study on the emergency department Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) - 2023 (2023), Md Fashiar Rahman, Briana Cardenas, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Honglun Xu.
A simulation-based optimization approach to improve the performance of the healthcare systems-A case study on the emergency department (2023), Md F. Rahman, Briana Cardenas, Tzu-Liang B. Tseng, Honglun Xu.
HIT-2: Implementing machine learning algorithms to treat bound ions in biomolecules Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 21 (2023), Shengjie Sun, Honglun Xu, Yixin Xie, Jason E. Sanchez, Wenhan Guo, Dongfang Liu, Lin Li.
An interpretable multi-task system for clinically applicable COVID-19 diagnosis using CXR Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology 30 5 (2022), Yan Zhuang, Md Fashiar Rahman, Yuxin Wen, Michael Pokojovy, Peter McCaffrey, Alexander Vo, Eric Walser, Scott Moen, Honglun Xu, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng.
An interpretable multi-task system for clinically applicable COVID-19 diagnosis using CXR Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology 30 5 (2022), Yan Zhuang, Md F. Rahman, Yuxin Wen, Michael Pokojovy, Peter McCaffrey, Alexander Vo, Eric Walser, Scott Moen, Honglun Xu, Tzu-Liang B. Tseng.
Efficient Approaches to Steady State Detection in Multivariate Systems The University of Texas at El Paso (2022), Honglun Xu.
Recent advances and trends of predictive maintenance from data-driven machine prognostics perspective Measurement 187 (2022), Yuxin Wen, Md F. Rahman, Honglun Xu, Tzu-Liang B. Tseng.
Time-to-event modeling for hospital length of stay prediction for COVID-19 patients Machine learning with applications 9 (2022), Yuxin Wen, Md F. Rahman, Yan Zhuang, Michael Pokojovy, Honglun Xu, Peter McCaffrey, Alexander Vo, Eric Walser, Scott Moen, Tzu-Liang B. Tseng.
Time-to-event modeling for hospital length of stay prediction for COVID-19 patients Machine learning with applications 9 (2022), Yuxin Wen, Md F. Rahman, Yan Zhuang, Michael Pokojovy, Honglun Xu, Peter McCaffrey, Alexander Vo, Eric Walser, Scott Moen, Tzu-Liang B. Tseng.
Recent advances and trends of predictive maintenance from data-driven machine prognostics perspective Measurement 187 (2022), Yuxin Wen, Md Fashiar Rahman, Honglun Xu, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng.
An automatic approach to lung region segmentation in chest x-ray images using adapted U-Net architecture SPIE (2021), Md Fashiar Rahman, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Michael Pokojovy, Wei Qian, Basavarajaiah Totada, Honglun Xu.
An automatic approach to lung region segmentation in chest X-ray images using adapted U-Net architecture 11595 (2021), Md F. Rahman, Tzu-Liang B. Tseng, Michael Pokojovy, Wei Qian, Basavarajaiah S. Totada, Honglun Xu.

Presentations

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Grants

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Current/Future Courses

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Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2026	IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems	23692	Syllabus
Spring 2026	IE 4390 - Oper Research II: Stoch Models	22636	Syllabus
Spring 2026	SE 5399 - Thesis II	27128
Fall 2025	IE 1333 - Computational Methods	13119	Syllabus
Fall 2025	IE 3390 - Oper Research I: Deter Models	13029	Syllabus
Fall 2025	SE 5398 - Thesis I	18597
Spring 2025	IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems	24144	Syllabus
Fall 2024	IE 1333 - Computational Methods	13489	Syllabus
Spring 2024	IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems	24778	Syllabus
Fall 2023	IE 1333 - Computational Methods	14122	Syllabus
Spring 2023	IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems	25552	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2025	IE 1333 - Computational Methods	13119	Evaluation
Fall 2025	IE 3390 - Oper Research I: Deter Models	13029	Evaluation
Spring 2025	IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems	24144	Evaluation
Fall 2024	IE 1333 - Computational Methods	13489	Evaluation
Spring 2024	IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems	24778	Evaluation
Fall 2023	IE 1333 - Computational Methods	14122	Evaluation
Spring 2023	IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems	25552	Evaluation

Bio

Ph D in Computational Science, The University of Texas at El Paso (2022)
MS in Computational Science, University of Texas at El Paso (2018)

Publications

Utilizing Machine Learning Techniques for Computer-Aided COVID-19 Screening Based on Clinical Data COVID Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications for Developing the Diagnosis of COVID-19, 3rd Edition (2026), Honglun Xu, Andrews T. Anum, Michael Pokojovy , Yuxin Wen, Md Fashiar Rahman, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Scott Moen, Eric Walser, Sreenath C. Madathil.
A review of mechanisms and ML-based research on factors affecting spontaneous imbibition of surfactant Geoenergy Science and Engineering (2024), Kun Xie, Zhanqi Wu, Changlong Liu, Jie Mei, Weijia Cao, Hongna Ding, Xiaoqin Zhang, Honglun Xu, Yu Suo, Xuanshuo Tian, others.
Development and Optimal Design of Electric Vehicle Charging Station Digital Twin (2024), Tzu-Liang B. Tseng, Tenzin Lhaden, Denisse U. Castaneda, Honglun Xu, Fashiar Rahman, Michael Pokojovy, Chun-Che Huang.
A simulation-based optimization approach to improve the performance of the healthcare systems - A case study on the emergency department Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) - 2023 (2023), Md Fashiar Rahman, Briana Cardenas, Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Honglun Xu.
A simulation-based optimization approach to improve the performance of the healthcare systems-A case study on the emergency department (2023), Md F. Rahman, Briana Cardenas, Tzu-Liang B. Tseng, Honglun Xu.

Presentations

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Spring 2026

Course

IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems

Section

23692

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

IE 4390 - Oper Research II: Stoch Models

Section

22636

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

SE 5399 - Thesis II

Section

27128

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

IE 1333 - Computational Methods

Section

13119

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

IE 3390 - Oper Research I: Deter Models

Section

13029

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

SE 5398 - Thesis I

Section

18597

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems

Section

24144

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

IE 1333 - Computational Methods

Section

13489

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems

Section

24778

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

IE 1333 - Computational Methods

Section

14122

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems

Section

25552

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

IE 1333 - Computational Methods

Section

13119

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2025

Course

IE 3390 - Oper Research I: Deter Models

Section

13029

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems

Section

24144

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

IE 1333 - Computational Methods

Section

13489

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems

Section

24778

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

IE 1333 - Computational Methods

Section

14122

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

IE 2333 - Decision Support Systems

Section

25552

Evaluation

Honglun Xu

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Education

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Courses

Course Evaluations