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Zhaoxuan Qiao is a rising researcher in sustainable manufacturing and industrial engineering, whose work focuses on making robotic assembly lines more environmentally responsible. Her primary research areas include robotic assembly line balancing, carbon footprint optimization, and cross-station design—a novel approach that allows tasks to be shared across workstations for greater efficiency. Qiao’s major contributions lie in integrating environmental objectives into traditional production optimization. Her 2024 paper, "Robotic assembly line balancing considering the carbon footprint objective with cross-station design," has already garnered 9 citations, demonstrating growing interest in her work. She also developed mixed-integer programming models that simultaneously address task allocation, robot assignment, and energy consumption, as seen in her 2022 papers on type-1 robotic assembly line balancing and cross-station task design. By tackling the pressing challenge of pollution and energy use in mass production, Qiao’s research bridges the gap between operational efficiency and sustainability. Her work is particularly notable for introducing cross-station design as a flexible solution to balancing problems, offering a practical pathway for greener automation. As sustainability becomes a core concern in manufacturing, Qiao’s contributions are positioning her as a key voice in the next generation of industrial engineering research.