People

Mason Ma (Co-advised with Tony Schmitz)

Mason is studying modeling and control methods for nonlinear dynamics in CNC machining, friction stir additive manufacturing and papermaking in collaboration with ORNL and NSF ERC-HAMMER.  

M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

M.S., Management Science and Engineering, Peking University

B.S., Automation, Tsinghua University

Email: hma19@vols.utk.edu 

Alisa Ren

Alisa is studying interpretable and robust machine learning for modeling nonlinear dynamics in manufacturing in collaboration with MTRC and AI TENNessee Initiative.

B.S., Financial Mathematics and Statistics, University of California Santa Barbara

Email: mren5@vols.utk.edu 

Jiajie Wu (Co-advised with Tony Schmitz)

Jiajie is studying modeling, control and machine learning for additive friction stir deposition and CNC machining in collaboration with MTRC and NSF ERC-HAMMER.

M.S., Business Analytics, University of Nottingham 

B.S., Pure and Applied Mathematics, Jinan University 

Email: jwu71@vols,utk.edu

Abir Ray

Abir is studying the integration of machine learning, artificial intelligence and digital twins for the fundamental research in spectrum management, and systems science and engineering.

D. Eng., Cybersecurity Analytics, George Washington University

M.A., Software Engineering, Harvard University

M.Eng., Systems Engineering, Cornell University

B.A., Interdisciplinary Study, University of Virginia

Email: aray49@vols.utk.edu

Andrew Strick (Co-advised with Tony Schmitz, Fall 2024)

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Andrew will study scientific coaching and training of US manufacturing workforce, through modeling human learning dynamics including cognition and behavior to improve performance in collaboration with America's Cutting Edge (ACE), NSF ERC-HAMMER and ORNL. 

Ph.D., Kinesiology (Sports Psychology and Motor Behavior), University of Tennessee, Knoxville

M.S., Kinesiology (Sports Psychology and Motor Behavior), University of Tennessee, Knoxville

B.S., Sports Medicine, Pepperdine University

Email: astrick@vols.utk.edu