The Manufacturing Mind&Physics Laboratory (MINDS Lab) is to explore the physical laws in manufacturing science and engineering, to advance the knowledge of manufacturing processes and systems, through scientific research, education and workforce development, and industry applications. We believe the endless frontier of MINDS should be truth and love, no matter for human, machine or nature.

MINDS Lab Vision: 

• Explore unknown to advance knowledge 

• Education and workforce development

• Make a difference to benefit humanity 

Research Interests:

• Machine tool chatter theory and applications, Machine-tool-process-materials convergence

• Additive friction stir deposition (AFSD), Tool kinematics, Temperature evolution, Material flow

• Hybrid manufacturing using AFSD, metrology, and CNC machining

• Manufacturing systems design and operations for smart factory and supply chain

• Modeling, control, and sensing of nonlinear dynamics in manufacturing processes and systems

• Dynamic systems and control, Mathematical optimization, Algorithm design and analysis

• Statistical learning, Physics-based machine learning, Human-AI teaming

Biography: Dr. Tony Shi is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Joint Assistant Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also an Affiliated Faculty of Machine Tool Research Center and Institute of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing. Prior to joining UT Knoxville in 2022, he was an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at UT Space Institute. He was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2017 to 2019.  He received his B.S. in Pure and Applied Mathematics from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) in 2011 and his Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Peking University in 2017. Dr. Shi is a member of SME, ASME, IEEE, IISE and INFORMS.