People

Mason Ma (Co-advised with Dr. Tony Schmitz)

Mason is studying machine tool vibration theory, computational bifurcation, stability analysis and machine learning for nonlinear dynamics in CNC machining, friction stir additive deposition (AFSD) and wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM)  in collaboration with NSF ERC-HAMMER, SEAMTN and ORNL.  

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 manufacturing opertations management from customer order, part production to process parameter selection, in collaboration with AI TENNessee Initiative and SEAMTN.

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

Email: mren5@vols.utk.edu 

Jiajie Wu (Co-advised with Dr. Tony Schmitz)

Jiajie is studying numerical, analytical, machine learning modeling for additive friction stir deposition (AFSD), wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) and laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) in collaboration with NSF ERC-HAMMER, SEAMTN and ORNL.

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 AI-enabled integration of model-based systems engineering 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