The paper titled “Real-time decision-making for digital twin in additive manufacturing with model predictive control using time-series deep neural networks” is selected for the Outstanding Paper Award in Manufacturing Systems out of 270 submissions. Check out our paper here.
Nominated by Professor Wei Chen, Yi-Ping is awarded the Mentorship Award by the Department. The M.E. Department recognizes his effort in mentoring prospective Ph.D. students for their doctoral study applications, mentorship on junior graduate students and undergraduate students, and dedication in helping incoming Ph.D. students for smooth transitions.
Our lab member Henry Zhang successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on June 3rd under the title Data-Centric Design of Combinatorial Materials Systems. Congratulations Henry! We wish him the best and good luck in his future endeavors!
Yi-Ping Chen and Vispi Karkaria are selected as two of the four recipients of the Martin Outstanding Doctoral Fellowship. The Martin Fellowship recognizes mid-career Ph.D. candidates for their outstanding scholarly and research achievements in mechanical engineering and encourage these young researchers to establish themselves as future leaders in their respective fields. Fellowship selections were made
Henry Zhang was selected as a Silver Winner of the Graduate Student Award at the 2025 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting. MRS Graduate Student Awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. MRS seeks to recognize students of
Vispi Neville Karkaria receives the first prize Presentation Award at the annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) 2024 for his paper titled, “Towards a Digital Twin Framework in Additive Manufacturing: Machine Learning and Bayesian Optimization for Time Series Process Optimization” (Karkaria, V., Goeckner, A., Zha, R., Chen, J., Zhang, J., Zhu, Q., Cao, J.,
Our lab member Yigitcan (Yido) Comlek successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on April 26th under the title Interpretable Design of Microstructural Material Systems with Mixed-Variable Representations. Congratulations, Yigitcan! We wish him the best and good luck in his future endeavors!
Our lab member Vispi Karkaria presented a pioneering digital twin technology at the 2024 REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference, hosted in Washington, D.C., from April 10-11. The technology, designed for predictive maintenance, specifically targets tire health monitoring to improve automotive safety and efficiency. Our team’s predictive digital twin concept functions through three crucial
Our lab member Doksoo Lee successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on November 9th under the title Data-Driven Inverse Design of Metamaterials: Exploring Complex Physical Fields Beyond Homogenization Assumptions. Congratulations, Doksoo! He will be continuing in our lab as a Postdoc!
Our lab member Henry Zhang was awarded the Ryan Fellowship, which supports outstanding graduate students exploring fundamental nanoscale science and advancing this knowledge into practical applications of benefit to society.
