Team

The People
Behind the Work

 

MSAI brings together ISyE faculty whose expertise spans machine learning, robotics, optimization, quality engineering, reliability, and manufacturing systems.

Yu Ding

Theme
AI-Enabled Process Optimization & Control
Capability areas
AI-Driven Materials Characterization
Projects
Material Image Analysis for Automated Manufacturing
Sponsors
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Nagi Gebraeel

Theme
Intelligent Asset Management and Analytics
Intelligent Enterprise Operations
Capability areas
Robust Fault Diagnostics
Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)
Federated Causal Modeling
Projects
Causal Discovery in Decentralized Systems
Federated Fault Discovery & Diagnostics
Prognostics and Health Management
Sponsors
Novelis U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) General Electric General Motors

Jiachen Li

Theme
Human-Centered Robotic Systems
Intelligent Enterprise Operations
Capability areas
Human-Robot Teaming
Robotic Systems
Projects
Autonomous Multi-Robot Orchestration
Human-Aware Heterogeneous Robot Autonomy
Logic Network Flow for Task and Motion Planning
Reliable Physical AI for Manufacturing Autonomy
Sponsors
Waymo Toyota Honda NVIDIA Amazon

Xiao Liu

Theme
AI-Enabled Process Optimization & Control
Capability areas
Digital Twins and Surrogate Modeling
Projects
Adaptive Model Order Reduction
Sponsors
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Mohsen Moghaddam

Theme
Human-Centered Robotic Systems
Capability areas
XR-Assisted Autonomy
Human-Robot Teaming
Projects
Embodied Interaction with XR and Haptic Gloves
Shared Autonomy and Teleoperation
XR-Enabled Human-Robot Intent Alignment
Sponsors
Kia MS

Kamran Paynabar

Theme
AI-Enabled Process Optimization & Control
Intelligent Asset Management and Analytics
Capability areas
In-Situ Monitoring and Anomaly Detection
AI-Driven Materials Characterization
Robust Fault Diagnostics
Projects
Industrial Diagnostics
Microstructure Characterization in Additive Manufacturing
Vehicle End-of-Line Anomaly Detection
Sponsors
Ford Novelis U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) General Electric Department of Energy (DOE)

Jianjun Shi

Theme
AI-Enabled Process Optimization & Control
Capability areas
Quality Feedback Control
Digital Twins and Surrogate Modeling
Projects
Boeing 787 fuselage shape control
Boeing Fuselage Assembly Digital Twin
Multistage Assembly Variation Compensation
Sponsors
Boeing U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) GM

Weijun Xie

Theme
Intelligent Asset Management and Analytics
Capability areas
Uncertainty-Aware Maintenance Optimization
Projects
Joint Predictive Maintenance & Spare-Parts Provisioning
Sponsors
NASA

Yao Xie

Theme
AI-Enabled Process Optimization & Control
Capability areas
In-Situ Monitoring and Anomaly Detection
Projects
Battery Coating process Monitoring
Sponsors
LG Electronics

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