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Members |
Director
Director, Smart Sensors and Manufacturing Lab., SDSU Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SDSU - RET Design Engineer (Data Scientist), Intel Corporation, 2015-2019 - Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015 - M.S. in Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012 - Associate Research Scientist, SNU Precision Co., Ltd., 2006-2009 - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 2006
Ph.D. Students
Nick Satterlee (Spring 2022-) Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering - Research Area: LPBF digital twin for pre-process control and in-process monitoring - Nuclear Fuel Engineer, Southern Nuclear - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, SDSU - B.S. in Nuclear Engieering, UC Berkeley
Xiaowei Zuo (Fall 2022-) Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering - Research Area: Pipe Leak detection and prediction using multi-modal sensors - M.S. in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning, University College London - B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, UC San Diego
M.S. Students
Shivam Raval (Spring 2020-) M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering - Research Area: Parametric study on process parameters of LPBF - B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Silver Oak College of Engineering, Gujarat, India
Samuel Zorn (Spring 2026-) M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering - Research Area: Physics-Informed Machine Learning for LPBF Monitoring - B.S. in Environment Engineering, SDSU
Jimmy-Binh Nguyen (Spring 2026-) M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering - Research Area: Pipe-rack structure defect classification using machine learning - B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UC San Diego
Rich Tran (Spring 2026-) M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering - Research Area: LPBF - Aeronautic Design Engineer, Northrop Grumman, San Diego, CA, 2023- - B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, SDSU
Undergraduate Students
Alyssa De La Torre (Spring 2026-) B.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering - Research Area: LPBF
Juan Lukisa (Spring 2026-)
B.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering - Research Area: DFP
Outreach
Matthew Swallow (Fall 2025-) High School Student from Steele Canyon High School. - Research Area: Silent speech recognision using EMG/EEG sensors
Visiting Scholar
Prof. Wonkyun Lee (Fall 2025-) Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Eng., Chung Nam National University, South Korea
JaeEun Kim (Fall 2025-) Ph.D. Student, Department of Mechanical Eng., Chung Nam National University, South Korea - Research Area: Cutting tool wear prediction
Beomsik Sim (Spring 2026-) Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Eng., Chung Nam National University, South Korea - Research Area: Cutting tool wear prediction |




