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Director


JK2s3.jpgJohn S. Kang (email: jkang4 at sdsu.edu)

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 ManagementGeorgia Institute of Technology, 2012

- Associate Research Scientist, SNU Precision Co., Ltd., 2006-2009

​- M.S. in Mechanical EngineeringSeoul National University, 2006

 

Ph.D. Students


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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

 

 

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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


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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

 

 

 

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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

 

 

 

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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


 

 

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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


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Alyssa De La Torre (Spring 2026-)

B.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering

- Research Area: LPBF

 

 

 

 

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Juan Lukisa (Spring 2026-)

B.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering

- Research Area: DFP

 

 

 

 

Outreach


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Matthew Swallow (Fall 2025-)

High School Student from Steele Canyon High School.

- Research Area: Silent speech recognision using EMG/EEG sensors

 

 

 

 

Visiting Scholar


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Prof. Wonkyun Lee (Fall 2025-)

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Eng., Chung Nam National University, South Korea

 

 

 

 

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JaeEun Kim (Fall 2025-)

Ph.D. Student, Department of Mechanical Eng., Chung Nam National University, South Korea

- Research Area: Cutting tool wear prediction

 

 

 

 

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Beomsik Sim (Spring 2026-)

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Eng., Chung Nam National University, South Korea

- Research Area: Cutting tool wear prediction