Director
John 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 Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
- Associate Research Scientist, SNU Precision Co., Ltd., 2006-2009
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 2006
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Ph.D. Students
Nick Satterlee (Spring 2022-)
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: LPBF defect detection using multi-sensors and machine learning
- 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: Inverse sintering-assisted additive manufacturing using machine learning
- M.S. in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning, University College London / B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, UC San Diego
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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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Brian Wu (Spring 2020-)
M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: Machine learning-based fringe projection profilometry
- Quality Engineer, Solar Turbine, 2023-
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Seattle University
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Andres Fernandez
M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering (Summer 2023-)
- Research Area: Robust phase-height calibration for digital fringe projection
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University
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Roy Johnson (Fall 2023-Spring 2024)
M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: Optimization of LPBF Process Parameters for PA12
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico
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Enrique Ortiz (Spring 2024-)
M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: LPBF In-Situ Sensors
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University
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Jonas Boomgaarden (Exchange Student, Spring 2024-)
M.S. Student in Business Admin and Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University
- Research Area: Smart Manufacturing Trends
- B.S. in Business Admin and Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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Vishal Kumar (Spring 2024-)
M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: Non-Destructive Pore Characterization using AE Sensor
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering,
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Clint Panian (Spring 2024-)
M.S. Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: LPBF In-Situ Sensors
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University
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Undergraduate Students
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Alex Cherry (Spring 2022-), SURP 2023
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: Development of a custom laser powder bed fusion printer
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Kyler Brown (Summer 2023-), SURP 2023, SURP 2024
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: Development of a custom laser powder bed fusion printer
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Matthew Chang (Spring 2024-), SURP 2024
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: Measurement of spatial stiffness of soft tissues
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Juan Flores (Spring 2024-), ME499 in Spring 2024
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area:
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Victor Reyes (Spring 2024-), ME499 in Spring 2024
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: Silent speech recognition using EEG sensor
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Nolan Atkins (Spring 2024-), ME499 in Spring 2024
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
- Research Area: Strain measurement using digital image correlation
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