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ADML — Additive Design and Manufacturing Laboratory

The people
behind the work.

21 researchers in the lab today, and 45 alumni since 2014 — many now across industry and academia.

Principal investigator

01
Yaoyao Fiona Zhao
Professor and William Dawson ScholarYaoyao Fiona Zhao

Digitization changes traditional thinking and manufacturing technologies. Manufacturing in the 21st century will become more intelligent, flexible, automated, and sustainable. I seek to advance manufacturing industry with new design theories, manufacturing information technologies, and simulation and optimization infrastructures to reach smarter and more sustainable manufacturing.

Doctoral researchers

08
Xiaoyi Guan
Ph.D. researcherXiaoyi Guan

Thermalmechanical modeling of direct powder deposition additive manufacturing process

Mutahar Safdar
Ph.D. researcherMutahar Safdar

Data-driven anomaly prediction and operator guidance to support direct energy deposition process as effective repair technique

Manuel Sage
Ph.D. researcherManuel Sage

Developing an intelligent tool to suggest and assess power plant configurations

Chonghui Zhang
Ph.D. researcherChonghui Zhang

Investigation on applying machine learning to explore NPR (Negative Poisson’s Ratio) structure design space

Jiarui Xie
Ph.D. researcherJiarui Xie

Smart Manufacturing: data analysis and predictive analysis using Machine Learning technologies in the assembly line

Lingchen Kong
Ph.D. researcherLingchen Kong

Additively designed and manufactured smart structures

Yuzheng Chen
Ph.D. researcherYuzheng Chen

Engineering systems optimization by using machine learning

Bogdan Bogachov
Ph.D. researcherBogdan Bogachov

Developing a computer vision algorithm to detect aircraft structural damage

Masters & graduate

05
Omar Lebbar
M.Eng. researcherOmar Lebbar

Object detection in 2D Engineering Drawings for the Estimation of Carbon Footprint

Daniel Amoshie
M.Eng. researcherDaniel Amoshie

Image-based and machine learning-supported powder spreadability analysis for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing (AM) processes.

Arnaud Ridard
M.Eng. researcherArnaud Ridard

Mesh generation and optimization for complex geometries

Felicia Nyanyo
M.Eng. researcherFelicia Nyanyo

Engineering Application of Natural Language Processing

Undergraduate researchers

03
Achraf Maine
Undergraduate researcherAchraf Maine

Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) layer-wise image processing for defect prediction and improved part quality, specifically on in-situ powder-spreading data

Chris Liu
Undergraduate researcherChris Liu

Application of machine learning and product data digitization techniques to streamline Life Cycle Assessment

Juliette Fogarty
Undergraduate researcherJuliette Fogarty

Shape-changing origami structures, focusing on their design, simulation, and material optimization for adaptable engineering applications.

Lab members

04
Xuanchen Li
ResearcherXuanchen Li

Physics-informed neural operators for lattice structures

Alumni — where they are now

45 alumni
Pavan Tejaswi Velivela
Ph.D.Pavan Tejaswi Velivela

Data Science/ML assisted Biologically Inspired Industrial Design & Engineering

Nikita Letov
Ph.D.Nikita Letov

researcher at Axya

Jinghao Li
Ph.D.Jinghao Li

Assistant Professor at Aarhus University

Ying Zhang
Ph.D.Ying Zhang

Machine Learning Engineer at Corning Incorporated

Zhibo Luo
Ph.D.Zhibo Luo

Site Reliability Engineer (SRD) at Ericsson

Sheng Yang
Ph.D.Sheng Yang

Assistant Professor at University of Guelph

Guoying Dong
Ph.D.Guoying Dong

Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Denver

Yunlong Tang
Ph.D.Yunlong Tang

Lecturer at Monash University

Yuan Liu
Ph.D.Yuan Liu

Exchange Student at ADML; Thesis Title: Modeling and Optimization Methods for Multi-Scale Heterogeneous Lattice Structures

Dawei Li
Ph.D.Dawei Li

Assistant Professor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Maryam Tavafoghi
Ph.D.Maryam Tavafoghi

Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA

Rachel Yeung
M.Eng.Rachel Yeung

Development of Sustainability Assessment Tool for Use within Supply Chain Management Process

Samuel Iyengar
M.Eng.Samuel Iyengar

Bayesian and multi-objective optimization methods for auxetic material database generation

Chenxi Li
M.Eng.Chenxi Li

Auxetic Material Active Learning Data Aggregation

Shubham Raut
M.Eng.Shubham Raut

Design and simulation of auxetic structures

Shivangi Sarabhai
M.Eng.Shivangi Sarabhai

Study, produce and measure cellular structures (Lattice design optimization for Lightweight Structures) related to their flow behavior.

Siyuan Sun
M.Eng.Siyuan Sun

Thesis Title: Investigating Multi-label Classification for Bio-inspired Design by Using Text Mining and Natural Language Processing

Negin Moslemi
M.Eng.Negin Moslemi

Change Management Specialist at goeasy Ltd.

Zhenyang Gao
M.Eng.Zhenyang Gao

PhD student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Thomas Page
M.Eng.Thomas Page

Product Manager at Dovetail

Wenbo Min
M.Eng.Wenbo Min

Mechanical Engineer at APG-Neuros

Usama Waheed
M.Eng.Usama Waheed

Student Researcher at Martinrea International

Raine Yuhaowei Zhou
M.Eng.Raine Yuhaowei Zhou

Product manager at BOMBARDIER

Han Chen
M.Eng.Han Chen

Software Engineer at Facebook

Thomas Hitchcox
M.Eng.Thomas Hitchcox

PhD student at McGill University

Julien Finley
M.Eng.Julien Finley

Principal structural stress analyst at Pratt & Whitney Canada

Fan Yang
M.Eng.Fan Yang

Vehicle Architect at BOMBARDIER Transport

Mohamed Aslam
M.Eng.Mohamed Aslam

Customer Service Manager at Cummins Inc.

Tanushree Talekar
M.Eng.Tanushree Talekar

Reliability and Production Engineer at Morgan Stanley

Yujia Wang
M.Eng.Yujia Wang

Junior Mechanical Engineer at LumenWerx

Gagandeep Singh
M.Eng.Gagandeep Singh

Lean Program Manager at amhil north america

Mohammed Taleb Ameri
M.Eng.Mohammed Taleb Ameri

Application Evaluation Specialist at Drill Bits & Services

Jordan Cave
M.Eng.Jordan Cave

Design Engineer at Cougar Drilling Solutions

M.Eng.Xin Xu

Thesis Title: Process Modeling and Sustainability Analysis of Binder-jetting Additive Manufacturing Processes

Josh Campbell
B.Eng.Josh Campbell

Developing machine learning models to forecast time-series variables for use in an energy management system

Randy El Haddad
B.Eng.Randy El Haddad

Semantic Segmentation in Additive Manufacturing

Yi Fan Li
B.Eng.Yi Fan Li

Semantic Segmentation in Additive Manufacturing

Lynn Cherif
B.Eng.Lynn Cherif

Development and implementation of computer vision based deep learning models for microstructure classification in directed-energy deposition

Patrick El Choueifaty
B.Eng.Patrick El Choueifaty

Senior Financial Analyst at Procter & Gamble

Sheelaz Merza
B.Eng.Sheelaz Merza

Environment & Sustainability Consultant at Arcadis

Aidan Kurtz
B.Eng.Aidan Kurtz

Sr. Computational Engineer at Carbon

Kieran Mak
B.Eng.Kieran Mak

Design Engineer at Carbon

Grace Wijaya
B.Eng.Grace Wijaya

MIT AeroAstro Grad Student

Qinxue Christine Zhou
B.Eng.Qinxue Christine Zhou

Incoming Consultant at Deloitte Canada

Sariel Coronado
B.Eng.Sariel Coronado

My research concerns the application of a comprehensive Information Modelling approach to LBPF build files and the creation of industry-applicable data modeling schemas for the generation and verification of build file data structures.