Jamie B. Coble
Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Studies and Service, Associate Professor, and Southern Company Faculty Fellow
Appointments
2019-present
Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2013-2019
Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2011-2013
Scientist, Applied Physics, Acoustics, and Ultrasonics, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Research
- Process and equipment monitoring
- Anomaly detection
- Diagnostics and prognostics
Chad Duty
Professor
Appointments
2021-present
Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2015-2021
Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2013-2015
Group Leader, Deposition Science & Technology Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Research
- Additive Manufacturing of polymer and composite structures, focusing on anisotropic mechanical behavior, new material development, melt flow characterization, and optimizing process-structure-property relationships
- Development of Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM)
- Tooling applications for large scale additive manufacturing
Bradley Jared
Associate Professor
Appointments
2020-present
Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical, Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2012-2020
Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Material, Physical and Chemical Sciences Center
Research
- Additive manufacturing (AM)
- Precision engineering
- Design of precision electro-mechanical systems and mechanisms
- Machine learning for manufacturing processes
- Metrology processes
Anahita Khojandi
Associate Professor
Appointments
2020-present
Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2014-2020
Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Research
- Markov decision processes
- Dynamic programming
- Predictive analytics
- Reinforcement learning
- Time series analysis
- Anomaly detection
Bruce LaMattina
Senior Director for Space and Defense Programs and Research Professor
Appointments
2021-present
Senior Director for Space and Defense Programs at UTSI & Research Professor, University of Tennessee Space Institute
2018-2021
Associate Vice Chancellor, Strategic Research Initiatives & Research Professor in Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Office of Research & Engagement, Knoxville, TN
2017-2018
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development & Adjunct Professor in Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Office of Research & Engagement, Knoxville, TN
Research
- Material properties and measurement
- Multiscale modeling
Eric Lass
Assistant Professor
Appointments
2019-present
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2011-2019
Materials Research Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
2009-2011
NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Research
- Phase transformations and microstructural evolution in metals and alloys
- Thermodynamic and kinetics
- High temperature materials
- Additive manufacturing
Dayakar Penumadu
Fred N. Peebles Professor and IAMM Chair of Excellence
Appointments
2001-present
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Research
- Carbon fiber reinforced polymeric composites and sandwich structures, environmental degradation, and multi-scale mechanics
- Multi-axial stress-strain-time behavior of multi-phase and granular materials
- Non-invasive characterization and residual stress using neutron and x-ray tomography and diffraction
- Direct numerical simulations and porous media
Uday Vaidya
UT/ORNL Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing and Professor
Appointments
2015-present
UT/ORNL Governor’s Chair in Advanced Composites Manufacturing Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) Chief Technology Officer, Institute for Advanced Composites and Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI)
2001-2015
UAB Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) and Director, Materials Processing and Applications Development (MPAD) Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Associate to Full Professor (2006) to Distinguished Professor; Graduate Program Director (2010-2014), Associate Chair (2013-2015)
Research
- Advanced composites
- Sustainable and green materials
- Sound and vibration damping
Tony Zhongshun Shi
Assistant Professor
Appointments
2020-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee Space Institute
Research
- Data and model-driven science and engineering
- Time, event and decision-driven complex systems
- Scientific machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence
- Mathematical optimization, approximation, and scientific computation
- Smart manufacturing, manufacturing systems dynamics, and operations engineering
- AI and simulation-based engineering design and optimization