Welcome Ekanem Okeke! Ekanem is starting her Masters of Science in Course 2 / MechE. She will be working on AI-enabled evaluation of manufacturing education and HMI projects.

Dr. John Liu and Prof. John Hart have been awarded funds through the Industrial Base of Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS): “TechAMP (Technologist for Advanced Manufacturing) Program Phase II.”

Welcome to Tolu Akinbo who is starting a Masters of Engineering in Course 6 (EECS)! Graduated from CS undergrad and also a software engineer at Microsoft. Tolu’s MEng thesis will be on XR authoring environments.

Welcome co-ops Sharyq Siddiqi and Lucas Balfanz! They will be working on projects ranging from AR product teardown, VR training, and XR authoring environments.

Congratulations to Dr. Ziling Chen and Dr. Zhen Zhao for winning the Best Paper of Manufacturing Division at the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference!Paper: Application of Phone-Based Robotic Arm Teleoperation in Hands-On Labs for...