Teaching

Teaching Assistant

SE 311: Engineering Design Analysis University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Undergraduate Required (100 Students) Spring 2026
  • Delivered guest lectures on stress analysis, covering state of stress, stress transformation, principal stresses, and maximum shear stress, with emphasis on engineering applications and analytical problem solving
  • Delivered exam review lectures covering elasticity, stress analysis, energy methods, and introductory finite element analysis, reinforcing systematic approaches to solving engineering mechanics problems
  • Developed and delivered a virtual Abaqus tutorial for finite element analysis, guiding students through finite element modeling, post-processing, and project completion involving stress analysis and validation against analytical solutions
SE 411: Reliability Engineering University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Undergraduate/Graduate Elective (30 Students) Spring 2025
  • Delivered guest lectures on reliability analysis and reliability-based design optimization (RBDO), covering problem formulation, algorithmic implementation, and engineering interpretation
  • Designed an RBDO course project and mentored students on modeling, optimization algorithms, and coding implementation
  • Led exam review sessions with structured problem-solving tutorials to reinforce core concepts and analytical skills
SE 450: Decision Analysis University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Undergraduate/Graduate Elective (45 Students) Fall 2024, Fall 2025
  • Contributed to instruction by leading discussion sections and providing academic support via office hours
  • Delivered exam review lectures covering multivariate decision making, decision trees, and uncertainty-based decision making, with an emphasis on systematic problem formulation and solution strategies
Rail Vehicle Systems Health Management Tongji University
Undergraduate Required (60 Students, Instructed in English) Spring 2022
  • Supported course delivery by assisting lectures and coordinating laboratory components
  • Led laboratory sessions on bearing and gearbox test rigs, covering experimental setup, data acquisition, and signal processing
  • Instructed students on vibration-based fault diagnosis using FFT, wavelet transforms, and machine learning methods

Student Mentoring

Jiayi Zhao (Ph.D. Student, UIUC) Jan 2026 - Present
Digital-Twin-Based Inverse Diagnosis for Hydraulic Drivetrain Remanufacturing
  • Primary technical advisor for research methodology, guiding digital-twin framework design, similarity-based diagnostic approach, and trustworthy decision-making methods
  • Co-first-authored ASME IDETC 2026 conference paper (accepted); journal paper on trustworthy diagnosis in preparation
Jingsen Yang (M.S., UIUC) Nov 2025 - Present
Multi-fidelity Surrogate Modeling and Data Fusion based on Foundational Tabular Model
  • Primary technical advisor for surrogate modeling, data processing, and methodological development
  • Thesis and conference paper in preparation
Yanbin Luo (M.S., UIUC) Jul 2025 - May 2026
Experimental Degradation Modeling of High-Electron-Mobility Transistors (HEMTs) under Extreme Operating Conditions
  • Primary technical advisor for experimental design, data processing, and degradation modeling
  • Guided master’s thesis and IISE conference paper preparation (accepted and presented)