Our Team

Dr. Chen is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT). He is also affiliated with the Texas Materials Institute and the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences. Before joining UT, he was a Research Associate at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (2022-2025).

Tianyu (Tyler) is a PhD student with a background in computational materials science and machine learning. He previously worked on structure–property relationships using machine-learning interatomic potentials and was a research intern at the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (2025). Now, he is developing agentic workflows that integrate simulation, characterization, and active experimental design to accelerate materials discovery. Outside of research, he enjoys traveling and live music.

Ian is studying for a masters in Artificial Intelligence. His research focuses on a multi-agent coordination framework for orchestrating experimental workflows.

David is studying for a Master's in Computer Science. His research focuses on fine-tuning and reinforcement learning of small parameter models for experimental workflows.

Roy is interested in Bayesian methods and agentic AI systems for scientific problems. His current research focuses on active learning and surrogate-model parameter inversion for complex neutron scattering measurements.