  {"id":17030,"date":"2023-08-29T12:07:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=17030"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:08:01","slug":"welcome-aditya-akundi-industrial-manufacturing-and-systems-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/welcome-aditya-akundi-industrial-manufacturing-and-systems-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Aditya Akundi, industrial manufacturing and systems engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"alignleft uwm-c-img--left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2023\/08\/Akundi-520--294x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17031\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The college welcomes Aditya Akundi as an assistant professor, industrial &amp; manufacturing engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akundi&#8217;s primary research is in complex systems engineering, including model-based systems engineering, cyber-physical systems, and digital quality control. He also pursues research in engineering education. Akundi&#8217;s research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, Akundi has served as an assistant professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems, where he was an I-DREAM4D Department of Defense fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received his PhD from the University of Texas at El Paso (2016) and has published several journals and peer-reviewed conference papers on systems modeling, systems testing, model-based systems, engineering education, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akundi is a member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)\u2014where he serves as a core committee member of the IISE Cup\u2014and the American Society for Engineering Education (AASE)\u2014where he serves on the executive board of the ASEE Manufacturing Division. 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