Affiliates & Associates

AM2 Research Affiliates are experts in smart manufacturing, materials and AI/data science.

The AM2 Program is open to all Texas A&M and AMIT faculty (including tenure, professional, instructional and research tracks), other researchers (including research scientists and postdoctoral researchers), and operations and administration staff and professionals, whose role and interests include Smart Manufacturing, Materials and AI/data science.

How to Join

The AM2 initiative is led by Mohamed El Mansori of Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, and Professors Satish Bukkapatnam of Texas A&M University and TEES Institute for Manufacturing Systems.

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Research Affiliates Database

Name Position key Department College Research key Webpage Email
Homero Castaneda Affifiate faculty National Corrosion and Materials Reliability Laboratory TAMU Corrosion
Hossein Ramezani-Dana Affifiate faculty MSMP TAMU-AMIT Materials- Material Characterization - Mechanical Properties - Polymers - Mechanical Behavior of Materials- Materials Processing -Microstructure- Material Characteristics - Finite Element Analysis - Advanced Materials
Mohamed EL Mansori Affifiate faculty MSMP AMIT Surface Characterization- Machining -Tribology -Coating -Mechanic Engineering- Composites- Additive Manufacturing- Surface Engineering - Automotive Industry -Materials
Ricardo Knoblauch Senior Researchers MSMP TAMU-AMIT Engineering Materials Science Physics and Astronomy Environmental Science
Satish Bukkapatnam Affifiate faculty Department of Biomedical Engineering TESS smart manufacturing Ultraprecision manufacturing Smart wearable sensors Process monitoring and prognostics Nonlinear and non

Goal of the partnership

AM² wishes to collaborate with industrial partners in the fields of smart manufacturing and materials, infused with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science for Industry 4.0.

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