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Research Staff

Mingzhou Jin

John D. Tickle Professor, Professor and Associate Head of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and ISSE Director

[email protected]

865-974-1843

Modeling and analysis for environment, sustainability and climate change; logistics, transportation, and supply chain management (LTS lab director); operations research and data analytics; advanced manufacturing

Website: https://ise.utk.edu/people/mingzhou-jin/


Thomas Wenning

ORNL program manager for industrial energy efficiency

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865-576-9257

Energy efficiency in industry and buildings, program strategy, development and management, decarbonization, DOE-qualified specialist in steam, pump, and fan systems, certified practitioner in energy management systems & SEP performance verifier, and DOE-certified data center energy practitioner

Website: https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/thomas-j-wenning


Sachin U. Nimbalkar

ORNL group leader, Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Research & Analysis (MEERA) group

[email protected]

865-576-3590

Industrial energy efficiency and decarbonization, industrial process heating, waste heat assessment, life-cycle energy and emissions analysis, smart manufacturing and Internet of Things (IoT) opportunities for manufacturing, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermal sciences, and combustion

Website: https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/sachin-u-nimbalkar


Chris R. Price

ORNL R&D associate staff, MEERA group

[email protected]

865-341-0084

Advanced control systems for building HVAC and energy efficiency, industrial energy assessment, strategic analysis of new technologies, decarbonization, coordination of energy efficiency outreach initiatives

Website: https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/chris-r-price


David Vance

Ph.D. candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

[email protected]

270-707-6003

Smart manufacturing, energy management, industrial energy assessment, energy digital twin, off-grid microgrids, waste heat assessment, renewable energy, energy storage


Bill Hicks

Manufacturing Consultant, CIS

Lecturer, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

[email protected]

865-748-1779

Manufacturing Extension and Outreach


Lynn Reed

Adjunct associate professor, Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Tennessee Space Institute

Resource Consultant, CIS

[email protected]

615-532-8883

Applied probability & statistics, design of experiment, applications, industrial manufacturing, process improvement, process reliability, quality management, energy management, environmental management, defect reduction, risk reduction, cost of quality


Albert Tieche

Mechanical Engineer, CIS

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Process improvement, workforce development, project management and administration,