Research Staff
Mingzhou Jin
John D. Tickle Professor, Professor and Associate Head of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and ISSE Director
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
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
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
Advanced control systems for building HVAC and energy efficiency, industrial energy assessment, strategic analysis of new technologies, decarbonization, coordination of energy efficiency outreach initiatives
David Vance
Ph.D. candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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
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
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
Process improvement, workforce development, project management and administration,