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Yan Lu (Fed)
Information Modeling and Testing Group Leader
Dr. Yan Lu is a member of the System Integration Division at the Engineering Lab. Her research interests at NIST include additive manufacturing data registration, data integration and fusion, and smart manufacturing system information modeling and integration architecture.
Before joining NIST, Dr. Lu was the head of Grid Automation and Production Operation and Optimization Research Group at Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology. With Siemens, she has led and successfully delivered tens of million dollars of corporate funded and government funded research projects in the areas of survivable control systems, energy automation and building energy management systems. She has published more than 100 peer reviewed journal and conference papers and was granted more than 15 patents in industry and building automation technology. Dr. Lu also worked for Seagate Research Center for two years on developing hard disk drive servo control.
Awards
2024 Federal Executive Institute Training Program
Completed an intensive executive leadership program designed to enhance management and decision-making skills within the federal government. Gained expertise in strategic planning, leadership development, and complex problem-solving.
2024 ASME CIE Best Paper Award
Knowledge extraction in additive manufacturing: a formal concept analysis approach
2024 IEOM Best Paper Award
Expanding MAM Readiness: Towards A Holistic Model for Metal Additive Manufacturing in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
2023 ASME CIE Best Paper Award
Enhancing part quality management using a holistic data fusion framework in metal powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
2022 ASTM Awards of Excellence in Research
For the outstanding contribution to the field of additive manufacturing
2021 DOC Bronze Medal - For the development of an additive manufacturing materials database and data portal.
2021 ASME CIE Technical Committee Leadership Award - For the outstanding leadership in the technical areas of systems Engineering, information & knowledge Management.
2020 EL Mentoring Award - For outstanding and ongoing mentorship for the next generation of manufacturing researchers.
2020 NIST Special Act Award - For acting as a group leader for SID IMT Group for FY19.
2019 IEC 1906 Award - In recognition of significant contributions in the field of Smart Manufacturing and leadership in JWG 1.
2019 EL Communication Award - For the NIST publication “Current Standards Landscape for Smart Manufacturing Systems.”
2016 Best Paper Award – SES World Standards Day Paper Competition - For the paper titled “Building Connections through Standards Landscaping.”