{"id":337,"date":"2024-09-09T20:54:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T20:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/?page_id=337"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:45:03","slug":"labs-and-centers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/research\/labs-and-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Labs and Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to partnerships forged with ORNL, CNS\/Y-12, the State of Tennessee and City of Knoxville, we also collaborate with a number of on-campus research facilities, allowing our faculty and students to actively participate in cutting-edge research together. Learn more about our on-campus partners:<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 1rem 1.587302% 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea\" \/>\n<div class=\"one-third column\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1381\" src=\"\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/ai.jpg\" alt=\"IT experts in high tech workspace using artificial intelligence to look at data\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds column\">\n<h3>AI in Complex Systems Lab<\/h3>\n<p class=\"orange-mark\">The AI in Complex Systems Lab aims to advance the science of artificial intelligence (AI) and address the prominent existing gaps and challenges in AI methods and their translation to practice. Applications for this research are in areas like health care, genomics, advanced manufacturing, intelligent transportation systems, environment, nuclear energy, and cybersecurity, among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline fancyButton\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/research\/labs-and-centers\/ai-in-complex-systems-lab\/\">Learn more about AI in Complex Systems Lab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 1rem 1.587302% 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea\" \/>\n<div class=\"one-third column\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1381\" src=\"\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/hits.jpg\" alt=\"HITS Lab\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds column\">\n<h3>HITS Lab<\/h3>\n<p class=\"orange-mark\">The Health Innovation Technology and Simulation Laboratory (HITS Lab) collaborators at UT work together as nurses, engineers, business leaders, and designers to create products, services and ideas to improve the lives of people and the productivity and success of companies and organizations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline fancyButton\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/hits.utk.edu\/\">Learn more about HITS Lab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 1rem 1.587302% 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea\" \/>\n<div class=\"one-third column\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1381\" src=\"\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/3d-printer.jpg\" alt=\"3D lab\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds column\">\n<h3>iLab<\/h3>\n<p class=\"orange-mark\">The Ideation Laboratory, better known as the iLab, is a collaborative studio where students can design, create, and test their ideas in real life. The iLab has various machines and equipment that students can use, including 3D printers, laser engraver, milling machine, and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline fancyButton\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ilab.utk.edu\/\">Learn more about iLab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 1rem 1.587302% 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea\" \/>\n<div class=\"one-third column\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/LTS.jpg\" alt=\"LTS\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/LTS.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/LTS-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/LTS-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds column\">\n<h3>LTS<\/h3>\n<p class=\"orange-mark\">The Logistics, Transportation, and Supply Chain (LTS) Engineering lab applies operations research, simulation, traffic modeling, statistical analysis, cost\/benefit analysis, and other engineering techniques to address issues in logistics, transportation, advanced manufacturing, and supply chain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline fancyButton\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/research\/labs-and-centers\/lts-lab\/\">Learn more about the LTS lab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 1rem 1.587302% 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea\" \/>\n<div class=\"one-third column\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1118 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/MINDSlab_120325_600px_600px.jpg\" alt=\"Two people work with measurement processes for work with the MINDS Lab\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/MINDSlab_120325_600px_600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/MINDSlab_120325_600px_600px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/MINDSlab_120325_600px_600px-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds column\">\n<h3>MINDS Lab<\/h3>\n<p class=\"orange-mark\">The mission of Manufacturing Intelligent Dynamics Laboratory (MINDS Lab) is to promote manufacturing processes and systems innovations, with a focus on metal additive, machining, hybrid manufacturing, smart machines and industrial production, to advance next-generation design and manufacturing. Our approach is to perform fundamental research in support of this goal, while taking care to consider its integration with practical implementation, manufacturing engineering education, and workforce development. Through this combined agenda, students at many levels are trained to acquire physics-based modeling capabilities coupled with fundamental experimental techniques and data analytics skills, including physics-based machine learning. Our vision is that the students will have strong problem-solving capabilities and therefore a beautiful mind of design and manufacturing to contribute to their careers and life, and human society.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline fancyButton\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.utidealab.com\/\">Learn more about the MINDS Lab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 1rem 1.587302% 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea\" \/>\n<div class=\"one-third column\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1381\" src=\"\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/optimization-lab.jpg\" alt=\"Students in the optimization lab\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds column\">\n<h3>Optimization Lab<\/h3>\n<p class=\"orange-mark\">The Optimization Lab uses large-scale integer programming, stochastic programming, and other hardware and software to conduct research in optimization and simulation for advancing techniques in power systems, health care systems, and other systems. The optimization techniques include<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline fancyButton\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/research\/labs-and-centers\/optimization-lab\/\">Learn more about the Optimization lab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 1rem 1.587302% 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea\" \/>\n<div class=\"one-third column\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-776\" src=\"\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/ostrowski-herman.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Ostroski and Rebekah Herman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/ostrowski-herman.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/ostrowski-herman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/11\/ostrowski-herman-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds column\">\n<h3>Quantum Algorithm Theory and Discrete Optimization Group<\/h3>\n<p class=\"orange-mark\">The Quantum Algorithm Theory and Discrete Optimization Group (QAT &amp; DOG) at the University of Tennessee studies fundamental quantum algorithm design and applications of these algorithms to discrete optimization problems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline fancyButton\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/research\/labs-and-centers\/qat-dog\/\">Learn more about the QAT and DOG<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br class=\"clearshortcode\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 1rem 1.587302% 2rem;border-top: 1px solid #eaeaea\" \/>\n<div class=\"one-third column\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1381\" src=\"\/ise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/10\/Robot_Dog-2.jpg\" alt=\"Graduate student Mengjun Wang walks a robot dog with a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor installed near the Smokey statue near Ayres Hall as part of her research\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-thirds column\">\n<h2>ARCS<\/h2>\n<p class=\"orange-mark\">The AI and Robotics for Collaborative Systems (ARCS) Lab works to research, design, and promote the effective collaboration between humans and machines to achieve society&#8217;s goals.\u00a0The ARCS Lab is a human factors lab utilizing concepts from cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and systems engineering to develop and refine intelligent collaborative systems for a variety of applications within manufacturing, healthcare, and defense to improve users&#8217; training quality, information-sharing, processes, and overall collaborative performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to partnerships forged with ORNL, CNS\/Y-12, the State of Tennessee and City of Knoxville, we also collaborate with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-wide.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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