Lance Lu Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

I led the research and development team on MxGo, a search tool for aircraft maintenance. My team continued to development and improve the performance of MxGo by incorporating cutting edge NLP models with improved training data. I created a new standardized process for labeling and moving raw data for fine-tuning on new maintenance-specific NLP tasks. As the lead in research and development, I coordinated with contract strategy to turn MxGo from a prototype to a commercial product by setting goals, timelines, resources, and tasks. I established the technology roadmap for MxGo to continuously add new capabilities, improve current performance, and expand the user base. I also led the research on these new capabilities. Developed prototype capabilities included semantic similarity search, cleansing, and clustering. These products would transform the aircraft maintenance process at multiple levels: data entry, review, and analysis. I also developed and tested prototypes for retrieval-augmented-generation AI and text extraction from engineering diagrams.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

I researched, designed, and developed the core capabilities of MxGo, a maintenance data search tool built on natural language processing tools, to help aircraft maintainers input maintenance data faster and more accurately. The tool addresses the large data quality issues that the customer faces, which hinders the speed and quality of data analysis.As a research engineer I conducted user research to understand the maintenance data entry workflow. I designed, developed, tested, analyzed, and evaluated the MxGo prototype to meet user requirements I reported research, development, and test results internally and to customers. I presented and demonstrated key features and capabilities to the customer, ending with a high-fidelity web app prototype. I identified future opportunities within aircraft maintenance to apply MxGo and its underlying technology. I wrote proposals to secure funding for further development of MxGo and related capabilities.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Modeled maintenance, repair, and overhauled procedures using plant simulation software. Simulations were used to forecast different operations scenarios and their impact on throughput, flow days, downtime and other key performance indicators.Studied feasibility of outfitting legacy machines on the shop floor with Industrial Internet of Things devices to control, automate, and monitor various repair procedures. Created a virtual reality experience using Oculus for touring the facility and for exploring new potential floor layouts.

Greater Atlanta Area

Enhanced Preparation for Intelligent Cyber-manufacturing Systems (EPICS) Fellowepics.me.gatech.eduResearch:• Industrial Internet of Things applications for shop floor operations and management• Real-time process quality monitoring through sensor fusion• High Speed Machining tool condition monitoring through audio signals and machine learningTeaching:• Mechatronics course for undergraduate Mechanical Engineers covering sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, design, documentation, and presentation• Special CNC milling breakout session Volunteering:• COVID-19 Rapid Response group at Georgia Tech• Face-shields (necessary PPE) design and production for distribution to local area hospitals in Atlanta• Currently over 400,000 face-shields have been produced and delivered to hospitals in need (April 2020)• More info: https://pwp.gatech.edu/rapid-response/face-shields/• Featured on the New York Times: https://tinyurl.com/wesd232

San Francisco Bay Area

• Collaborate with project managers and end users to explore the expansion of the Autodesk Manufacturing solutions including Fusion 360 further into the shop environment. • Seek to connect the information created for and by designers, machinists, etc., with other parts of the manufacturing organization, and to provide more information to drive planning and decision-making, including data directly from the shop floor.• Instrument and monitor machine tools including laser cutters and water jet centers, manual and CNC machine tools, wood shop tools such as table saws, and additive manufacturing devices. • Collect and send real-time data to a central database for processing, analytics, consumption, and integration with Fusion 360

Greater Atlanta Area

• Maintain and improve Design Bloc area• Design and create new products to renovate space• Track all available maker-space equipment on campus

Greater Atlanta Area

• Lead recitation with 20 students taking Physics 1 (Classical)• Evaluate progress and assign grades through in-class assignments• Provide additional assistance at Physics Help Desk

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

• Created QN reduction matrices for assisting with dispositions and to track and identify trends for corrective actions• Assisted production floor with handling discrepancies quickly and effectively• Analyzed remove and replace dispositions to find patterns and root causes

Greater Atlanta Area

• Redesign faulty parts and update older parts using SolidWorks• Independent project testing new laser-marking technology on cartons• Coordinate with various representatives to optimize laser performance

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Fellow | Enhanced Preparation for Intelligent Cybermanufacturing SystemsMSME with thesis: "Effectiveness.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Honors Engineering Fraternity, Dramatech Theatre, Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra