Dr. Wenmeng Tian is an associate professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Mississippi State University. She received her Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech. Dr. Tian’s research focuses on sensing and analytics for advanced manufacturing process modeling, monitoring, and prognosis. Her research has been applied to various advanced manufacturing processes, including additive manufacturing. Her publications have appeared in prestigious journals such as IISE Transactions, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing. Her work has been funded by NSF, DoD, DoE, DoL, and industrial institutes. Dr. Tian received the NSF CAREER Award, the Outstanding Young Investigator Award in Manufacturing and Design from Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE), and the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). She served on the Board of Directors for IISE Manufacturing and Design (M&D) Division (2021-2023).