Dr. Wei (Wayne) Chen is an Assistant Professor in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2019. Prior to his current appointment, he was a Research Scientist at Siemens Technology (Princeton, NJ) and a Postdoctoral Scholar at Northwestern University. His research focuses on how artificial intelligence and machine learning can assist humans in solving challenging design problems including high-dimensional problems, inverse design, design under uncertainty, and novel design synthesis. His work has been applied to various engineering domains including aerodynamic design, materials design, design for manufacturing, and CAD/CAE.