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We are far from true General AI for engineering. To contribute to this mission, I am hiring PhD students at
#GeorgiaTech.
I am launching
#InferenceLab at Georgia Tech in January 2026. Think of us as an academic lab with a startup soul. The goal is "Universal Engineering Intelligence" (sometimes called Artificial General Engineering Intelligence or AGEI).
Current AI models lack the rigor required for high-stakes engineering tasks, e.g. from computational design to simulation and manufacturing. To build systems that actually change the workflow, we need fundamental breakthroughs, not just better chatbots and API calls.
(The White House recently highlighted this need in "Mission Genesis":
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To achieve this vision, we are hiring PhD students to solve three hard problems:
🧠 Foundation Models for Engineering: Building vision-language-shape models and AI that can genuinely reason about 3D shapes, understand physics, and handle complex technical tasks.
⚛️ Physics-Integrated AI: Developing novel methods to merge first principles with data-driven decision making.
🦾 Embodied Manufacturing Intelligence: Creating robots that can manipulate 3D shapes in unstructured environments requiring extreme precision.
🔓 The Culture: Open Source Everything I believe Mechanical Engineering desperately needs a stronger open-source culture. We are committing to that fully. To prove it, I’ve even open-sourced our lab website code.
Want to build the future of engineering? Apply to the Georgia Tech ME PhD program for fall 2026 and mention my name in your SOP. I will definitely look at your application. You are also welcome to reach out with a CV (please mention which research theme applies to you).
Lab Resources: 🔹 Lab Websi
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P.S. I strongly recommend this podcast from my colleague Andrei G. Fedorov. It contains his vast experience regarding the graduate application pr
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