Rahul Rai

Rahul Rai, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University at Buffalo. His research is focused on manufacturing and design domain, with particular interest in the digital manufacturing and design tools that support design and fabrication of products and systems. By combining engineering innovations with methods from machine learning, AI, statistics and optimization, and geometric reasoning, his research strives to solve important research problems in manufacturing and engineering design domain. In this course, he brings his strong background in manufacturing analytics that he expects students will learn from his course.

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Intelligent Machining (Coursera)

Manufacturers are increasingly utilizing machine tools that are self-aware – they perceive their own states and the state of the surrounding environment – and are able to make decisions related to machine activity processes. This is called intelligent machining, and through this course students will receive a primer on [...]

Advanced Manufacturing Process Analysis (Coursera)

Extreme variability is a fact of life in manufacturing environments, impacting product quality and yield. Through this course, students will learn why performing advanced analysis of manufacturing processes is integral for diagnosing and correcting operational flaws in order to improve yields and reduce costs. Gain insights into the best [...]