Dr. Yifeng Che

Biography

Yifeng Che is an Assistant Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. With a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology attained in 2021, and a B.S. in Nuclear Science Technology from the University of Science and Technology of China earned in 2015, Che's research concentrates on multiphysics modeling and simulation, particularly related to advanced nuclear reactors with a core emphasis on nuclear fuel performance. His research group merges cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms into the modeling and simulation of nuclear reactors, with a focus on the development of multiscale models, multiphysics coupling, and design optimization. Prior to his appointment at Georgia Tech, Che was a staff scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory within the Nuclear Fuels Materials Division and received the Russell L. Heath Distinguished Postdoctoral Award during his postdoctoral training there. His research also involves fuel performance modeling, calibration, validation, uncertainty analysis, Bayesian inference, reduced-order modeling, and optimization techniques.

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