About me
Kassandra Hernandez is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University in theVAMOS lab. Her research focuses on metal additive manufacturing, laser directed energy deposition(LDED), and the application of machine learning to manufacturing systems. She earned her M.S. inMechanical Engineering from California State University, Fresno, where her thesis examined machinelearning approaches for engineering problem solving. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, shepublished research on the use of machine learning for predicting wildfires in California’s Central Valley.Her work as a PhD student includes a study in npj Advanced Manufacturing demonstrating a combinedexperimental and machine learning framework for correlating 3D printing parameters with mechanicalproperties of ULTEM 9085, a high-performance thermoplastic used in aerospace applications. Her currentwork integrates LDED, physics-based simulation, and data-driven modeling to control the mechanicalresponse of single metal systems. More broadly, her interests include AI-enabled manufacturing, digitaltwins for metal additive manufacturing, and the integration of machine learning with advancedmanufacturing systems for closed-loop process design.
