Dr. Xiaoou ‘Hannah’ Yang is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Georgia in 2024 and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology in 2019. Her research area is in advanced manufacturing and system design, with a focus on human-AI interaction in manufacturing settings to advance cyber-physical-social systems. She is also interested in developing computational model-based approaches to optimize collaborative team construction for workforce development. Throughout her career, she is actively involved in ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers), and in ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education).