{"id":377,"date":"2022-08-06T20:17:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T20:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbahauddin.tech\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:52:14","slug":"research-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbahauddin.tech\/?page_id=377","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1254\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group.jpg?fit=525%2C295&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-837\" style=\"width:595px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group.jpg?w=1254&amp;ssl=1 1254w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Group.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><strong>Dr. Alam&#8217;s Group<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The overarching research theme of Dr. Alam&#8217;s lab is <em>&#8220;<strong>Hybrid Data<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>+<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Physics-Driven &amp; Explainable Machine Learning Techniques and&nbsp;Multiscale Modeling with Surrogate-Modeling-Based Uncertainty Quantification and Robust Optimization for&nbsp;Multi-Criteria Decision making for Nuclear Engineering Problems<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Accordingly, Dr. Alam&#8217;s research interests and expertise broadly lie in the intersection of nuclear engineering, explainable machine learning, mechanics &amp; materials \u2014 focusing on data-driven analysis that warrants frequent excursions among the boundaries of applied mathematics and data science. Our group is currently exploring and developing the techniques below for <strong>advanced nuclear systems<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Explainable AI (XAI)-Infused Digital Twin System <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?resize=525%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?resize=1024%2C564&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?resize=768%2C423&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?resize=1536%2C846&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png?w=1616&amp;ssl=1 1616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong> Physics-Informed <strong>Multi-Fidelity<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Machine Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=525%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=1024%2C598&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-3.png?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Note: Our adopted method is influenced by <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jcp.2019.109020\" title=\"\"><em>Xuhui Meng and George EmKarniadakis (2020)<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Operator Learning as Faster Surrogate for Digital Twin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1.png?resize=525%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-692\" style=\"width:840px;height:545px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1.png?resize=1024%2C665&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1.png?resize=768%2C499&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1.png?resize=1536%2C997&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1.png?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Note: Our adopted method is influenced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s42256-021-00302-5\" title=\"\">Lu Lu<\/a> (2021)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Digital Twin Temporal Synchronization Module<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-3.png?resize=525%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-3.png?resize=1024%2C484&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-3.png?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-24.png?resize=525%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\" style=\"width:852px;height:433px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-24.png?resize=1024%2C521&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-24.png?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-24.png?resize=768%2C391&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-24.png?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Explainable AI (XAI) &amp; Interpretable AI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter 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has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\">Reliability-Based Robust Design Optimization<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?resize=525%2C738&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?resize=728%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?resize=768%2C1080&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sbahauddin.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-23.png?resize=1093%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1093w, 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