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AI & Machine Learning

Applied ML for Industrial Engineering - prediction, classification, and pattern detection on shop-floor and operations data.

I teach AI & Machine Learning alongside Operations and Analytics, so the framing here stays applied: not ML for its own sake, but ML as another tool in the same box as SPC, DMAIC, and forecasting - for predictive maintenance, quality classification, and demand prediction.

Hands-on Tools

Core ML mechanics, worked by hand

Small, transparent implementations of the algorithms behind the black box - useful for teaching, and for sanity-checking a model's output.

🎯 Accuracy/precision/recall/F1

Classification Metrics

Model Evaluation

From a confusion matrix, computes the metrics that actually matter - accuracy alone hides a lot on imbalanced data (e.g. rare defect classification).

Enter confusion matrix values and calculate.
📈 Live least-squares fit

Simple Linear Regression

Prediction

Least-squares fit of y on x, with R² and a point prediction - the same idea behind more complex forecasting models, worked by hand.

Enter paired X/Y data and fit.
🧠 4 activation functions, live

Neuron Activation Explorer

Neural Networks

Given a weighted sum z, see how the standard activation functions transform it.

Enter z and compute.
🔧 Remaining-useful-life estimate

Predictive Maintenance: RUL Estimator

Industrial Application

A linear degradation model estimating Remaining Useful Life from a sensor trend - the simplest version of the models behind condition-based maintenance.

Enter sensor trend and estimate.
🔵 One k-means iteration

K-Means: One Iteration, Worked by Hand

Clustering

Assigns each point to its nearest centroid, then recomputes the centroids - the two-step loop that k-means repeats until convergence.

Enter points and centroids, then run.

Custom GPTs Built

Purpose-built AI assistants, in active use

Five custom GPTs designed and configured for specific recurring problems in teaching, quality operations, and student entrepreneurship - each scoped to one job rather than being a general-purpose chatbot.

Quality Operations

Q360 - Quality Operations Copilot

An AI copilot for quality operations - audit prep, SOP interpretation, and root-cause guidance framed around ISO and Six Sigma quality workflows.

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Teaching · OBE

DOIE OBE Blooms Questions Builder

Generates outcome-based-education exam questions mapped to Bloom's Taxonomy levels for Department of Industrial Engineering courses.

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Entrepreneurship

Nara's Startup Analyst AI

Analyzes student startup ideas and pitches - market sizing, viability checks, and structured feedback for venture mentoring.

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Teaching · Mentoring

DOIE Industrial Engineering Mentor

A course-aware mentor for Industrial Engineering students - answers concept questions and points to the right technique for a given problem.

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Entrepreneurship

DOIE Startup Journey - Nara's 1.0

Guides students step-by-step through an entrepreneurship journey, from idea validation to pitch-readiness.

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Applied Focus

Where this shows up in my teaching & toolkit

AI & ML sits alongside Business Analytics and Operations in what I teach, backed by working proficiency in Python, SQL, Power BI, and generative AI tools - used for the same kind of decision-support work as the statistical and optimization tools elsewhere on this site.

Teaching

AI & Machine Learning Course

Covers the mechanics behind these tools - regression, classification, clustering, and neural network basics - framed around Industrial Engineering use cases rather than generic examples.

Applied Skillset

Python, SQL & Analytics Toolchain

Data Analytics and Power BI certified, with working Python/SQL for the same data pipelines that feed the ergonomics, quality, and supply chain research on this site (see Certifications & Skills).