Leah Chong
Leah Chong is an Assistant Professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin. Prior to UT, she was a postdoctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received her PhD and MS degrees at Carnegie Mellon University and BS degree at Rice University, all in Mechanical Engineering. Her research focuses on human-AI design interaction and teaming, understanding how the integration of computational tools/agents in the engineering design process affects the way engineers think, feel, and make decisions, as well as exploring opportunities for human-centered, complementary partnership between engineers and AI. Some ongoing topics of research include: AI-assisted decision-making, qualitative design with AI, and artificial empathy.