IntelliRes LLC spun off from the Du Lab at UMass Amherst to translate AI-driven monitoring and control technologies invented at UMass into industrial-scale applications (learn more). These technologies build on our recent patents and research achievements in autofocus, super-resolution, registration, 3D imaging and metrology, deep learning-based model predictive control, physics-informed AI, and transformer models for multimodal sensing. These next-generation solutions bridge the gap between AI-powered analytics and real-world engineering challenges—transforming the way industries monitor, measure, and optimize precision processes.
The first US Patent Issued from Du Lab
The lab has the United States Patent 12,242,169 B2 entitled “High Speed Autofocus Control,” issued February 25, 2025, and is based on the following technology: UMA 21-033 entitled “Fast and Accurate Autofocus Control Using Gaussian Standard Deviation and Gradient-based Binning”
and UMA 22-056 entitled “LSTM-based Model Predictive Control for Autofocus”.
Congratulations to our lab alumni Peter DiMeo and Dr. Jingyang Yan.
Our story on ENGINEER Research Magazine
PI Du was selected for IEEE 2024 Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award
PI Du was nominated and selected as a recipient of the IEEE 2024 Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award for pioneering contributions to advancing machine intelligence and sensing technologies in roll-to-roll flexible electronics printing and medical devices for health monitoring.
Congratulating Jason Pettinato for winning the Family Undergraduate Research Award for 2023-2024
Congratulating Meysam Safarzadeh for being awarded the inaugural one-year translational Graduate Student Fellow for 2024
Congratulations to Jingyang Yan for passing his Ph.D. final defense on March 31!
It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Jingyang Yan, the first Ph.D. student of Du lab, for successfully passing his Ph.D. final defense. Jingyang Yan presented his culmination of five years of hard work, dedication, and perseverance at LSL-N410 on March 31, 2023. We would like to express our gratitude to Jingyang Yan for all his valuable contributions to the lab. Well done, Jingyang Yan!
Congratulations to Ryan Packer, Ilya McCune-Pedit, and Isabella Lambros for Winning Three Awards in the NSF Poster Competition in the 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE)
Three junior NSF REU students, Ryan Packer, Ilya McCune-Pedit, and Isabella Lambros worked in Summer 2022 in Du lab. Their projects were presented in the NSF poster competition in the ASME-IMECE on October 30 – November 2, 2022, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH.
Ryan won the Best Presenter Award.
Ilya won the Most Enthusiastic Presentor.
Bella won the Most Informative Poster.
Congratulations to Jessica Wu and Jingyang Yan for Winning the Best Presenter Award in the NSF REU Poster Competition in the 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE)
Jessica Wu, a junior NSF REU student, developed a robust inking and drying system for a continuous roll-to-roll (R2R) microcontact printing process, ultimately to achieve advancements in the quality-controllable, large-scale R2R printing of flexible electronics. This technology was presented in the NSF REU poster competition in the IMECE on Nov. 01-05, 2021, and won Best Presenter Award. Ph.D. student, Jingyang Yan mentored Jessica Wu for partial fulfillment of his research project in scale up and quality control of the R2R microcontact printing process. The research project is aimed to achieve high-precision printing and comprehensive micro-scale pattern transfer with reasonable, industry-scale printing speeds, with decreased cost printing results from standard practices. We would like to thank the NSF program directors (Grant: NSF GOALI CMMI-1916866) for funding this REU research.
Congratulations to Peter DiMeo for Winning Third Place in the NSF REU Poster Competition in the 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE)
Peter DiMeo, a senior NSF REU student, integrated high-speed passive autofocus control of high-magnification lenes using nanometer precision piezo actuation in Summer 2021 in Du Lab. This technology was presented in the NSF REU poster competition in the IMECE on Nov. 01-05, 2021, and won Third Place Award. This research is based on Peter’s research report on the poster that won First Place in NSF poster competition in IMECE 2021, and his recent research paper published on Optics Express (https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-29-13-19862&id=451833). This research project is aimed to solve the focus problems in imaging high precision targets, like nano or micro-scale printed patterns in R2R, in high dynamic scenarios that require incredibly fast and precise position control of high-mass and high-magnification lenses. We would like to thank the NSF program directors (Grant: NSF CAREER CMMI-1942185) for funding this REU research.