Ya Mo

Ya Mo serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University's College of Education, with her office located in room 4036 of the Haley Center. Her primary contact email is yzm0043@auburn.edu, confirming her active institutional affiliation.

Her research program critically examines additive manufacturing processes, with a dominant focus on defect formation, fatigue mechanisms, and process optimization in metal 3D printing. Key investigation areas include:

• Location-dependent defect equivalency in volumetric analysis
• Fatigue performance relationships for Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr alloys
• Impact of powder characteristics (particle size, reuse) on mechanical properties
• Process parameter optimization for laser powder bed fusion
• Computational modeling of lattice structures and defect propagation
• ASTM standardization efforts for additive manufacturing testing

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2021-2025) reveals consistent emphasis on titanium alloy performance, where defect features—particularly porosity and location dependency—directly govern fatigue life. Her work bridges experimental testing with computational simulation, notably developing efficient finite element models for lattice structures and contributing to ASTM interlaboratory studies for tensile testing protocols. A significant portion addresses process window estimation through hardness measurements and Bayesian optimization techniques.

Scientific Awards:

• No awards documented in available sources

There is no publicly available information regarding doctoral advisees, research grants, laboratory facilities, or collaborative research teams. Her publication record suggests independent and collaborative engineering research despite her College of Education departmental affiliation, indicating potential cross-college partnerships within Auburn's engineering programs.