Fatemeh Davoudi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her research is in the area of human-centered smart manufacturing, with a focus on human factors, physical and neuroergonomics, and machine learning applications for safety analytics and AI-based quality engineering. Her work integrates wearable sensors, brain–computer interface systems, and collaborative robots to advance occupational risk assessment and quality engineering in manufacturing settings. Fatemeh holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Technology & Manufacturing Systems with a Ph.D. Minor in Statistics from Iowa State University.
Before joining Santa Clara University in 2023, she was an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Manufacturing Systems at San José State University (2018–2023). She is the director of the Machine Learning & Safety Analytics Lab, where she leads interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of human factors, ergonomics, and manufacturing. Her academic background is in mathematics, applied engineering, industrial technology and manufacturing systems, and statistics.