Chinedum Okwudire

Director, S2A Lab and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Research Interests:
Smart manufacturing, additive manufacturing, automation, controls, precision machine design

CURRENT RESEARCHERS

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Kijoon Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-Present)
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Research Interests:
Metal Additive Manufacturing, Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Binder Jetting, Multi-Material Structures, Cost Estimation
Current Project:
Development of Novel process and machine for binder jetting

Nathaniel Wood

Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-Present)
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Research Interests:
Metal Additive Manufacturing, Powder Bed Fusion, Control Theory, Heat Transfer, Numerical Modeling Techniques
Current Projects:
Developing Feedforward-feedback Control for Powder Bed Fusion, Physics-based AI Modeling of the Powder Bed Fusion Process

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Pinyi Wu

PhD Candidate (2020-Present)
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Research Interests:
Mechatronics, Controls, 3D Printing
Current Project:
Control of extrusion in 3D printing

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Chuan He

PhD Candidate (2021-Present)
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Research Interests:
Mechatronics, Controls, Dynamics
Current Projects:
Scan Sequence Optimization in Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Shape Error Compensation in Additive Manufacturing

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Chen Qian

PhD Pre-Candidate (2023-Present)
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Research Interests:
Metal Additive Manufacturing, Mechatronics
Current Project:
Manufacturing process and machine for binder jetting

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Cheng-Hao Chou

PhD Candidate (2021-Present)
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Research Interests:
Mechatronics, Controls, Machine Learning for Manufacturing
Current Project:
Combination of physics-based and data-driven models for control of manufacturing machines

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Iago Pereira

PhD Candidate (2022-Present)
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Research Interests:
Mechatronics, Controls, Dynamics and Mechanical Vibration
Current Project:
Vibration control of robotic 6-DoF arm using software and hardware solutions

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Nicholas Kirschbaum

PhD Pre-Candidate (2023-Present)
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Research Interests:
Metal Additive Manufacturing, Laser Powder Fusion, Control Theory, Heat Transfer
Current Project:
Developing feedforward-feedback melt pool control in Laser Powder Bed Fusion

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