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Prof.Yang Xu's Advanced Manufacturing Lab
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Principal Investigator
Yang Xu
Assistant Professor
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
The University of Hong Kong
Email: yxu195@hku.hk
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Education
2016 - 2021 Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
2019 - 2021 M.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California
2013 - 2016 M.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University
2009 - 2013 B.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University
Professional Experience
01/2024 - present Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
01/2023 - 12/2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
09/2021 - 12/2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
08/2017 - 08/2021 Doctoral Research Assistant
Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
08/2017 - 08/2021 Teaching Assistant
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
09/2013 - 07/2016 Graduate Research Assistant
School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation
Beihang University, Beijing, China
Bio
Prof. Yang Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Beihang University, a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California (USC). Before joining HKU, Prof. Xu was a postdoctoral research associate at UC Berkeley.
Prof. Xu's research is dedicated to advancing manufacturing technologies with the potential to transform future product design and production. His current focus areas include next-generation additive manufacturing (AM) processes, intelligent manufacturing systems, and innovative designs empowered by AM.
Awards and Honors
05/2022 William F. Ballhaus Jr. Prize for Excellence in Graduate Engineering Research,
Viterbi School of Engineering Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award (runner-up), USC
04/2022 Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award,
USC’s Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
06/2021 Selected Doctoral Symposium Speaker,
ASME 2021 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC2021)
04/2021 Student Support Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
06/2020 Best Paper Award (2nd Place),
ASME 2020 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC2020)
08/2017 Plenary Speaker,
2017 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2017)
08/2016 Viterbi Graduate School Ph.D. Fellowship, University of Southern California
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