AWARDS

Research Grants

• SCU University Research Grant Title: Unified Deep Learning Approach to Integrating Bézier, B-Spline, and NURBS Curve Parameterizations for Advanced 2D Curve Reparameterization. Awarded: May 2025 ($4,991 PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCU SoE Kuehler Undergraduate Research Award Title: Machine Learning-Driven Topology Optimization Considering the Restrictions of Additive Manufacturing: Minimum Feature Size and Overhang Constraints. Student Awarded: Steven Wu. Awarded: April 2025 ($7,899 PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCU University Research Grant Title: Innovative Strategies in Design Synthesis: Merging Advanced Computing and Geometric Modeling for Future Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics. Awarded: July 2024 ($2,500 PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCU SoE Kuehler Undergraduate Research Award Title: Enhancing Athletic Shoe Performance: 3D Printed Organic Cellular Structures with Flexible Material. Student Awarded: Charlie Wallace. Awarded: April 2024 ($8,475 PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCUSPUR Undergraduate Research Grant Title: Enhancing Athletic Shoe Performance: 3D Printed Organic Cellular Structures with Flexible Material. Student Awarded: Charlie Wallace. Awarded: April 2024 ($5,000 student wages + $1,000 conference expenses PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCU 2FURS Undergraduate Research Grant Title: IGA-GAN: Automatic Generation of Volumetric Splines for Iso-Geometric Analysis using Generative Adversarial Networks. Student Awarded: Kevin Wang. Awarded: November 2023 ($2,000 research grant PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCU University Research Grant Title: A Deep Generative Modeling Enabled Inverse Design Framework for Analyzable Cellular Metamaterial Systems. Awarded: July 2023 ($5,000 research grant PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• NSF-CDS&E-2245299 Title: Collaborative Research: Data-Driven Inverse Design of Additively Manufacturable Aperiodic Architected Cellular Materials. Awarded: June 2023 ($249,829 PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCU Pandemic-era Research Reboot Award. Title: Integrating machine learning-driven methods into the design of cellular metamaterial systems to enable the efficient and accurate design of ready-to-use metamaterials. Awarded: April 2023 ($2,000 supplemental pay PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCU SAURO Undergraduate Research Grant Title: A Deep Generative Modeling Enabled Inverse Design Framework for Analyzable Cellular Metamaterial Systems. Student Awarded: Kevin Wang. Awarded: April 2023 ($5,000 student wages + $1,000 conference expenses PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

• SCU Summer Stipend Title: Research on A Deep Generative Modeling Enabled Inverse Design Framework for Analyzable Cellular Metamaterial Systems. Awarded: March 2023 ($6,000 stipend + $2,000 research grant PI: Jun Wang, 100%). 

Service Awards

• 2025 ASME CIE CAPPD (Computer-Aided Product and Process Development) technical committee chair and service award recipient.