Latest News!
Sept. 1, 2025:
We're thrilled to share that Yangyuan Li and Zhendi Zhang have published a paper in Measurement - making the first journal publication by students in our lab! ๐
Their research presents a self-calibrated single-camera system for distinguishing in-plane and out-of-plane vibrations in rotating structures. This technique offers exciting potential for in-line, non-destructive prescreening of components like wind turbine blades.
Huge congratulations to Yangyuan and Zhendi on this important milestone. Fantastic work! ๐
Now, we have a new lab slogan: "Yangyuan and Zhendi like spinning in circles!" ๐
Research Interests
Our lab specializes in Multi-physics-based Advanced Manufacturing dedicated to advancing infrastructures essential for the Internet of Things. Our applications include, but are not limited to 1) design: scale-up processes for flexible electronics, 5G/6G communication devices, fatigue test for drill pipes, and robots for flexible object manipulation; 2) fabrication: scalable manufacturing of flexible electronics and multi-physics self-assembly technologies; 3) metrology: monitoring methods for roll-to-roll and 3D printing processes, full-field non-destructive evaluation (NDE) for rotating structures, and diagnosis of animal/ food physiological parameters, etc.
We are seeking highly self-motivated graduate and undergraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers, with a keen interest in image processing, vibrations, solid mechanics, and/ or heat transfer on their applications in advanced manufacturing, smart pharmacy packaging, mechanical design, and/ or metrology. Please contact Dr. Feng by email, attaching your CV, all transcripts, standardized test scores (e.g. GRE, TOEFL, or IELTS, etc.), and clearly specify your interest in particular projects or areas. Experience in linear algebra, partial differential equations, numerical analysis, and/ or coding software is preferred.
Updates
Sept. 1, 2025: Yangyuan Li and Zhendi Zhang have published our labs' first journal paper in Measurement ! Now, we have a new lab slogan: "Yangyuan and Zhendi like spinning in circles!"
Feb. 13, 2025: Howard University has been conferred a Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification today! Let us provide more high quality research in the future!
Aug. 15, 2024: The Design, Fabrication, and Metrology Laboratory has been renamed to the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory (AML) and relocated to Howard University in Washington, D.C., USA.
Jan. 25, 2024: After a three-year process, our two patents for measuring roll-to-roll web tension distribution have been officially published.
August 16, 2022: Dr. Feng, Dan establishes the Design, Fabrication, and Metrology (DF-AM) Laboratory at Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station, TX, USA.