Research
Our group is working on the areas including 3D printing, design for additive manufacturing, topology optimization, generative design, mass customization, CAD/CAM, advanced manufacturing, automation, recycling, robotics, computer vision, machine learning, and medical devices.
We are also open for projects related but not limited to the above areas.
Please feel free to contact me if you want to participate or if you have any idea.
Below are some active projects.
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Topics include design of freeform surface, complex structure, digital material, adaptive slicing, and topology optimization.
Design Tools
LDNI-based Solid Modeling http://ldnibasedsolidmodeling.sourceforge.net/
Publications
"Improving the Diversity of Topology-Optimized Designs by Swarm Intelligence", SAMO 2022. [PDF]
"Interlacing Infills for Multi-Material Fused Filament Fabrication using Layered Depth Material Images", Micromachines 2022. [PDF]
"Analysis and Design of Lattice Structures for Rapid Investment Casting", Materials 2021. [PDF]
"Development of Intertwined Infills to Improve Multi-Material Interfacial Bond Strength", JMSE 2021. [PDF]
"Escaping Tree-Support (ET-Sup): Minimizing Contact Points for Tree-like Support Structures in Additive Manufacturing", RPJ 2021. [PDF]
"Numerical Assessment of Directional Energy Performance for 3D Printed Midsole Structures", MBE 2021. [PDF]
"Function-aware Slicing Using Principal Stress Line for Toolpath Planning in Additive Manufacturing", JMP 2021. [PDF]
"Digital Material Design Using Tensor-based Error Diffusion for Additive Manufacturing", CAD 2019. [PDF]
"Surfel Convolutional Neural Network for Support Detection in Additive Manufacturing", IJAMT 2019. [PDF]
"Challenges and Status on Design and Computation for Emerging Additive Manufacturing Technologies", JCISE 2018. [PDF]
"Adaptive Slicing Based on Efficient Profile Analysis", CAD 2018. [PDF]
"An Interactive Product Customization Framework for Freeform Shapes", RPJ 2017. [PDF]
"A Reverse Compensation Framework for Shape Deformation in Additive Manufacturing", JCISE 2017. [PDF]
Functional Design and Fabrication
Topics include mathematical modeling and simulation, design for self-reconfigure/assembly, lightweight structure, development of functional printing, and smart materials.
Publications
"Embedding Ionic Hydrogel in 3D Printed Human-Centric Devices for Mechanical Sensing", JMP, 2023. [PDF]
"Simulation of Hyper-Elasticity by Shape Estimation", JCISE, 2021. [PDF]
"Folding Photopolymerized Origami Sheets by Post-Curing", SNAS 2021. [PDF]
"Geometry-Based Thick Origami Simulation", JMD 2020. [PDF]
"Reinforcing Silicone with Hemp Fiber for Additive Manufacturing", CST 2020. [PDF]
"Kinematics of Soft Robots by Geometric Computing", TRO 2020. [PDF]
"Review of Natural Fiber Reinforced Elastomer Composites", IDETC 2018. [DOI:10.1115/DETC2018-86042]
"Geometry-based Direct Simulation for Multi-Material Soft Robots", ICRA 2016. [PDF]
“4D Printing of Composites”, ICCM-21, 2017. [PDF]
"Geometry-Driven Finite Element for Four-Dimensional Printing", JMSE 2017. [PDF]
"4D Printing: Design and Fabrication of Smooth Curved Surface Using Controlled Self-Folding", JMD 2017. [PDF]
Cyber-Manufacturing
Topics include process monitoring and control systems, automation, robotics systems, self-optimize systems, and sensing systems.
Project Pages
Publications
"Closed-Loop Control of Surface Preparation for Metallizing Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites", TCSME 2024.
"A Production Interface to Enable Legacy Factories for Industry 4.0", ERX 2023. [PDF]
“Dynamic Computer-Aided Process Control with Computer Vision for Industry 4.0”, FAIM 2022. [doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17629-6_53]
“First steps toward the development of virtual platform for validation of autonomous wheel loader at pulp-and-paper mill: modelling, control and real-time simulation”, ICAS 2021. [Video][doi:10.1109/ICAS49788.2021.9551112]
“Automated Storage and Active Cleaning for Multi-Material Digital-Light-Processing Printer”, RPJ 2019. [PDF]
"Design and Interaction Interface using Augmented Reality for Smart Manufacturing", NAMRC 2018. [doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2018.07.140]
"DNSS: Dual-Normal Space Sampling for 3D ICP Registration", TASE 2018. [PDF][code]
"In-situ Droplet Inspection and Closed-Loop Control System using Machine Learning for Liquid Metal Jet Printing", JMSY 2018. [PDF]
"V4PCS: Volumetric 4PCS Algorithm for Global Registration", JMD 2017. [PDF]
Product Design & Customization
Topics include information reuse, mass customization, CAD, geometric and solid modeling, statistical learning, and medical devices.
Project Pages
Publications
"Multidisciplinary Optimization of Shoe Midsole Structures using Swarm Intelligence", SMO 2024. [PDF]
"Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Postural Analysis of Beekeepers", IJIE 2023. [PDF]
"Segmentation-based Wireframe Generation for Parametric Modeling of Human Body Shapes", JCISE 2021. [PDF]
"Geometric Deep Learning for Shape Correspondence in Mass Customization by 3D Printing", JMSE 2020. [PDF]
"Customization and Topology Optimization of Compression Braces on Two-Manifold Surfaces", CAD 2019. [PDF]
“Parametric Design for Human Body Modeling by Wireframe-Assisted Deep Learning”, CAD 2019. [PDF]
"Mass Customization: Reuse of Digital Slicing for Additive Manufacturing", JCISE 2017. [PDF]