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12/2020: Yang Cao successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations.

5/2020: Yu Ding successfully defended his M.S. thesis. Congratulations.

8/2018: Dr. Yiwei Han joins the Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2018. Congratulations.

6/2018: The paper from Dr. Dong’s group, “Fabrication of Self-Recoverable Flexible and Stretchable Electronic Devices” received  NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award in 46rd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 46) at College Station, TX.

5/2018: Yiwei Han successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations.

2/2018: “New Technique Allows Printing of Flexible, Stretchable Silver Nanowire Circuits“, the research from Dr. Dong and Dr. Zhu’s group on Electrohydrodynamic Printing of Silver Nanowires for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics has been reported in the News:  NSF, Science Daily, TechXplore, Nanowerk, Electronics360,  WRAL TechWire, EurekAlert, NexusNewsfeed, ECN Magazine, PressReleasePoint, iconnect007, Brightsurf,  Solid State Technology, Tech News ‘n’ Gadgets, Scicasts, nanocomputer,  New Electronics, Greezoo, Viral Stories, Brinkwire, Controlled Environments Magazine, Medicaldevice-network, EnvironmentGuru, TheEngineer, ChemEurope, Left Insider News, InfoSurHoy, Innovation Report, Science and Technology Research News, Technology, Printed Electronics World, Guided Solutions, Silicon Semiconductor, Materials Gate, GeniuxWorld, World Industrial Reporter, GlobalNewsConnect, Sytec.News.

12/2017: “Metal Printing Offers Low-Cost Way to Make Flexible, Stretchable Electronics“, the research from Dr. Dong’s group on EHD Printing of Molten Metal Ink for Flexible and Stretchable Conductor with Self-Healing Capability has been widely reported in News:  Science Daily, NSF, WRAL TechWire, R&D Magazine, ECN Magazine, TechXplore, NanoWerk, Electronics360, Imeche, The Engineer, New Electronics, Domain-b, Business Standard, India Today, Indian Express, India.com, Outlook India, The New Indian Express, Innovation Toronto, Techristic, Greezoo, Controlled Environments Magazine, ChemEurope, Kasmir Monitor, Printed Electronics World, The Siasat Daily, Electronicproducts, Iran Daily, İCT NEWS, Materials Gate, Silicon Valley Microelectronics, Top10news, WixTechs, ELE Times, umayinfotechs, Pioneering Minds, Technology.org, Photonics Online, RF Globalnet, Transparency Journal, Scienmag, Techniel, iconnect007, Thomasnet News, Elektor Magazine, The University Network.

8/2017: Dr. Jia Deng joins the Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Department at Binghamton University – State University of New York (SUNY) as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2017. Congratulations.

8/2017: Dr. Hantang Qin joins the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2017. Congratulations.

7/2017: Jia Deng  successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations.

5/2017: Xiangcheng Kong successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations.

7/2016: Hantang Qin successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations.

10/2015: Dr. Dong gave a seminar talk on “Enabling Processes and Tools for High-Rate Viable Nanomanufacturing”  in the Department of Industrial Engineering at University of Pittsburgh.

9/2015: Dr. Dong gave a seminar talk on “Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Printing for High Resolution 2D Patterning and Additive Manufacturing” in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at University of Southern California.

6/2015: The paper from Dr. Dong’s group, “Droplet Formation and Settlement of Phase-Change Ink in High Resolution Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) 3D Printing” received  NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award in 43rd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 43) at Charlotte, NC.

7/2014: Chuang Wei successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Wei!

6/2014: The paper from Dr. Dong’s group, “Drop-on-Demand E-Jet Printing of Continuous Features With AC-Pulse Modulation on Highly Insulating Substrates” received  NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award (Honorable Mention) in 42nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 42) at Detroit, MI.

8/2013: Dr. Dong received a NSF grant to support his research on super-resolution 3D printing using electrohydrodynamic melt printing.   

7/2013: Akilan Bharathi successfully defended his M.S. Thesis. Congratulations.

6/2013: Li Zhang successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Zhang!

5/2013: Dr. Dong received the 2013 Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Early Career Industrial Engineer in Academia Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). This award recognizes individuals in academia who have demonstrated outstanding characteristics in education, leadership, professionalism and potential in industrial engineering.

12/2012: Chuang Wei successfully passed his PhD preliminary exam.

10/2012: Dr. Dong gave a Plenary Lecture titled “A Systematic Modeling and Optimization Framework towards Optimal Manufacturing Performance” at the International Workshop on Mathematics and Algorithms for Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Engineering and Numerical Control (MAMENC 2012).

8/2012: Dr. Dong and Dr. Cohen received a NSF grant to support the research on AFM-based ultrasonic vibration assisted nanomachining.

8/2012: Li Zhang successfully passed his PhD preliminary exam.

6/2012: “Ultrasonic vibration shakes up nanomachining“, the research from the group on AFM-based ultrasonic vibration assisted nanomachining has been highlighted by the Physics World Magazine (June 2012 issue focus on Nanotechnology).

5/2012: Dr. Dong received the 2012 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from Society of Manufacturing Engineer, as one of six recipients world-wide, in recognition of his “significant achievement and leadership in manufacturing engineering”.

2/2012: “Scanning probe lithography: ultrasonic vibration assisted nanomachining with an AFM“, the paper from the group on ultrasonic vibration assisted nanomachining has been highlighted by a Lab Talk article on nanotechweb.org.

8/2011: Dr. Dong received a NSF grant to support the research on modeling and optimization of nanowire manufacturing process.

5/2010: Sebastian Polit  successfully defended his M.S. Thesis. Congratulations.