主講人：陳勇教授【美國南加州大學，工業與系統工程系教授】

時間：2019年3月14日 10:00-11:30

地點：大學城校區實驗三号樓201會議室

Recent Progress in Biomimetic Additive Manufacturing Technology: From Materials to Functional Structures

Dr. Yong Chen

Professor

Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (courtesy)

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

ABSTRACT

Many natural structures out-perform conventional synthetic counterparts due to the specially evolved multi-scale and multi-material architectures. However, the majority of current 3D printing systems are designed to fabricate parts using a single material in a single scale mainly for structural purpose. Such complex yet beautiful designs existing in natural structures are far beyond the fabrication capability of current 3D printing systems. This talk will report our recent survey paper on biomimetic additive manufacturing (AM) technology. After a brief overview of current research progress, some of our recent work on developing an electrically assisted additive manufacturing process to fabricate complex reinforcement architectures will be presented. The fabricated structures, bio-inspired by nacre and lobster shell, can achieve highly impact resistance and self-sensing capability. Some promising applications enabled by the biomimetic structures will also be discussed. The talk will conclude with remarks and thoughts on future 3D printing developments and potential opportunities for future engineering systems.

Short-Bio

Dr. Yong Chen is a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and the Director of Daniel J. Epstein Institute at the University of Southern California (USC). He obtained the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2001, and was a Senior Research and Development Engineer in 3D Systems Inc. for five years. Dr. Chen’s research focuses on additive manufacturing (3D printing) in micro- and meso- scales. He has published more than 140 publications in refereed journals and conferences as well as 12 issued and pending U.S. patents. His work has been recognized by over ten Best/Outstanding Paper Awards in major design and manufacturing journals and conferences including SME NAMRC Outstanding Paper Award, ASME MSEC Best Paper Award, ASME CIE Best Paper Award, SFF Symposium Outstanding Paper, and RPJ Outstanding Paper Award. Other major awards he received include the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the invitations to the National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposiums. Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has served as conference/program chairs as well as keynote speakers in several international conferences. He is an associate editor for the ASME JCISE, Computer-aided Design, and IIE Transaction – Design and Manufacturing Focus, and serves on the editorial boards of Virtual and Physical prototyping, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, and International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing.

個人簡介：陳勇博士，美國南加州大學工業與系統工程系和航空航天與機械工程系終身教授，Daniel J. Epstein研究院院長。2001年在美國喬治亞理工學院獲得機械工程博士學位。2001年在美國喬治亞理工學院獲得機械工程博士學位。2001至2006年在美國3D Systems 公司任高級研發工程師。在2006年進入南加州大學任教。 陳勇博士研究領域為增材制造（三維打印）工藝，尤其是數字化制造工藝和産品。 已經發表超過140篇同行評議的期刊及會議論文以及12件美國授權或實審專利。 陳博士的成果多次在國際設計與制造會議及期刊中獲得最佳研究論文獎，包括美國制造工程學會制造研究中心傑出論文獎、美國機械工程師協會MSEC最佳論文獎、美國機械工程師協會CIE最佳論文獎、SFF研讨會傑出論文獎以及《快速樣機成型雜志》傑出論文獎。除此之外，他獲得的其它重要獎項還包括美國國家自然科學基金的傑出青年教師發展獎(CAREER)，美國制造工程師學會(SME)的傑出青年制造工程師獎等，并曾受邀參加美國國家工程院前沿研讨會。陳勇教授是美國機械工程師協會（ASME Fellow）會士，擔任多個國際會議的議程主席及主講嘉賓。他是“精密工程與制造”與“計算機輔助設計”以及《國際工業工程會刊》的“設計與制造焦點”副主編。同時，他是《虛拟與物理原型》、《智能制造雜志》和《精密工程與制造國際雜志》的編委會成員。