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Ping Guo

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Contact

2145 Sheridan Road
Tech L286
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

847-491-4029Email Ping Guo

Website

Advanced intelligent Manufacturing Laboratory (AIM)

Departments

Mechanical Engineering

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Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

B.S. in Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Research Interests

My research aims to bring innovations to precision engineering by pushing the limits of precision manufacturing and expanding the boundary of intelligent metrology with deep learning-enabled computer vision technologies. My group works to enhance fundamental understandings of new process mechanics and principles; achieve technological advances in machine tool design and control; and explore novel applications in advanced manufacturing.


Significant Recognition

  • F.W. Taylor Medal, International Academy for Production Engineering CIRP, 2023
  • ASME Kornel F. Ehman Manufacturing Medal (2021)
  • ASME Best Organizer of Symposium & Sessions Award (BOSS Awards) (2020)
  • SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (2020)
  • SME Outstanding Associate Editor for Journal of Manufacturing Processes (2020)
  • Young Investigator Award, International Symposium on Flexible Automation (2018)
  • Early Career Award, Hong Kong Research Grants Council (2016)

Significant Professional Service

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2017 - present

Selected Publications

  • Zhang, Xinquan; Wang, Yaoke; Wu, Hao; Zhu, Limin; Guo, Ping, Multiscale optical surface integrating multifocal imaging and wavelength filtering for compact snapshot spectral imaging, CIRP Annals (2025).
  • Welbeck, Kojo; Zhang, Yahui; Yang, Ru; Li, Guangze; Wang, Hui Ping; Carlson, Blair; Guo, Ping, Graph Neural Networks for patterned welds detection on point clouds, Journal of Manufacturing Processes (2025).
  • Landis, Malachi; Jia, Muye; Taylor, Annalisa T.; Murphey, Todd D.; Guo, Ping, Large-scale functional patterning using mobile robot swarms and ergodic control, CIRP Annals (2025).
  • Zhang, Yahui; Yang, Ru; Guo, Ping, Confidence-Aware Photometric Stereo Networks Enabling End-to-End Normal and Depth Estimation for Smart Metrology, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2025).
  • Mohapatra, Payal; Aravind, Vasudev; Bisram, Marisa; Lee, Young Joong; Jeong, Hyoyoung; Jinkins, Katherine; Gardner, Richard; Streamer, Jill; Bowers, Brent; Cavuoto, Lora; Banks, Anthony; Xu, Shuai; Rogers, John; Cao, Jian; Zhu, Qi; Guo, Ping, Wearable network for multilevel physical fatigue prediction in manufacturing workers, PNAS Nexus (2024).
  • Wang, Yaoke; Landis, Malachi; Ekaputra, Clement; Vita, Valeria; Guo, Ping, Solid-state production of uniform metal powders for additive manufacturing by ultrasonic vibration machining, Additive Manufacturing (2024).
  • Wang, Yaoke; Wang, Jianjian; Guo, Ping, Generic fabrication solution of freeform Fresnel optics using ultra-precision turning, Optics Express (2023).
  • Yang, Ru; Wang, Yaoke; Liao, Shuheng; Guo, Ping, DPPS, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (2023).
  • Wang, Yaoke; Guo, Ping, One step machining of hierarchical optical structures for autostereoscopic images, CIRP Annals (2022).
  • Yang, Ru; Li, Yang; Zeng, Danielle; Guo, Ping, Deep DIC, Journal of Materials Processing Technology (2022).
  • Wang, Jianjian; Wang, Yaoke; Zhang, Jianfu; Schulze, Volker; Guo, Ping, Blazed grating enables highly decoupled optically variable devices fabricated by vibration-assisted diamond texturing, Optics Express (2022).
  • Wang, Yaoke; Guo, Ping, Stiffness modeling for near field acoustic levitation bearings, Applied Physics Letters 118(20) (2021).
  • Huang, Yan; You, Xiangyu; Fan, Xiangyu; Wong, Ching Ping; Guo, Ping; Zhao, Ni, Near-Field Electrospinning Enabled Highly Sensitive and Anisotropic Strain Sensors, Advanced Materials Technologies 5(11) (2020).
  • Guo, Ping; Yang, Yang, A novel realization of diffractive optically variable devices using ultrasonic modulation cutting, CIRP Annals 68(1):575-578 (2019).
  • Yang, Yang; Gao, Shiming; Chen, Keyu; Pan, Yayue; Guo, Ping, Vibration analysis and development of an ultrasonic elliptical vibration tool based on a portal frame structure, Precision Engineering 50:421-432 (2017).
  • Guo, Ping; Gao, Han, An active non-contact journal bearing with bi-directional driving capability utilizing coupled resonant mode, CIRP Annals 67(1):405-408 (2018).
  • Zhu, Wu Le; Zhu, Zhiwei; Guo, Ping; Ju, Bing Feng, A novel hybrid actuation mechanism based XY nanopositioning stage with totally decoupled kinematics, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 99:747-759 (2018).
  • Wang, Jianjian; Zhang, Jianfu; Feng, Pingfa; Guo, Ping; Zhang, Qiaoli, Feasibility Study of Longitudinal-Torsional-Coupled Rotary Ultrasonic Machining of Brittle Material, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME 140(5) (2018).
  • You, Xiangyu; Ye, Chengcong; Guo, Ping, Electric field manipulation for deposition control in near-field electrospinning, Journal of Manufacturing Processes 30:431-438 (2017).