Speaker: Jian Cao, Associate VP for Research, Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical, Civil and Environmental, and Materials Science Engineering Director of Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation (NIMSI)

Title: Manufacturing - An Integration Platform

Date and Time: Friday, March 1 at 12:00 PM CT

Location: Tech M164 and Zoom

Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/CRBSeminar

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Abstract: Current research efforts at our manufacturing group are rooted in advancing new flexible manufacturing processes using the hybrid physics-based data-driven approaches. In this talk, I will demonstrate why manufacturing is an integration platform that research in control, machine learning and mechanics can see their impacts. Specifically, I will focus on robot-forming, a rapid dieless forming for producing three-dimensional parts without geometry-specific tooling, and introduce our NSF Engineering Research Center HAMMER. Our research particularly targets three notoriously challenging aspects of the process, i.e., long history-dependent properties, complex geometric features, and the high dimensionality of their design space.

Bio: Cardiss Collins Professor Jian Cao (MIT'95, MIT'92, SJTU'89) specialized in innovative manufacturing processes and systems, particularly in the areas of deformation-based processes and laser additive manufacturing processes. Prof. Cao is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S). She is the Founding Director of the research center on Manufacturing Science and Innovation at Northwestern, known as NIMSI. Cao is a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), ASME, the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) and SME. Her major awards include DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship, ASME Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award, ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award from ASME and Pi Tau Sigma, SME Gold Medal, and SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal. Prof. Cao was the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Materials Processing Technology, and now serves as an Associate Vice President for Research at Northwestern, a member of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Academies, Board of Directors of SME, and Board of mHUB - accelerator for hardtech innovation and manufacturing in Chicago.