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Laboratory for Sustainable and Additive Manufacturing

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Associate Professor
Office Jacaranda Hall 3305
Tel (818) 677-6229
Fax (818) 677-6427
Email bingbing.li@csun.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Interests

  • Additive Manufacturing (Metal 3D Printing, 3D Bioprinting, Design for Additive Manufacturing).
  • Smart Manufacturing (Smart Connected Worker, Digital Twins, XR and Metaverse for Manufacturing, Knowledge Graph-based AI Agent, Autonomous Growth System).
  • Sustainable Manufacturing (Green Design, Energy Efficiency, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability Analysis, Decarbonization, Disassembly, Recycling, Remanufacturing).

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • B.S.          Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 2005
  • M.S.          Mechanical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 2008
  • Ph.D.        Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2012
  • Post-Doc  Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2012-2013

Academic Appointments

  • 01.2023~06.2023    Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM.NUS), National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • 10.2021~present    Associate Director, Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS), California State University, Northridge, CA, USA.
  • 09.2021~present    Co-Director, DOE Industrial Assessment Center at UC Irvine, CSUN and Cypress College (SMART IAC), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • 09.2020~present    Affiliate Faculty, Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • 08.2020~present    Associate Professor, Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA.
  • 08.2014~07.2020    Assistant Professor, Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA.
  • 08.2013~07.2014    Instructor, Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.

Honors and Awards

  • 2023, “Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award”, San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council (SFVEC).
  • 2021, “Outstanding Contribution Award”, CSUN China Institute.
  • 2018, “Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award”, San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council (SFVEC).

Professional Services

  • International Executive Committee, 13th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing (EcoDesign 2023), Nara, Japan, November 29-December 1, 2023.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Advances in Metallic Biomaterials”, Bioengineering (IF: 5.046), 08/2022-05/2023.
  • Founding Editorial Board Member, Green Manufacturing Open, 01/2022-present.
  • International Executive Committee, 12th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing (EcoDesign 2021), Nara, Japan, December 1-3, 2021.
  • International Executive Committee, 11th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing (EcoDesign 2019), Yokohama, Japan, November 25-27, 2019.
  • Advisory Committee (Faculty Judges), 3rd SME AeroDef Manufacturing Poster Challenge, Long Beach, California, April 30-May 1, 2019.
  • Symposium Co-Organizer, Smart Manufacturing and System Sustainability Symposium, ASME 2018 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2018), College Station, TX, June 18-22, 2018.
  • Session Chair, Session 3-2-2: Advances in Nontraditional Manufacturing Processes - II, ASME 2018 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2018), College Station, TX, June 18-22, 2018.
  • Advisory Committee (Faculty Judges), 2nd AeroDef Research Poster Challenge, SME AeroDef Manufacturing Conference, Long Beach, California, March 27-28, 2018.
  • Scientific Committee, the First International Conference on Sustainable Materials Processing and Manufacturing (SMPM), Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa, January 23-25, 2017.
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue “Inkjet Bioprinting”, Journal of Functional Biomaterials (IF: 4.901), 03/2016-12/2016.
  • Session Co-Chair, Industrial Energy Efficiency Session, the 10th ASME 2015 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2015), Charlotte, NC, June 8-12, 2015.

Academic Mentorship and Professional Advisory

  • Faculty Member, ARCS (Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM) at CSUN funded by the NASA MUREP Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO) program, 05.2020-present. (https://arcs.center/)
  • Faculty Mentor, AIMS2 (Attract, Inspire, Mentor and Support Students) at CSUN funded by the U.S. Department of Education HSI-STEM and Articulation program, 10.2016-05.2022. (https://www.ecs.csun.edu/aims2/)
  • Faculty Mentor, BUILD PODER (Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity Promoting Opportunities for Diversity in Education and Research) at CSUN funded by the NIH NIGMS Diversity Program Consortium (DPC) program, 08.2015-present. (https://csun.edu/build-poder)
  • Faculty Advisor, Chinese Students and Scholars Association at CSUN (CSUN-CSSA), 08.2015-present. (https://www.csun.edu/china-institute)
  • Faculty Advisor, SME Student Chapter S327, 10.2014-present. (http://www.csun.edu/sme/)