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Laboratory for Smart and Additive Manufacturing

2025

May

  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART ITAC team conducted the DOE ITAC assessment at PRL Aluminum in City of Industry, California on May 21, 2025.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present "AI Agent for Additive Manufacturing by Synergizing Knowledge Graghs with Large Multimodal Models" at the Southeast Polymer Forum 2025: A Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Machine Learning (M3X) in Athens, Georgia on May 18-20, 2025.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART ITAC team conducted the DOE ITAC assessment at Anita's Mexican Foods Corporation in San Bernardino, California on May 16, 2025.

April

  • Prof. Li's group with Dr. Edward Chow from NASA JPL visited the Waste Management Azusa Transfer and Material Recovery Facility (MRF), met with Municipal Marketing Manager Mrs. Kim Ohrt, MRF Manager Mr. Saul Avila, and discussed the collaboration in Azusa, California on April 4, 2025.

March

  • Prof. Li and Ph.D. student Mr. Haolin Fan presented one Poster in the Nvidia GTC 2025 conference in San Jose, California on March 17, 2025.

February

  • Prof. Li attended the Inaugural National Artificial Intelligence Research Pilot (NAIRR) Annual Meeting in Arlington, Virginia on February 19-21, 2025.

January

  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART ITAC team conducted the DOE ITAC assessment at Precision Resource in Huntington Beach, California on January 16, 2025.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART ITAC team conducted the DOE ITAC assessment at Kittrich Corporation in Pomona, California on January 10, 2025.

2024

December

  • Prof. Li with two students Mr. Haolin Fan and Mr. Chenshu Liu visited Dr. Faez Ahmed and Dr. Julie Diop in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts on December 4, 2024.
  • Prof. Li with two students Mr. Haolin Fan and Mr. Chenshu Liu visited President Emerita Dr. Susan Hockfield in the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts on December 3, 2024.
  • Prof. Li with Ph.D. student Mr. Haolin Fan conducted the 2-day research pilot project and discussed with Adam Allard, Adam Day, Brian Jeong from Autodesk Research, and John Laureto, Keith Brady from Renishaw USA at the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston, Massachusetts on December 2-3, 2024.

November

  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Insua Graphics in Sun Valley, California on November 20, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at SVD Inc in Sun Valley, California on November 13, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at ASCO Sintering in Commerce, California on November 12, 2024.
  • Mr. Arwin Shrestha from Nanoscribe Inc. visited LSAM on November 5, 2024.

October

  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at ALCO Designs in Gardena, California on October 30, 2024.
  • Prof. Li attended the Autodesk University 2024 conference at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California on October 14-17, 2024.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as Co-PI for the project “Development of a Large World Model (LWM) for Enhancing Safe Human-Robot Collaboration in Lunar Missions” funded by the NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot program on October 2, 2024.

September

  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Common Space Brewery in Hawthorne, California on September 30, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Justice Design Group LLC in Compton, California on September 19, 2024.
  • Prof. Li was awarded "Outstanding Educator Award" by the College of Engineering and Computer Science on September 6, 2024.

August

  • Student Mr. Elliot Sadler presented on paper in the ASME 2024 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC-CIE 2024) in Washington, DC on August 25-28, 2024.
  • Prof. Li attended the 73rd CIRP General Assembly in Thessaloniki, Greece on August 18-24, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Trojan Battery in Santa Fe Springs, California on August 9, 2024.
  • Dr. Changyu Ma successfully finished his 2-year postdoctoral training and left LSAM on August 7, 2023. Dr. Ma will start his new academic career as the Tenure-track Assistant Professor at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Congralutions to Dr. Ma!

July

  • Prof. Li attended the DOE Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) Directors Meeting in San Diego, California on July 20-23, 2024.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the project: “Nondestructive Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Functional Metals with Micro-scale Precision” funded by the DOD Research and Education Program for HBCU/MI Equipment/Instrumentation on July 19, 2024.
  • Prof. Li attended the Digital Twins for Cislunar and Lunar Surface Ecosystem Workshop at NASA JPL Pickering Auditorium in Pasadena, California on July 18-19, 2024.

June

  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the 2024-25 Campus Quality Fee (CQF) project: “Laboratory Assistants to Increase Accessibility and Ensure Safety for MSE Students” funded by CSUN on June 28, 2024.
  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the 31st CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE 2024) in Turin, Italy on June 19-21, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group visited the Waste Management Sun Valley Recycling Park, met with Municipal Marketing Manager Mrs. Kim Ohrt, Area Director of Recycling Operations Mr. Mark Grady, MRF Manager Mr. Saul Avila and Mr. Kevin Vaughn, and discussed the collaboration in Sun Valley, California on June 11, 2024.

May

  • Prof. Li's group visited LAPD Devonshire PALS, met with Nancy and Anthony to discuss the Freight Farm collaboration on May 31, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group visited the Waste Management Sun Valley Recycling Park, met with Area Director of Recycling Operations Mr. Mark Grady, MRF Manager Mr. Saul Avila and Mr. Kevin Vaughn, and discussed the collaboration in Sun Valley, California on May 24, 2024.
  • ARCS visited the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) and NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) on May 23, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Del West Engineering in Valencia, California on May 14, 2024.

April

  • Prof. Li was awarded as Co-PI for the project “Efficient Deep Learning for Space Computers” sponsored by the NASA ROSES Research Initiation Awards program on April 24, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Paleteria Delicias de Michoacan in Ontario, California on April 2, 2024.

March

  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Knowledge Graph-based Industrial AI for Future Manufacturing” in the Fifth National Research Platform (5NRP) Workshop hosted by University of California San Diego in La Jolla, California on March 20, 2024.
  • ARCS (Profs. Nhut Ho, Bingbing Li, Silvia Carpitella, and Eugene Tseng) visited the Waste Management Sun Valley Recycling Park, met with Municipal Marketing Manager Mrs. Kim Ohrt, Area Director of Recycling Operations Mr. Mark Grady, MRF Manager Mr. Saul Avila and Mr. Kevin Vaughn, and discussed the collaboration in Sun Valley, California on March 7, 2024.
  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the IEEE Aerospace Conference at the Yellowstone Conference Center in Big Sky, Montana on Mar 4, 2024.

February

  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at GBS Linens in Anaheim, California on February 29, 2024.
  • Prof. Li was invited to visit Dr. Paul Backes at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for the collaborative project Omniverse Simulation for Enceladus Orbilander in Pasadena, California on February 13, 2024.
  • 2024 Cohort Orientation and STEAHM Team Building was successfully hosted by Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS) in Northridge, California on February 9, 2024.

January

  • Prof. Li attended the onto:Nexus 2024: 1st Workshop on Ontological Modeling and Analysis at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on January 31, 2024.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at GBS Linens in Anaheim, California on January 29, 2024.
  • Prof. Li visited Prof. Chih-Hsing Chu in the Department of Industrial Engineering and the Alliance of Highly Interactive AR Technologies at National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan on January 11, 2024.
  • Prof. Li was invited to make a presentation entitled "A Fully Integrated Wearable Bioelectronics with In-sensor Computation for Dynamic Human Machine Interface" at the Workshop Democratize Accessibility to Human Body Information: Opportunities and Challenges in the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) in Honolulu, Hawaii on Jan 3, 2024.

2023

December

  • ARCS (Profs. Nhut Ho, Bingbing Li, Susan Ettinger, and Eugene Tseng) visited the Waste Management Sun Valley Recycling Park, met with Area Director of Recycling Operations Mark Grady and discussed the collaboration on the NSF Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) project in Sun Valley, California on December 22, 2023.
  • ARCS was invited to visit the Sunshine Canyon Landfill (SCL). Dr. Bingbing Li and two graduate students attended the comprehensive field trip organized by Eugene Tseng, an ARCS Angel, and David Thompson, a Local Enforcement Agency (SCL-LEA) Program Manager at Sunshine Canyon Landfill on December 19, 2023. Afterward, the entire team headed to the ARCS Center to continue the Odor Mitigation Case Study delivered by Eugene and David. During this event, a potential collaboration was discussed between ARCS and LA County Public Works, LA County Public Health, Law Enforcement Agency, and the County Board of Supervisors (LACBOS).

November

  • Prof. Li hosted Prof Khumbulani Mpofu, DSI-NRF SARChI Research Chair in Future Transport Manufacturing Technologies and Gibela Research Chair in Manufacturing and Skills Development from Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa on November 27-December 1, 2023.
  • Prof. Li presented two papers in the International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM 2023) in Lisbon, Portugal on November 22-24, 2023.
  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the NASA STEM Better Together 2023 Conference in San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on November 15-16, 2023.
  • Prof. Li attended the Autodesk University 2023 conference at the Venetian Convention & Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13-15, 2023.
  • Prof. Li attended the SME AeroDef Manufacturing Conference 2023 and served as a Judge of Poster Challenge at Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California on November 8, 2023. Student Mr. Marshall Doyle received Runner up for the SME 2023 Student Research Poster Pitch Presentation Challenge in the undergraduate category. Congratulations to Marshall!
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at ADDMAN Group Castheon Inc in Thousand Oaks, California on November 7, 2023.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Convergence Research at CSUN’s Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM” virtually in the NASA JPL-The Aerospace Corporation Autonomy Seminar on November 1, 2023.

October

  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at RKL Technologies Inc in Corona, California on October 10, 2023.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Virtual Environment for Collaborative Lunar Explorations (VIRCLE)” virtually in the Research Fireside Chat at Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering on October 6, 2023.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Additive Manufacturing and Nondestructive Evaluation of Functional Heat Exchanger through Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Haynes 282” virtually in the Advanced Manufacturing for Structures Biweekly Seminar hosted by The Aerospace Corporation on October 3, 2023.

September

  • Mr. Mark Yamauchi, Sustainability Strategy Manager of Toyota Motor North America visited ARCS in Northridge, California on September 28, 2023.
  • Los Angeles City Council District 12 Councilmember John Lee visited ARCS in Northridge, California on September 25, 2023.
  • Prof. Li visited The Aerospace Corporation and presented in the CSUN Aerospace Summit in El Segundo, California on September 12, 2023.
  • Laboratory for Sustainable and Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) was changed to Laboratory for Smart and Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) in the MSEM department on September 1, 2023.

August

  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at California Nutritional Products Inc in Mecca, California on August 31, 2023.
  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the 72nd CIRP General Assembly in Dublin, Ireland on August 20-26, 2023.
  • Prof. Li presented two papers in the 34th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symposium 2023) in Austin, Texas on August 14-16, 2023.

July

  • Prof. Li successfully accomplished the sabbatical as Visiting Associate Professor in the Deparment of Mechanical Engineering at National University of Singapore in Singapore on July 1, 2023.

June

  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Multi-domain AI for Metal Additive Manufacturing” at the National University of Singapore in Singapore on June 27, 2023.
  • Prof. Li visited the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP) and discussed with the Executive Director Dr. Paul Bartolo on research collaboration at the Nanyang Technological Univeristy in Singapore on June 26, 2023.
  • Prof. Li visited Dr. David W. Rosen, Principal Research Scientist of the Institute for High Performance Computing (IHPC) at the Advanced Remanufacturing Technology Centre (ARTC) and the Singapore Institute for Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), both A*STAR institutes in Singapore on June 21, 2023.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the 2023-24 Campus Quality Fee (CQF) project: “Laboratory Assistants to Increase Accessibility and Ensure Safety for MSE Students” funded by CSUN on June 9, 2023.

May

  • Prof. Li was invited to visit Ambassador Tariq A. Karim, Director of the Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies at the Independent University in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 16, 2023.

April

  • Prof. Li made one presentation in the 2023 NSFC-RGC Conference on Frontiers of Industrial Big Data and Intelligent Systems in Hong Kong, China SAR on April 28-May 1, 2023.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Autonomy for Future Manufacturing” at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on April 17, 2023.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Smart Additive Manufacturing” at the National University of Singapore, Singapore, on April 12, 2023.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Object Detection and Recognition for Augmented Reality Training in Laser Powder Bed Fusion” virtually at the International Symposium on Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Alloys and Composites: Academic and Industrial Perspective in Jabalpur, Indian on April 11, 2023.

March

  • Prof. Li visited Universiti Malaya (UM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 20, 2023.

February

  • Prof. Li was awarded "Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award" in the San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council 68th Annual Honors and Awards Banquet at Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, California on February 25, 2023.
  • Prof. Li attended the NUS ME Dept Lunch celebration at Singapore Flyer in Singapore on February 21, 2023.

January

  • Prof. Li with Profs. Jerry Ying Hsi Fuh, Wen Feng Lu, A Senthil Kumar in the NUS.AM NUS Centre for Additive Manufacturing visited Autodesk Singapore Regional Head Office Asia-Pacific Business Headquarters, met with Senior Vice President of Research Mr. Mike Haley and made research presentation in Singapore on January 17, 2023.
  • Prof. Li attended the Future of Medicine - Bioprinting Workshop co-organized by NUS.AM NUS Centre for Additive Manufacturing and Cellink Inc, supported by National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) in Singapore on January 10, 2023.
  • Prof. Li started working as Visiting Associate Professor in the Deparment of Mechanical Engineering at National University of Singapore in Singapore on January 3, 2023.

2022

December

  • ARCS hosted the Academic Delegation from VNUHCM-University of Science (Prof. Dr. Tran Minh Triet and Prof. Dr. Le Khanh Duy) and VNUHCM-University of Technology (Prof. Dr. Phan Thành An and Prof. Dr. Lê Hồng Trang) in Northridge, California on November 28-December 2, 2022.

November

  • ARCS hosted the STEAHM NEXUS End of Year Celebration 2022 in the Orchard Conference center in Northridge, California on November 29, 2022.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Valence Surface Technologies in Lynwood, California on November 22, 2022.

October

  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the "SMART Manufacturing – Make your manufacturing more profitable" hosted by El Camino College in Partnership with CADENCE and CESMII in El Segundo, California on October 25, 2022.
  • Prof. Li visited Prof. Jeongwon Park in the Department of Electrical & Biomedical Engineering, and Prof. Xu Hao in Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at University of Nevada Reno in Reno, Nevada on October 14, 2022.
  • Prof. Li visited the Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal (TTSD), met with Operations Manager Mr. Ryan Collins and discussed the collaboration on the NSF Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) project in Truckee, California on October 13-15, 2022.

September

  • Prof. Li attended the Autodesk University 2022 conference at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 27-29, 2022.
  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the Panel Review organized by NASA Early Stage Innovations (ESI) program virtually on September 13-15, 2022.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Allied Beverages Inc (Reyes Holdings LLC) in Sylmar, California on September 8, 2022.

August

  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the NASA STEM Better Together 2022 Conference in NASA Langley Research Center and Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Virginia on August 30-September 1, 2022.
  • Prof. Li hosted the Kickoff Meeting PI for the project: “Consortium for High-volume Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Heat Exchanger and Talent Development” sponsored by the NASA MUREP Aerospace High-Volume Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management (MUREP High Volume) and partners from NASA JPL, UCLA, Honeywell Aerospace, Castheon Inc, The Aerospace Corporation, ASTM AM CoE, El Camino College, SimInsights attended and presented on August 29, 2022.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Affordable Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Smart Connected Worker System for the Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers” virtually in the Zhejiang University Mechanical Engineering Global Seminar on August 26, 2022.
  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC-CIE 2022) hosted by Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on August 14-17, 2022.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “AI-Powered Augmented Reality Training for Metal Additive Manufacturing” virtually as the Keynote Speaker in the Conference on Innovation in technology and Engineering Science 2022, Andalas University, Padang, Indonesia on August 9, 2022.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Emtek Inc (ASSA ABLOY Residential Group Inc) in City of Industry, California on August 10, 2022.
  • Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Parker Hannifin Inc in San Diego, California on August 3, 2022.

July

  • Prof. Li attended the NSF Convergence Accelerator Expo 2022 virtually on July 27-28, 2022.
  • Prof. Li presented three papers in the 33rd Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium – An Additive Manufacturing Conference held at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas on July 25-27, 2022.

June

  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the 2022-23 Campus Quality Fee (CQF) project: “Laboratory Assistants to Increase Accessibility and Ensure Safety for MSE Students” funded by CSUN on June 22, 2022.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present "AI-powered Energy Disaggregation to Improve the Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing" virtually in the Texas A&M University-Kingsville NSF REU & USDA REEU Summer Research Programs Webinar Series on June 16, 2022.
  • Prof. Li was awared as Co-PI for the project “CONOPS for Autonomous CubeSats for Space Debris Remediation” sponsored by the DAF & USSF SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) led by Xtensor Systems Inc. on June 1, 2022.

May

  • Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 Graduation and Awards event in Jacaranda Hall Breezeway in Northridge, California on May 26, 2022.
  • ARCS leadership met with President Dr. Barry Gribbons, and his leadership team at Los Angeles Valley College on May 25, 2022.
  • ARCS leadership met with President Dr. Aracely Aguiar, Dr. Donna-Mae Villanueva Vice President, Academic Affairs Accreditation Liaison Officer, and leadership team at Los Angeles Pierce College on May 23, 2022.

April

  • Prof. Li visited the Lineage Logistics facility in Oxnard, California on April 19, 2022.
  • Prof. Li attended the 2022 Advanced Manufacturing Research & Education Symposium in Lubbock, Texas on April 21-23, 2022.
  • CSUN President Dr. Erika D. Beck, VP for University Relations and Advancement Nichole Ipach and ARCS STEAHM Bubble team visited the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), met with the Interim Director Larry D. James, Director for Engineering and Science Charles Whetsel, Education Director David Seidel, and team in Mars Exploration in Pasadena, California on April 11, 2022.
  • NASA MIRO Technical Review Committee from Armstrong Flight Research Center visited ARCS and attended the 3rd Annual Lift-Off event in Northirdge, California on April 6-7, 2022.

March

  • Prof. Li visited the Athens Services and discussed with operation manger Mr. Brian Hunter in Sun Valley, California on March 25, 2022.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the project: “Consortium for High-volume Additive Manufacturing of Aerospace Heat Exchanger and Talent Development” sponsored by the NASA MUREP Aerospace High-Volume Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management (MUREP High Volume) (partnership with NASA JPL, UCLA, Honeywell Aerospace, Castheon Inc, ASTM AM CoE, El Camino College, SimInsights) on March 16, 2022.
  • Prof. Li attended the CyManII Industry Day: Cyber 2 Secure American Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure Summit in San Antonio, Texas on March 1-2, 2022.

February

  • Prof. Li visited the MARS field at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with ARCS STEAHM Bubble team in Pasadena, California on February 23, 2022.

January

  • STEAHM NEXUS: 2022 Cohort Orientation and 2021 Cohort Appreciation was successfully hosted by Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS) in Northridge, California on January 28, 2022.

2021

December

  • Prof. Li participated in the NSF Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) PI/Co-PI meet-up on December 9, 2021.
  • California State University (CSU) Chancellor Joseph I. Castro visited Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS) and met with ARCS leaders, faculty, students, and JPL collaborators in Pasadena, California on December 2, 2021.

November

  • Prof. Li visited the Rialto Bioenergy Facility LLC with Prof. Eugene Tseng and LA City Local Enforcement Agency, and discussed with Dr. Yaniv Scherson, Chief Operating Officer at Anaergia Inc. in Rialto, California on November 9, 2021.
  • Prof. Li attended the virtual Kick-off Meeting of Lineage Logistics project: “Climate Change Resiliency Assessment for Cold Food Storage and Logistics” led by UC Irvine (partnership with University of Texas San Antonio and Case Western Reserve University) on November 4, 2021.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as Co-PI for the project: “Africana-Asian Collaboratory for Inclusive Excellence Project (AACIEP)” sponsored by CSUN's 2021-2022 Diversity & Equity Innovation Grant on November 2, 2021.
  • Prof. Li attended the DOE 2021 Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) New Center Training in New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 1-3, 2021.

October

  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the Lineage Logistics LLC project: “Climate Change Resiliency Assessment for Cold Food Storage and Logistics” led by UC Irvine (partnership with UT San Antonio and Case Western Reserve University) on October 27, 2021.
  • Prof. Li was invited to the Cybersecurity Experts Panel of "Cybersecurity in Manufacturing” webinar hosted by the San Diego & Imperial Counties Community Colleges, Society of Manufacturing Engineers San Diego Chapter 44 and East County Economic Development Council (ECEDC) on October 13, 2021.

September

  • Prof. Li visited the Waste Management Recycling Park with Prof. Eugene Tseng and LA City Local Enforcement Agency in Sun Valley, California on September 23, 2021.
  • Prof. Li attended the Kick-off Meeting of NSF FW-HTF planning project “Workers and Technology Together (WATT)” led by the Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS) partnering with Anaergia, CalRecycle, Waste Management, JPL Innovation Foundry on September 17, 2021.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as Co-PI for the project: “Workers and Technology Together (WATT)” funded by the NSF Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) (partnership with Anaergia, CalRecycle, Waste Management, JPL Innovation Foundry) on September 15, 2021.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the DOE Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) project: “Sustainable Manufacturing Alliance for Research and Training Industrial Assessment Center for Southern California” led by UC Irvine (partnership with Cypress College, CMTC, NREL) on September 1, 2021.

August

  • Prof. Li attended the DOE Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) Directors Meeting in Chicago, Illinois on August 30-September 1, 2021.
  • Prof. Li hosted the virtual Roundtable Discussion for the USDA AI Institute in Space Agriculture on August 17, 2021.
  • Prof. Li attended the Energy and Water Standards for Autoclaves Meeting hosted by My Green Lab on August 12, 2021.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the ARCS/Autodesk/JPL projects: “AI-assisted Knowledge Graph Design" and "Using openCAESAR and INTREPID to Design and Additively Manufacture the Spacecraft” funded by Autodesk (partnership with NASA JPL) on August 1, 2021.

July

  • Prof. Li attended the Workshop of Machine Learning Solutions and Industry Applications hosted by SME on July 20, 2021.

June

  • Prof. Li met with the CEO James Connelly of My Green Lab and Calplug team at University of California Irvine in Irvine, California on June 15, 2021.

May

  • Prof. Li attended the ARCS/JPL Project Presentation in Northridge, California on May 27, 2021.
  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the virtual ACUE End of the Year Pinning Celebration and was awarded a nationally recognized teaching certificate "Credential in Effective College Instruction" through the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) on May 26, 2021.
  • Prof. Li hosted the virtual Kick-off Meeting for ARCS/Autodesk/JPL Project of Knowledge Graph Design on May 25, 2021.

April

  • Prof. Li was invited to present "Machine Learning in Certificate of Smart Manufacturing" virtually in the CESMII Machine Learning Workshop on April 22, 2021.
  • Prof. Li attended the virtual Kick-off Meeting of California Energy Commission (CEC) funded Project EPC-20-010 "Energy and Appliance Standards for Plug Loads- Assessing Current Needs and Future Opportunities" led by the California Energy Alliance (CEA) on April 1, 2021.

March

  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Research in Additive and Smart Manufacturing” in the Virtual Lecture hosted by Northridge Academy High School on March 23, 2021.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the California Energy Commission (CEC) project EPC-20-010: “Energy & Appliance Standards for Plug Loads: Assessing Current Needs and Future Opportunities” led by the California Energy Alliance (CEA) (partnership with Calplug at UC Irvine and CLTC at UC Davis) on March 1, 2021.

February

  • Prof. Li was awarded “Outstanding Contribution Award” by the CSUN China Institute on February 27, 2021.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the DOD Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP) project: “California Advanced Defense Ecosystem and National Consortia Effort (CADENCE)” led by the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (partnership with El Camino College and DOE CESMII) on February 17, 2021.

January

  • Prof. Li attended the Grant Webinar: Department of the Navy HBCU/MI program on January 13, 2021.

2020

December

  • Prof. Li attended the NASA sponsored Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS) Year One Celebration on December 17, 2020.

Nov

  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing” virtually in the AI Affinity Group hosted by Dr. Jimmy Gandhi at Tseng College on November 3, 2020.

Oct

  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Research in 3D Printing, Smart Manufacturing, and Education in Improving Undergraduate Innovation” virtually in the General Lectures on Education and Research in Industrial Engineering hosted by the Dept Chair Dr. Feri Afrinaldi at Universitas Andalas on October 17, 2020.
  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Additively Manufactured Porous Titanium Scaffolds: Cell Proliferation” virtually in the Terasaki Talks hosted by CEO Prof. Ali Khademhosseini on October 7, 2020.
  • Prof. Li with President Stewart Han of Terasaki Institute visited the Castheon Inc., and discussed with President Dr. Youping Gao for collaboration in additive manufacturing for metals in Thousand Oaks, California on October 2, 2020.

Sep

  • Prof. Li visited the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation in Los Angeles, California on September 11, 2020.

August

  • Prof. Li was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor effective on August 19, 2020.

July

  • Prof. Li attended the virtual 53rd CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems organized by Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois on July 1-3, 2020.

June

  • Prof. Li attended the virtual 127th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition on June 21-24, 2020.

May

  • Prof. Li attended the virtual 27th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering organized by the Univ Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France on May 13-15, 2020.

April

  • Prof. Li attended the virtual workshop "Handling the PPE Shortage: Update on Mask Design & Fabrication" by USC Viterbi School of Engineering on April 21, 2020.
  • Prof. Li attended the "COVID-19 and AI: A Virtual Conference" by Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) on April 1, 2020.

March

  • Prof. Li attended the "Bridging the Gap Together: More Practical Strategies for Supporting Student Success" (Provost's Student Success Series) in USU Grand Salon in Northridge, California on March 10, 2020.

February

  • Prof. Li attended the Lift Off NASA Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS) in Reseda Annex Courtyard in Northridge, California on February 27, 2020.

January

  • Mr. Reino Mattila, Strategic Account Manager of DENT Instruments, visited LSAM and discussed the smart meter project in Northridge, California on January 30, 2020.
  • Prof. Li attended the 32nd Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium at Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, California. Matthew Moldthan presented one poster presentation on January 16-18, 2020.

2019

December

  • Prof. Li was invited to serve a panel discussion “Grant Workshop" at the CSUN China Institute in Northridge, California on December 16, 2019.

November

  • Mr. Britt Espinosa, Co-founder of Tulu Systems, visited LSAM and discussed the smart meter project in Northridge, California on November 15, 2019.
  • Mr. John Peros from Autodesk was invited to give a talk of Generative Design in Fusion 360  in Northridge, California on November 1, 2019.

October

  • Prof. Li was invited to present “Design and Additive Manufacturing of Porous Titanium Scaffolds for Optimum Cell Viability in Bone Tissue Engineering” virtually in the NSF Golden Eagle Additively Innovative Virtual Lecture Series hosted by Dr. Ismail Fidan at Tennessee Tech University on October 31, 2019.
  • Prof. Li visited Meggitt in North Hollywood, California on October 29, 2019.
  • Prof. Li visited Wabtec in San Fernando, California on October 28, 2019.
  • Prof. Li attended the CESMII WRMC Smart Manufacturing Platform™ Demonstration Day at El Camino College Business Training Center in Hawthorne, California on October 17, 2019.
  • Prof. Li attended the Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Manufacturing Summit at WET Design in Sun Valley, California on October 15, 2019.

September

  • Prof. Li attended the CESMII Smart Manufacturing Workforce Development Model Kickoff meeting at El Camino College in El Segundo, California on September 13, 2019.
  • Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 Annual Research Symposium at USU Grand Salon in Northridge, California on September 11, 2019. Kerstern Malama & Christian Mariscal, and Osmar Estrada, Andrew Langwald, Abraham Meiszner & Angela Calderon presented poster and oral presentations, respectively.
  • Prof. Li attended the CESMII Smart Connected Worker Kickoff meeting at UCI Calit2 in Irvine, California on September 4-5, 2019.

August

  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the DOE-CESMII project: “Establishing Smart Connected Workers Infrastructure for Enabling Advanced Manufacturing: A Pathway to Implement Smart Manufacturing for Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)” led by UC Irvine (partnership with UC San Diego, UCLA, The Aerospace Corporation, General Mills, Honeywell, and Atollogy and SimInsight) on August 7, 2019.

July

  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the DOE-CESMII project: “Smart Manufacturing (SM) Workforce Development Model Program” led by El Camino Community College (partnership with UCLA, UC Berkeley) on July 16, 2019.
  • Prof. Li presented one paper and two posters in the 40th International MATADOR Conference on Advanced Manufacturing held at Sailing International Hotel in Hangzhou, China on July 8-10, 2019.

June

  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the 126th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition held at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida on June 16-19, 2019.
  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s 14th Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2019) and attended the 47th Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)’s North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC47) hosted by Penn State Behrend in Erie, Pennsylvania on June 10-14, 2019.

May

  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the 2019-20 Campus Quality Fee (CQF) project: “Laboratory Assistants to Increase Accessibility and Ensure Safety for MSEM Students” funded by CSUN on May 29, 2019.
  • Mr. Gary Pangelina, President of SME South LA/Orange County Chapter 233, visited the LSAM in Northridge, California on May 13, 2019.
  • Delegation (Vice President Prof. Zhifeng Liu, Associate Dean Prof. Haihong Huang, Prof. Shouxu Song,and Prof. Xinyu Li in School of Mechanical Engineering) from Hefei University of Technology visited the LSAM in Northridge, California on May 10, 2019.
  • Mr. Matthew Davis and Mr. Cameron Bevan from GoEngineer were invited to present a talk of emerging topics in 3D printing, scanning, and solidworks modeling from scanning data cloud in Northridge, California on May 2, 2019.

April

  • Prof. Li attended SME AeroDef Manufacturing 2019 and served as a Judge of Poster Challenge at Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California on April 30-May 1, 2019.
  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the 2019 Principal Investigators Recognition Celebration held at CSUN's Orange Grove Bistro and was recognized of "Principal Investigator For outstanding achievement in research and sponsored programs, 2018" on April 29, 2019.
  • Mr. Curtis Chan and Mr. John Peros from Autodesk were invited to present a talk of Fusion 360 including modeling, simulation, generative design in Northridge, California on April 26, 2019.
  • Prof. Li attended the NSF ENG CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop held at Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia on April 1-2, 2019.

March

  • Dr. Richard Donovan, Assistant Director of Research Development for Sustainable Smart Manufacturing in Calit2 at University of California Irvine, visited LSAM, and discussed the implementation plan of DOE-CESMII roadmap project "Smart Connected Worker". We visited Toolbox LA, and discussed collaboration with Eric Sanchez, Community Manager of Breadware on March 15, 2019.

February

  • Prof. Li attended the 2nd Annual CESMII Member Meeting at UCLA Carnesale Commons in Los Angeles, California on February 27-28, 2019.
  • Prof. Li co-organized the annual 2019 Chinese New Year’s Celebration Party hosted by the China Institute and CSSA held at the University Student Union (USU) Ground Salon in Northridge, California on February 23, 2019.
  • Prof. Li attended CTE Days in BUSD 2019 with SME Student Chapter S327 at John Burroughs High School in Burbank, California on February 21, 2019.

January

  • Prof. Li attended the 3rd Annual Disability Communications Fund Grantee Gathering at Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, California on January 28, 2019.
  • Prof. Li attended the 31st Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium at Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, California. Ryan Meza and Christian Sotelo presented two poster presentations on January 3-5, 2019.

2018

December

  • Prof. Li attended Meet & Greet with Breadware "Internet of Things - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" event and discussed collaboration with Daniel Price, CEO of Breadwareat at Toolbox LA in Chatsworth, California on December 6, 2018.

November

  • Prof. Li visited JIMS Machining Inc. in Camarillo, California, and discussed with Mr. Robert Hammersley for collaboration in 3D printing of CAM support for Harley-Davidson motorcycle on November 13, 2018.
  • Prof. Li attended the 2018 CSU Interdisciplinary Cancer Meeting (CSU-ICM) held at CSUN in Northridge, California on November 6, 2018. Ryan Meza presented poster presentation and short talk, and was awarded "Best Undergraduate Talk Award". Big Congratulations to Ryan!

October

  • Prof. Li co-hosted Disability Communications Fund Workshop on Accessibility at CSUN in Northridge, California on October 26, 2018. Mary Bellard, Senior Accessibility Architect at Microsoft, was invited to make a presentation.
  • Prof. Li attended LA Mayor Eric Garcetti's Makers Summit + Toolbox LA Grand Opening at Toolbox LA in Chatsworth, California on October 1, 2018.

September

  • Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 Annual Research Symposium at USU Grand Salon in Northridge, California on September 11, 2018. Kerstern Malama and Christian Mariscal presented poster and oral presentations.

August

  • Prof. Li attended the 68th CIRP General Assembly held at University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan on August 19-25, 2018.
  • Prof. Li visited UConn’s Machine, Automation and Control Systems Laboratory (MACS Lab), made a presentation, and discussed with Director Dr. Xu Chen for collaboration in 3D printing in Storrs, Connecticut on August 17, 2018.
  • Prof. Li visited UConn’s Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC), and discussed with Director Dr. Rainer Hebert for collaboration in Metal Additive Manufacturing in Storrs, Connecticut on August 16, 2018.

June

  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the 2018-19 Campus Quality Fee (CQF) project: “Laboratory Assistants to Increase Accessibility and Ensure Safety for MSEM Students” funded by CSUN on June 22, 2018.
  • Prof. Li attended the 19th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium at Riverside Convention Center at UCR in Riverside, California. Ryan Meza and Siyi Niu presented poster presentation on June 21-23, 2018.
  • Undergraduate student, Kerstern Malama, presented one paper in the 46th SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC46) and the Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of ASME’s 13th Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2018) held at the Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas on June 18-22, 2018.

May

  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the 2018 Principal Investigators Recognition Celebration held at CSUN's Orange Grove Bistro and was recognized of "Principal Investigator For outstanding achievement in research and sponsored programs, 2017" on May 10, 2018.

April

  • Prof. Li presented one paper the 25th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering held at the Technical University of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 30-May 2, 2018.
  • Senior design project "Ultra-Violet Digital Light Bioprinter" supervised by Prof. Li won the Oral Presentation Award of MSEM, and project "Foldable Knee Scooter" supervised by Prof. Li won the Project Display Award of MSEM at the Senior Design Project Showcase (SDPS) 2018 hosted by CECS held at the University Student Union (USU) Northridge Center at CSUN in Northridge, California on April 27, 2018.
  • Prof. Li made a presentation and discussed the workforce career pathway, education collaboration, Manufacturing Day collaboration, at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California on April 25, 2018.
  • Prof. Li visited the Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, and discussed with Account Manager Mr. Keith Panto for collaboration in 3D printing in Valencia, California on April 20, 2018.
  • Prof. Li attended the CESMII Workforce Development and Education Workshop on April 18-19, 2018.
  • Prof. Li visited the Morf3D Inc. and discussed with CTO Dr. Melissa E. Orme for collaboration in Metal 3D printing in El Segundo, California on April 13, 2018.

March

  • Prof. Li attended SME AeroDef Manufacturing 2018 and served as a Judge of Poster Challenge at Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California on March 27-28, 2018.
  • Prof. Li attended Advanced Manufacturing Lab Tour and discussed the workforce career pathway, education collaboration, Manufacturing Day collaboration, with California Manufacturing Technology Consulting, Glendale Unified School District, Verdugo Workforce Center, and Glendale Community College, at Clark Magnet High School in La Crescenta, California on March 23, 2018.
  • Prof. Li visited Stratasys Direct Manufacturing and attended event "GoEngineer and Stratasys Presents F123 Series Lunch and Learn" in Valencia, California on March 22, 2018.
  • Prof. Li visited the DT Technology, and discussed with CEO Daniel Frayssinet, Executive Vice President Chuck Matthews for Education and Research collaboration in smart and additive manufacturing in Camarillo, California on March 14, 2018.
  • Prof. Li made a presentation in the Great Ideas Workshop organized by Tom White, Executive Director of LACI@CSUN and Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee at the LA Kretz Innovation Campus in Los Angeles, California on March 9, 2018.
  • Prof. Li attended the National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop on "Research Needs in Machining and Machine Tools" held at NSF Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia on March 5-6, 2018.
  • Prof. Li co-organized the annual 2018 Chinese New Year’s Celebration Party hosted by the China Institute and CSSA held at the University Student Union (USU) Northridge Center at CSUN in Northridge, California on March 3, 2018.

February

  • Mr. Matthew Davis and Mr. William Huertas, Applications Engineer of GoEngineer visited LSAM for collaboration in 3D Scanning and Printing project in Northridge, California on February 26, 2018.
  • Prof. Li was invited to attend San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council 63rd Annual Honors and Awards Banquet at Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, California and was awarded "Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award" on February 24, 2018.
  • Prof. Li co-hosted Disability Communications Fund Workshop on Accessibility at CSUN in Northridge, California on February 9, 2018.

January

  • Prof. Li was invited to give a talk “New Trends in Additive and Smart Manufacturing” in CSUN Seminar Series at Moorpark College in Moorpark, California on January 26, 2018.
  • Prof. Li attended the Convening of Disability Communications Fund 2017 & 2018 Grantees at James Irvine Foundation Conference Center in Oakland, California on January 23, 2018.

2017

December

  • Delegation (Dean Prof. Jiacheng Xu, Vice Dean Mrs. Weining Ren, Prof. Hanjing Li, Prof. Yan Sun) from Special Education College in Beijing Union University (BUU) visited the LSAM in Northridge, California on December 7, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the First Annual CESMII Member Meeting at UCLA Covel Commons in Los Angeles, California on December 5, 2017.

November

  • Prof. Li was awarded as Co-PI for the project “Expanding the Pipeline: Training Future Professionals with Accessibility Mindset” funded by the Disability Communications Fund on November 28, 2017.
  • Prof. Li was invited to attend NSF Panel Review organized by CMMI MME program at NSF Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia on November 17, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the CESMII California Regional Manufacturing Center (CARMC) Team Meeting at California Manufacturing Technology Consulting (CMTC) in Torrance, California on November 15, 2017.

October

  • Prof. Li attended the Great Minds in STEM™ (GMiS) 29th Annual HENAAC Conference in Pasadena, California on October 18-22, 2017. Micah Feras, Nathalie Pham, Ria Regi and Diego Barreto presented poster presentation.
  • Delegation (Chairman of College Council Mr. Jie Lin, Director of President Office Mr. Zhibin Lin, Prof. Ning Xu, Mr. Shunfu Lin and Mrs. Shaohui Qiu) from Fujian Polytechnic of Information Technology (FJPIT) visited the LSAM in Northridge, California on October 16, 2017.
  • Prof. Li visited the Castheon Inc. and discussed with President Dr. Youping Gao for collaboration in additive manufacturing for metals in Thousand Oaks, California on October 13, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 Annual Research Symposium at USU Northridge Center in Northridge, California on October 4, 2017. Micah Feras, Nathalie Pham, Ria Regi and Diego Barreto presented poster and oral presentation.

September

  • Prof. Li attended the ORS Southern California Regional Symposium at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on September 25, 2017.
  • Prof. Li visited the Haas Automation Inc. and discussed with Mr. Tuan Dinh for collaboration in Engineering Education in Oxnard, California on September 22, 2017.

August

  • Prof. Li attended the USC's AMP SoCal-led Fac-a-thon 5.0 webinar on August 11, 2017.
  • Undergraduate student Juliana Bermuz attended the 28th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference (SFF Symposium 2017) at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas on August 7-9, 2017. Juliana Bermuz presented a paper on August 9, 2017.

July

  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the project “Collaborative Research: Creating an Upper Division Additive Manufacturing Course and Laboratory for Enhancing Undergraduate Research and Innovation” funded by the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program (partnership with Texas Tech University and Kansas State University) on July 18, 2017.

June

  • Prof. Li attended the 18th Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium at Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Juliana Bermuz, Ryan Meza and Hamza Hamid presented two poster presentations on June 28-30, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the USC's AMP SoCal-led Fac-a-thon 4.0 webinar on June 27, 2017.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the 2017-18 Campus Quality Fee (CQF) project: “Laboratory Assistants to Increase Accessibility and Ensure Safety for Engineering Students” funded by CSUN on June 22, 2017.
  • Mr. Landon Ryan, President of Metal Fabrication and Art (MFA) foundry visited LSAM for collaboration in lightweight material fabrication project in Oxnard, California on June 22, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) California Regional Manufacturing Center (CARMC) Kickoff event held at the CALIT2 Auditorium in Irvine, California on June 20, 2017.
  • Prof. Li co-organized the AIMS2 (HSI-STEM Grant) Skills/Orientation Workshop held at CSUN in Northridge, California on June 19-23, 2017.
  • Prof. Juana Mora, Project Director of Abriendo Caminos/Creating Pathways, visited LSAM for collaboration in Manufacturing Systems Engineering education in Northridge, California on June 16, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 (HSI-STEM Grant) Sixth Annual External Advisory Committee Meeting held at CSUN's Orange Grove Bistro in Northridge, California on June 15, 2017.
  • Dr. Basser Budraa at Ricoh Printing Systems America Inc. visited LSAM for collaboration in Ink-jet printing in Northridge, California on June 14, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the 45th Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)’s North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC45), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s 12th Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2017), and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)’s International Conference on Materials Processing (ICM&P 2017) held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California on June 4-8, 2017.

May

  • Prof. Li attended the USC's AMP SoCal-led Fac-a-thon 3.0 webinar on May 19, 2017.
  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the 2017 Principal Investigators Recognition Celebration held at CSUN's Valley Performing Arts Center and was recognized of "Principal Investigator For outstanding achievement in research and sponsored programs, 2016" on May 11, 2017.
  • Luz Shin, Project Director of Promoting Awareness of STEM Opportunities (PASO) at Los Angeles Valley College, visited LSAM about the potential collaborative summer research projects in Northridge, California on May 3, 2017.

April

  • Prof. Li was invited to give a talk “Innovation in 3D Printing” at the International Innovation and Sourcing Seminar (CSUN- THI (Technical University Ingolstadt)) sponsored by the Ernie Schaeffer Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Northridge, California on April 24, 2017.
  • Senior student Anna Chilingarian won the "Leadership in Manufacturing" award at the 2017 Small Manufacturers' Institute (SMI) Manufacturing Challenge and Exposition sponsored by SMI held at the Goodwill Industries of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA on April 22, 2017. Big Congratulations to Anna!
  • Senior design project “Folding Electrical Bicycle” supervised by Prof. Li won the 3rd Place of University Division at the 2017 Small Manufacturers' Institute (SMI) Manufacturing Challenge and Exposition sponsored by SMI held at the Goodwill Industries of Southern California in Los Angeles, California on April 22, 2017. Big Congratulations to Osama, Ahmed, Ali Alsaggaf, Motaz, Majed, and Ali Segeer!
  • Senior design project “Vision Assisted Robotic Arm” supervised by Prof. Li won the Grand Prize at the 2017 Small Manufacturers' Institute (SMI) Manufacturing Challenge and Exposition sponsored by SMI held at the Goodwill Industries of Southern California in Los Angeles, California on April 22, 2017. Big Congratulations to Anna, Aida, Johnny, Lucas, Brendan, Sara, Attallah, and Ahmed.
  • Senior design project "Folding Electrical Bicycle" supervised by Prof. Li won the Oral Presentation Award and Project Display Award of MSEM at the Senior Design Project Showcase (SDPS) 2017 hosted by CECS held at the University Student Union (USU) Northridge Center at CSUN in Northridge, California on April 14, 2017. Big Congratulations to Osama, Ahmed, Ali Alsaggaf, Motaz, Majed, and Ali Segeer!
  • Prof. Li visited the Ricoh Printing Systems America Inc. and discussed with Dr. Basser Budraa and Director of Engineering Giang Vo for collaboration in Ink-jet printing in Simi Valley, California on April 12, 2017.
  • Prof. Li was invited to give a talk “3D Bioprinting of Aneurysm Blood Vessels” at the Brown Bag Spring 2017 Research Seminar Series sponsored by the CECS in Northridge, California on April 10, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the USC's AMP SoCal-led Fac-a-thon 2.0 webinar on April 7, 2017.

March

  • Prof. Li attended the VCTC Consortium Advanced Manufacturing teachers and faculty meeting at Glendale Community College in Glendale, California on March 15, 2017.
  • Prof. Li co-hosted the CSUN College Day for the GUSD and BUSD high school students in Northridge, California on March 10, 2017.

February

  • Prof. Li visited the Metal Fabrication and Art (MFA) foundry, and discussed with the President Landon Ryan for collaboration in lightweight material fabrication project in Los Angeles, California on February 24, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the opening ceremony for the new Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) held at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering in Los Angeles, California on February 24, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) Kickoff event held at the Pauley Pavilion at UCLA on February 22-23, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the Faculty Development's Power Hour with Dr. Michael Yeager held at the University Student Union (USU) Northridge Center at CSUN in Northridge, California on February 15, 2017.
  • Prof. Li co-organized the annual 2017 Chinese New Year’s Celebration Party hosted by the China Institute and CSSA held at the University Student Union (USU) Ground Salon at CSUN in Northridge, California on February 12, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the USC's AMP SoCal-led Fac-a-thon webinar on February 10, 2017.
  • Prof. Li attended the Faculty Development workshop: Creating Transparent Assignments organized by the Office of Faculty Development at CSUN in Northridge, California on February 7, 2017.

January

  • Prof. Li attended the 29th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium at Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, California. Daniel Aguiar and Juliana Bermuz presented a poster presentation on January 5-7, 2017.

2016

December

  • Prof. Sagil James from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at California State University visited LSAM and SME Student Chapter S327 about the potential collaborative projects in Northridge, California on December 22, 2016.
  • Prof. Li attended the CSUN's Center for Visual Communication (VISCOM) 10th Annual Alumni Holiday Event hosted by VISCOM at Art Gallery in Northridge, California on December 17, 2016.

November

  • Mr. Mark Price and Mrs. Amanda Taylor, Chapter Development and Relations Manager of SME, visited Prof. Li and SME Student Chapter S327 at CSUN to promote manufacturing in Northridge, California on November 14, 2016.
  • Prof. Li attended the California Renewable Energy and Storage Technology Conference (CREST) 2016 hosted by the Energy Research Center (ERC) in Northridge, California on November 12, 2016. M.S. student Hyunjin Kim presented a poster.

October

  • Prof. Li promoted the Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) program of MSEM department in the National Manufacturing Day hosted by the Los Angeles Valley College in Van Nuys, California on October 21, 2016.
  • Dean Hilgenberg, Director of Manufacturing Engineering and Tooling Global Operations at Northrop Grumman Corporation Aerospace Systems, visited the CECS and LSAM and discussed with Dean Ramesh and Prof. Li about the potential collaborative projects in Northridge, California on October 12, 2016.
  • Prof. Li visited the California State University Los Angeles, and discussed with Prof. Paul Liu in the Department of Industrial Technology and Prof. Yong Gan from Cal Poly Pomona for collaboration in NSF IUSE project on October 5, 2016.

September

  • Prof. Li visited the Pacific Testing Laboratories Inc. and discussed with Laboratory Director Hans Shin for collaboration in material characterization in Valencia, California on September 26, 2016.
  • Prof. Li visited the Aerojet Rocketdyne and discussed with Associate Fellow & Discipline Lead in Manufacturing Engineering Dr. Youping Gao for collaboration in additive manufacturing in Canoga Park, California on September 16, 2016.

August

  • M.S. student Daniel Aguiar and Undergraduate student Fayez Alharbi attended the 27th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - An Additive Manufacturing Conference (SFF Symposium 2016) at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Daniel Aguiar presented a paper and Fayez Alharbi presented a poster presentation on August 8-10, 2016.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as Co-PI for the project “California Career Pathway Trust (CCPT)” funded by the Glendale Unified School District on August 8, 2016.

July

  • Winthrop Sheldon from SLM Solutions visited LSAM and showed the products in Northridge, California on July 27, 2016.

June

  • Prof. Li made a presentation in the 44th SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC44) and the Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of ASME’s 11th Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2016) held at the Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on June 27-July 1, 2016.
  • Prof. Li made a presentation in the CSU I-Corps Faculty-Led Team Spring 2016 Final Lessons Learned Session at San Diego State University in San Diego, California on June 25, 2016.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as PI for the 2016-17 Campus Quality Fee (CQF) project: “Laboratory Assistants to Increase Accessibility and Ensure Safety for Engineering Students” funded by CSUN on June 23, 2016.

May

  • Prof. Li attended the 23rd CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering held at the Technische Universität Berlin in Berlin, Germany on May 22-24, 2016.
  • Prof. Li was invited to attend the 2016 Principal Investigators Recognition Celebration held at CSUN's Valley Performing Arts Center and was recognized of "Principal Investigator For outstanding achievement in research and sponsored programs, 2015" on May 11, 2016.

April

  • Prof. Li attended the LA BioMed Innovation Showcase 2016 at Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach in Torrance, California on April 28, 2016. LA BioMed hosted the 3rd Innovation Showcase featuring the latest innovations in therapeutics and medical devices from start-ups originating from LA BioMed, UCLA, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, UC Riverside, City of Hope and USC.
  • Senior design project "CSUN CloudPonics" supervised by Prof. Li won the Grand Prize at the 2016 Small Manufacturers' Institute (SMI) Manufacturing Challenge Contest sponsored by SMI held at the NTMA training center in Santa Fe Springs, California on April 16, 2016. Big Congratulations to Michael, Rodrigo, Navjeevan, and Hyunjin!
  • Senior design project "CSUN CloudPonics" supervised by Prof. Li won the Oral Presentation Award and Project Display Award of MSEM at the Senior Design Project Showcase (SDPS) 2016 hosted by CECS held at the University Student Union (USU) Northridge Center at CSUN in Northridge, California on April 15, 2016. Big Congratulations to Michael, Rodrigo, Navjeevan, and Hyunjin!

March

  • Prof. Li attended the CSU I-Corps Faculty-Led Team Spring 2016 In-Person Kickoff Meeting at San Diego State University in San Diego, California on March 26, 2016.
  • Prof. Li attended the National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop on "Additive Manufacturing for Health" held at Holiday Inn Grand Ballroom in Arlington, Virginia on March 17-18, 2016.
  • Prof. Li attended the VentureWell's 20th Annual Conference Open 2016 at Marriott Downtown Waterfront in Portland, Oregon on March 4-5, 2016.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as sole PI for the project "Selective Laser Melting System for Additive Manufacturing and Lightweight Material Fabrication" funded by the DOD Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) (partnership with UCLA and USC) on March 2, 2016.

February

  • Prof. Li promoted the Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) and Engineering Management (EM) program of MSEM department in the Van Nuys High School's Automotive & Manufacturing pathways's College and Career Fair organized by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce in Van Nuys, California on February 23, 2016.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as sole PI for the project "Fully Automated 3D Bioprinter" funded by the California State University (CSU) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Microgrant for Faculty-Led Team (NSF subaward agreement from San Diego State University Research Foundation) on February 22, 2016.
  • Prof. Li co-organized the annual 2016 Chinese New Year’s Celebration Party hosted by the China Institute and CSSA held at the University Student Union (USU) Ground Salon at CSUN in Northridge, California on February 21, 2016.
  • Prof. Li demonstrated 3D bioprinting in the LSAM during the NIH Site Visit Tour at CSUN in Northridge, California on February 19, 2016.
  • Prof. Li joined the Energy Research Center (ERC) as a Board Member and attended the ERC meeting at CSUN in Northridge, California on February 10, 2016.
  • Prof. Li was invited to visit the LA Kretz Innovation Campus (LKIC, the new home of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)) with President Harrison. Prof. Li discussed with Chief Program Officer Erik Steeb, Director of University Relations Ed Beres, Executive in Residence Kevin Randolph in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 2016.

January

  • Prof. Li and student Abdullah were invited to display the award-winning project "Hybrid Layered Manufacturing 3D Printer" in the CSUN Showcases Innovation during California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy P. White Visit along with CSU Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs Loren J. Blanchard in Northridge, California on January 29, 2016.
  • Prof. Li attended the Pathways 2016 All-Team Meeting sponsored by Epicenter "Pathways to Innovation Program" at Chaparral Suites Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 13-15, 2016.
  • Prof. Li attended the 28th Annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium at Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, California. Prof. Li's master student, Daniel Aguiar, presented a Lightning Talk and poster presentation in the Bioengineering Showcase session on January 7-9, 2016.

2015

December

  • Prof. Li was selected for CSUN's NIH BUILD PODER Faculty Scholar Academy on December 16, 2015.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as a sole PI for the project "Acquisition of 3D Bioprinting System" funded by the CSUN's NIH BUILD PODER Equipment Competition Grant on December 8, 2015.

November

  • Prof. Li was awarded as sole PI for the project "Experimental Investigations of Nano-particle Emissions from Next Generation Lithium Ion Battery Manufacturing" funded by the CSUN Probationary Faculty Support Program on November 6, 2015.

October

  • Prof. Li visited the Stratasys Direct Manufacturing in Valencia, California, and discussed with Project Engineering Hector Ramirez for collaborative NSF IUSE EHR program in additive manufacturing education and providing internships opportunities for undergraduate students on October 23, 2015.
  • Sponsored by Prof. Li, Arman Aivazian (Marketing) and Alec Ledoux (Finance) were officially named the University Innovation Fellows by NSF-Funded Epicenter on October 23, 2015.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as a Co-PI for the project "Pathways to Innovation Program" funded by the Venturewell on October 16, 2015.
  • Prof. Li attended the ABET Workshop "Fundamentals of Program Assessment Workshop" at Hyatt Rosemont in Chicago, Illinois on October 10, 2015.

September

  • Prof. Li participated the Program Development Group meeting for the new CSUN Design Thinking and Innovation Program, to be offered in collaboration with CSUN academic colleges, multiple departments throughout the university, and The Tseng College in Northridge, California on September 21, 2015.
  • Prof. Li and student Jorge, Diego were invited to display the senior design project "Hybrid Layered Manufacturing 3D Printer" in the Founders' Day 2015 hosted by CSUN Alumni Association held at the University Student Union (USU) East Conference Center at CSUN in Northridge, California on September 19, 2015.
  • Prof. Li was invited to give a talk “Laser cladding of alloy powders on carbon steel C45 for remanufacturing” in the WESTEC 2015 held at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 2015.
  • Prof. Shouxu Song, Prof. Haihong Huang and Prof. Lei Zhang from the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Hefei University of Technology visited the LSAM in Northridge, California on September 6-8, 2015.
  • Prof. Li and the delegation (Prof. Shouxu Song, Prof. Haihong Huang and Prof. Lei Zhang) from the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Hefei University of Technology visited the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, and discussed with the Fehsenfeld Family Head Prof. John Sutherland and Prof. Fu Zhao on September 4, 2015.

August

  • Prof. Li served as a Faculty Mentor of the 2015 New Faculty Orientation and President's Fall Welcome Address at CSUN in Northridge, California on August 20, 2015.
  • Prof. Li set up another Leadership Circle Pilot (three engineering students and two business students) as a Faculty Sponsor for Fall 2015. Arman Aivazian (Marketing) and Alec Ledoux (Finance) were accepted as candidates for Epicenter's University Innovation Fellows on August 9, 2015.
  • Prof. Li attended the ASM International San Fernando Valley Chapter Leadership Day at Marie Callender's in Northridge, California on August 13, 2015.

July

  • Prof. Changfeng Men from the College of Mechanical Engineering at Tianjin University of Technology and Education, and Prof. Limei Guo from the School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University of Science and Technology visited the LSAM on July 28-30, 2015.
  • Prof. Li attended the CECS Autodesk Fusion 360 Training Workshop held at CSUN in Northridge, California on July 22, 2015.

June

  • Prof. Li was awarded as Co-PI for the 2015-16 Campus Quality Fee (CQF) project: “Laboratory Assistants to Increase Accessibility and Ensure Safety for Engineering Students” funded by CSUN on June 26, 2015.
  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition held at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on June 14-17, 2015.
  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the 43rd SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC43) and the Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of ASME’s 10th Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2015) held at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina on Jun 8-12, 2015.

May

  • Prof. Li attended the CSUN Impact Day held at RKS Design Firm in Thousand Oaks, California on May 20, 2015.
  • Prof. Li attended the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) RAPID 2015 Conference and Exposition held at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California on May 18-21, 2015.
  • Prof. Li was awarded as Co-PI for the project "Vertical Integration of the Liberal Arts in Engineering Education" funded by the Teagle Foundation Teaching and Learning Initiatives - Liberal Arts and Professions Planning Grant (partnership with CSU Los Angeles, CSU Chico, Cal Poly Pomona) on May 15, 2015.
  • Senior design project "Hybrid Layered Manufacturing 3D Printer" supervised by Prof. Li won the Oral Presentation Award and Project Display Award of MSEM, and Grand Prize Project Display of CECS at the Senior Design Project Showcase (SDPS) 2015 hosted by CECS held at the University Student Union (USU) Northridge Center at CSUN on May 8, 2015. Big Congratulations to Jorge, Diego, Aileen, Christina, Abdullah B., Abdullah A. and Naif!
  • Prof. Li was awarded as sole PI for the project “Environmental Sustainability of Next Generation Lithium Ion Batteries” funded by the CSUN China Institute Faculty Development Grant on May 4, 2015.

April

  • Senior design project "Hybrid Layered Manufacturing 3D Printer" supervised by Prof. Li won the First Place of University Division at the 2015 Small Manufacturers' Institute (SMI) Product and Manufacturing System Design Contest sponsored by SMI held at the NTMA training center in Santa Fe Springs, CA on April 18, 2015. Congratulations to Jorge, Diego, Aileen, Christina, Abdullah B., Abdullah A. and Naif!
  • Prof. Li presented one paper in the 22nd CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering held at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia on April 6-9, 2015.
  • Prof. Li hosted an Innovation Seminar for SME Student Chapter S327 at CSUN. Director Mr. Erik Steeb and Deputy Director Mr. Kevin Randolph from Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and two University Innovation Fellows (Daniel M. Aguiar and Diego Emesto Vilchez) were invited to give a plenary talk on April 2, 2015.

March

  • Prof. Li visited the La Kretz Innovation Campus of Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and discussed with Director Mr. Erik Steeb and Deputy Director Mr. Kevin Randolph for collaboration of innovative design and maker space project for CSUN students on March 16, 2015.

February

  • Prof. Li attended the University Innovation Fellows 2015 Annual Meetup held at Google and Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California on February 20-22, 2015. Daniel M. Aguiar (Engineering Management) and Diego Emesto Vilchez (Manufacturing Systems Engineering), were officially named the University Innovation Fellows by NSF-Funded Epicenter. Congratulations to Daniel and Diego!

January

  • Prof. Li and the delegation (Dean Prof. Wei Sun, Associate Dean Prof. Yue Ma, Associate Dean Prof. Yue Ma, Project Manager of International Office Mr. Xiaomin Ren and Mrs. Julie Skaggs) from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Dalian University of Technology visited the Department of Aerospace Mechanical Engineering at University of Southern California, and discussed with the Chairman Prof. Geoff Speeding and the Associate Chair Prof. Yan Jin on January 23, 2015.
  • Prof. Li attended the 2015 Chautauqua Short Course "Enhancing Student Success through a Model Introduction to Engineering Course" held at the California State University Dominquez Hills in Carson, California on January 7-9, 2015.

2014

December

  • Prof. Li set up a Leadership Circle Pilot as a Faculty Sponsor for Spring 2015, and two of his senior design students, Daniel M. Aguiar and Diego Emesto Vilchez, were accepted as candidates for Epicenter's University Innovation Fellows Program on December 9, 2014. The program is run by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter), which is funded by the NSF and directed by Stanford University and VentureWell. Congratulations to Daniel and Diego!
  • Prof. Li attended the Autodesk University 2014 held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2-4, 2014.

November

  • Mr. Martyn Frost, Regional Sales Manager at Renishaw visited LSAM and discussed with Prof. Li for the potential acquisition of AM250 and research support on November 10, 2014.

October

  • Prof. Li was invited to give a talk “Overview of additive manufacturing and Next Generation of High-Capacity Lithium Ion Batteries” at the China Forum Series sponsored by the CSUN China Institute and the College of Humanities on October 24, 2014.
  • Prof. Li attended the National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop on "Environmental Implications of Additive Manufacturing" held in Arlington, Virginia on October 14-15, 2014. The objective of this workshop is to provide a forum for disseminating information and sharing ideas about the emerging technology of additive manufacturing (AM) and its impact on the environment and occupational health.

September

  • Prof. Li was invited to give a talk “Laser additive manufacturing for remanufacturing of critical components” at the Brown Bag Fall 2014 Research Seminar Series sponsored by the CECS on September 24, 2014.

August

  • Laboratory for Sustainable and Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) was established in the MSEM Department on August 25, 2014.
  • Prof. Li attended the 2014 New Faculty Orientation and President's Fall Welcome Address at CSUN in Northridge, California on August 21-22, 2014.
  • Prof. Li started his new academic career as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing System Engineering and Management (MSEM), College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) at the California State University Northridge (CSUN) on August 20, 2014.