2022

December

• ARCS hosted one 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) for the week of November 28-December 2, 2022.

November

• ARCS hosted the STEAHM NEXUS End of Year Celebration 2022 in the Orchard Conference center on November 29, 2022.
• Prof. Li's group with UCI SMART IAC team conducted the DOE IAC assessment at Valence Surface Technologies in Lynwood, CA 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 on October 25, 2022.
• Prof. Li visited Prof. Jeongwon Park in Department of Electrical & Biomedical Engineering, and Prof. Xu Hao in Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at University of Nevada Reno 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 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 NASA Panel Review organized by 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, CA 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 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” in the Zhejiang University Mechanical Engineering Global Seminar on August 26, 2022.
• Prof. Li made a presentation 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, U.S.A. on August 14-17, 2022.
• Prof. Li was invited to present “AI-Powered Augmented Reality Training for Metal Additive Manufacturing” 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, CA 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, CA on August 3, 2022.

July

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

June

• Prof. Li was invited to present "AI-powered Energy Disaggregation to Improve the Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing" in the Texas A&M University-Kingsville NSF REU & USDA REEU Summer Research Programs Webinar Series on June 16, 2022.

May

• Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 Graduation and Awards event in Jacaranda Hall Breezeway 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, CA on April 19, 2022.
• Prof. Li attended the 2022 Advanced Manufacturing Research & Education Symposium in Lubbock, TX 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 in Pasadena, CA, met with the Interim Director Larry D. James, Director for Engineering and Science Charles Whetsel,  Education Director David Seidel, and team in Mars Exploration on April 11, 2022.
• NASA MIRO Technical Review Committee from Armstrong Flight Research Center visited ARCS and attended the 3rd Annual Lift-Off event on April 6-7, 2022.

March

• Prof. Li visited the Athens Services in Sun Valley, CA, and discussed with operation manger Mr. Brian Hunter 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, TX on March 1-2, 2022.

February

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

January

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

2021

December

• Prof. Li participated 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 on December 2, 2021.

November

• Prof. Li visited the Rialto Bioenergy Facility LLC in Rialto, CA with Prof. Eugene Tseng and LA City Local Enforcement Agencyon, and discussed with Dr. Yaniv Scherson, Chief Operating Officer at Anaergia Inc on November 9, 2021.
• Prof. Li attended the Kick-off Meeting of Lineage Logistics 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 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, NJ 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, CA 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 NASA 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 on August 30-September 1, 2021.
• Prof. Li hosted the 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 Co-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 UC Irvine on June 15, 2021.

May

• Prof. Li attended the ARCS/JPL Project Presentation on May 27, 2021.
• Prof. Li was invited to attend the 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 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" in the CESMII Machine Learning Workshop on April 22, 2021.
• Prof. Li attended the 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” 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” 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” 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. in Thousand Oaks, California, and discussed with President Dr. Youping Gao for collaboration in additive manufacturing for metals on October 2, 2020.

Sep

• Prof. Li visited the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation in West LA 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 the 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 on March 10, 2020.

February

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

January

• Mr. Reino Mattila, Strategic Account Manager of DENT Instruments, visited LSAM and discussed the smart meter project 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"  in the CSUN China Institute on December 16, 2019.

November

• Mr. Britt Espinosa, Co-founder of Tulu Systems, visited LSAM and discussed the smart meter project on November 15, 2019.
• Mr. John Peros from Autodesk was invited to present a talk of Generative Design in Fusion 360 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” 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, CA on October 29, 2019.
• Prof. Li visited Wabtec in San Fernando, CA on October 28, 2019.
• Prof. Li attended the CESMII WRMC Smart Manufacturing Platform™ Demonstration Day at El Camino College Business Training Center in Hawthorne, CA on October 17, 2019.
• Prof. Li attended the Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Manufacturing Summit at WET Design in Sun Valley, CA on October 15, 2019.

September

• Prof. Li attended the CESMII Smart Manufacturing Workforce Development Model Kickoff meeting at El Camino on September 13, 2019.
• Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 Annual Research Symposium at USU Grand Salon 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 made two presentations 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 made a presentation in the 126th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition held at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida on June 16-19, 2019.
• Prof. Li made a presentation 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 2019-20Campus 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 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 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 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 Arpil 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 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 UC 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 at CSUN 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 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 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 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 on October 1, 2018.

Septermber

• Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 Annual Research Symposium at USU Grand Salon 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) in Storrs, Connecticut, made a presentation and discussed with Director Dr. Xu Chen for collaboration in 3D printing on August 17, 2018.
• Prof. Li visited UConn’s Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC) in Storrs, Connecticut, and discussed with Director Dr. Rainer Hebert for collaboration in Metal Additive Manufacturing 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, made a presentation 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 attended 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 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 in Valencia, California, and discussed with Account Manager Mr. Keith Panto for collaboration in 3D printing 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. in El Segundo, California, and discussed with CTO Dr. Melissa E. Orme for collaboration in Metal 3D printing 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 in Camarillo, California, and discussed with CEO Daniel Frayssinet, Executive Vice President Chuck Matthews for Education and Research collaboration in smart and additive manufacturing 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 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 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 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 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 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 on October 16, 2017.
• Prof. Li visited the Castheon Inc. in Thousand Oaks, California, and discussed with President Dr. Youping Gao for collaboration in additive manufacturing for metals on October 13, 2017.
• Prof. Li attended the AIMS2 Annual Research Symposium at USU Northridge Center 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 on September 25, 2017.
• Prof. Li visited the Haas Automation Inc. in Oxnard, California, and discussed with Mr. Tuan Dinh for collaboration in Engineering Education 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 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 at UCI on June 20, 2017.
• Prof. Li co-organized the AIMS2 (HSI-STEM Grant) Skills/Orientation Workshop held at CSUN on June 19-23, 2017.
• Prof. Juana Mora, Project Director of Abriendo Caminos/Creating Pathways, visited LSAM for collaboration in Manufacturing Systems Engineering education 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 on June 15, 2017.
• Dr. Basser Budraa at Ricoh Printing Systems America Inc. visited LSAM for collaboration in Ink-jet printing 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 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 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, CA 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, CA 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 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. in Simi Valley, California, and discussed with Dr. Basser Budraa and Director of Engineering Giang Vo for collaboration in Ink-jet printing 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 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 in Glendale Community College on March 15, 2017.
• Prof. Li co-hosted the CSUN College Day for the GUSD and BUSD high school students 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 the manufacturing 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 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. in Valencia, California, and discussed with Laboratory Director Hans Shin for collaboration in material characterization on September 26, 2016.
• Prof. Li visited the Aerojet Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, California, and discussed with Associate Fellow & Discipline Lead in Manufacturing Engineering Dr. Youping Gao for collaboration in additive manufacturing on September 16, 2016.

August

• Prof. Li was invited to serve as panel of experts for two projects evaluation in the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Fujian University of Technology in China on August 21, 2016.
• 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 invited to give a talk “Future Opportunities of Sustainability for Additive Manufacturing Technologies and Applications” in the Institute of Green Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Hefei University of Technology in Hefei, China on August 8, 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 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 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, CA 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 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 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 on February 21, 2016.
• Prof. Li demonstrated 3D bioprinting in the LSAM during the NIH Site Visit Tour at CSUN on February 19, 2016.
• Prof. Li joined the Energy Research Center (ERC) as a Board Member and attended the ERC meeting at CSUN 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 on February 3, 2016.

January

• Prof. Li and student Abdullah were invited to showcase 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 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.
• Prof. Li visited the School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Fujian University of Technology in China, and discussed the collaboration of research projects and publications with the Dean. Prof. Jibin Jiang, Prof. Guofu Lian, Prof. Shoujin Zeng and Prof. Mingsan Xu on October 1, 2015.

September

• Prof. Li visited the Research Center for 3D Printing and Laser Remanufacturing Technology at Hefei University of Technology in China, and discussed the collaboration of research projects with the Director Prof. Zijun Yuan on September 29, 2015.
• Prof. Li visited the Institute of Green Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Hefei University of Technology in China, and discussed the collaboration of research projects and publications with the Vice President Prof. Zhifeng Liu, Prof. Shouxu Song, Prof. Haihong Huang, and Prof. Lei Zhang on September 28, 2015.
• 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 on September 21, 2015.
• Prof. Li and student Jorge, Diego were invited to showcase 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 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 made a presentation in the 122nd ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition held at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle, Washington on June 14-17, 2015.
• Prof. Li made a presentation 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 made a presentation 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 visited the Institute of Green Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Hefei University of Technology in China, and discussed the collaboration of research projects with Vice President Prof. Zhifeng Liu, Prof. Shouxu Song, Prof. Haihong Huang, and Prof. Lei Zhang on December 19-21, 2014.
• 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 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.
• 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.