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March 2025 Wenbo Wang won 1st place in TMS2025 poster competition.

Congratulations to Wenbo Wang for winning 1st place in the Poster Competition at TMS 2025! His outstanding research on multi-material 3D printing showcases innovation and excellence in advanced manufacturing, highlighting the impact of our work. šŸŽ‰šŸ† #TMS2025 #StudentAchievement #ResearchExcellence #3DPrinting

March 2025: Our lab received ABRC NIA award!

Our team has received the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and Arizona Biomedical Research Commission (ABRC) New Investigator Award (NIA) to advance 3D printing of multi-functional tissue scaffolds! This 3-year funding supports our efforts in regenerative medicine, fostering clinical collaborations and commercialization opportunities. Huge thanks to ADHS and ABRC for their support and to…

January 2025:Ā Negar Akrami joined the AMFD lab as a PhD student

2025.1.13 Negar Akrami joined the AMFD lab as a PhD student. Welcome!

Yao Wang joined the AMFD lab as a PhD student

2024.8.22 Yao Wang joined the AMFD lab as a PhD student. Welcome!

Students’ Award: Congrats to Sonia

Congrats to Sonia Hernandez for receiving the TSMC AZ Fellowship!  

Kudos to Siying Liu for successfully defending the PhD dissertation!

We are excited to announce that Siying Liu, the first PhD student in the AMFD lab, has successfully defended her dissertation! This remarkable achievement highlights her dedication and hard work. Join us in celebrating Siying’s academic achievement!

Congratulations to Luyang Liu for publishing paper on Small!

May 17, 2024 Congratulations to Luyang Liu for publishing paper on Small. This study introduces a novel approach for creating Nd:YAG ceramics with 3D free-form structures from micron (∼70 µm) to centimeter scales. Firstly, sol-gel synthesis is employed to form photocurable colloidal solutions. Subsequently, by utilizing a home-built micro-continuous liquid interface printing process, precursors are…

Award: Congrats to Dr. Chen

Dr. Chen got the 2024 Susan Smyth Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers Award, Congratulations!

Dr. Xiangfan Chen has been selected as the editorial board member for the journal: npj advanced manufacturing

2023/11/01, Dr. Xiangfan Chen has been selected as the editorial board member for the journal: npj advanced manufacturing. (About the Editors | npj Advanced Manufacturing (nature.com)) Journal’s Aims & Scope npj Advanced Manufacturing is an online, open-access journal dedicated to progressing the field of advanced manufacturing. Our primary objective is to provide a global platform…

Congratulations to Siying Liu for publishing paper on Advanced Optical Materials!

Congratulations to Siying Liu for publishing paper on Advanced Optical Materials to report a robust optical data encryption technique utilizing polymer-stabilized-liquid-crystals (PSLCs) combined with projection photoalignment and photopatterning methods. A novel, generalized design strategy is developed, for the first time, to encode intricate and exclusive information with enhanced security by spatially programming the photoalignment patterns…