Dr. Yong Chen

Biography

Yong Chen is a professor in the Aerospace Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering disciplines at the University of Southern California (USC). He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2001. Prior to joining USC in 2006, he was a senior Research and Development engineer at 3D Systems Inc., a pioneer in the 3D printing industry. His research primarily focuses on additive manufacturing (3D printing) at micro and meso scales, encompassing modeling, analysis, synthesis, and optimization of digital design and manufacturing. Dr. Chen has published over 180 works in refereed journals and conferences and has received ten Best/Outstanding Paper Awards from major design and manufacturing journals and conferences. His notable recognitions include the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in 2012 and the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in 2008. He has been invited to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Symposium multiple times. Dr. Chen holds Fellow status in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

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