Welcome to the lab of MI (Manufacturing Innovation) at ASU!
Our lab develops and utilizes novel additive manufacturing processes to create bioinspired functional devices, and to address some real-world challenges of design and manufacturing.
Recent News
Jun 14, 2023 Dr. Li got 2023 SME Delcie R. Durham Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award Congratulations!
Jun 13, 2023 Our paper "Contactless 3D Printing of Artificial Cells in Air for Biomedical Applications" received ASME MSEC2023 conference 1st Place Best Paper, Congratulations!
Jun 15, 2023 Tengteng Tang received ASU GPSA Graduate College Travel Award. Congratulations!
May 20, 2023 Our paper "Electrically Assisted Vat Photopolymerization of Bioinspired Hierarchical Structures with Controllable Roughness for Hydrophobicity Enhancement Using Photocurable Resin/Carbon Nanotube" is published on JOM, Congratulations!
Jan 30, 2023 Tengteng Tang received ASU GPSA Jumpstart Research Grant. Congratulations !
Jan 26, 2023 Our paper "4D printing of seed capsule-inspired hygro-responsive structures via liquid crystal templating-assisted vat photopolymerization" was highlighted by Inside Back Cover of Advanced Functional Material , Congratulations!
Jun 01, 2023 Emily Hudson, Angelina Barron, Aryan Gupta got the FURI research program support.
Congratulations!
Nov 14, 2022 Our paper "4D printing of seed capsule-inspired hygro-responsive structures via liquid crystal templating-assisted vat photopolymerization" was accepted by Advanced Functional Materials, Congratulations!
Jun 15, 2022 Tengteng Tang received NSF Student Travel Award for the 33nd Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF). Congratulations to Tengteng Tang!
May 15, 2022 Tengteng Tang received NSF Student Travel Award for the ASME/SME NAMRC 50 / MSEC 2022. Congratulations to Tengteng Tang!
May 04, 2021 Prakhar Ghirnikargot the FURI research program support for Summer, Fall 2022. Congratulations!
Jun 29, 2022 Our paper "Scalable multi-material additive manufacturing of bioinspired polymeric material with metallic structures via electrically assisted stereolithography" received ASME MSEC2022 conference 1st Place Best Paper, Congratulations!
Jan 15, 2022 Nadine Iradukunda and Stephanie Kim received NSF Student Travel Award for the ACS Spring2022. Congratulations to Nadine and Stephanie!
Aug 20, 2021 Dr. Li (PI) received a National Science Foundation grant, titled “Collaborative Research: 3D Printing of Bioinspired Hierarchical Structures with Controllable Roughness for Stable and Long-term Air Retention"
in collaboration with Dr. Yang Yang at San Diego State University. Congratulations!
July 20, 2021 Call for papers on special issue "Design and Manufacturing of Bioinspired Material and Structures” in Materials (Link)
July 15, 2021 Tengteng Tang received NSF Student Support Award for the 32nd Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF). Congratulations to Tengteng Tang!
Jun 12, 2021 Call for papers on special issue "Machine Learning in Micro Fabrication” in Micromachines (Link)
Jun 11, 2021 Dr. Li (PI) received FSE Strategic Interest Seed Funding Award! Congratulations!
Jan 04, 2021 Stephanie Kim, Vineet Adesh Butala, Shengyinghao Chen, and John Hutchins got the FURI research program support for Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Congratulations!
Apr 20, 2021 Dylan received NSF Student Support Award for NAMRC 49 / MSEC 2021.
Congratulations to Dylan Joralmon!
Feb 09, 2021 Our paper "Magnetic Field Assisted 3D Printing of Limpet Teeth Inspired Polymer Matrix Composite With Compression Reinforcement" was accepted by 2021 ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference proceeding.
Congratulations to Dylan Joralmon, Evangeline Amonoo, and Yizhen Zhu!
Jan 04, 2021 Leena Jalaghi, Omar Serag, and John Hutchins got the FURI research program support for Spring 2021. Congratulations!
Jan 04, 2021 Krishna Koparde and Bhushan Ahire got the MORE research program support for Spring 2021. Congratulations!
Jan 03, 2021 Our paper "3D Printing Biomimetic Materials and Structures for Biomedical application" was accepted by Bio-design and manufacturing (Link)
Congratulations to Yizhen Zhu, and Dylan Joralmon!
Oct 07, 2020 Our paper "Limpet Tooth‐Inspired Painless Microneedles Fabricated by Magnetic Field‐ Assisted 3D Printing" was accepted by Advanced Functional Materials (Link) and featured
as Back inside cover (link)
Congratulations to Yizhen Zhu, and Dylan Joralmon!
Aug 20, 2020 Call for papers on the symposium "Advances in Bioinspired Additive Manufacturing” 2021 ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (Link)
July 01, 2020 Call for papers on special issue "Software Engineering for Smart Manufacturing” Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (Link)
Jun 01, 2020 Dylan Joralmon and Joshua Blair got the FURI research program support for Summer 2020 and Fall 2020. Congratulations!
May 25, 2020 Aaditya Rajendra Raje got the MORE research program support for Summer 2020 and
Fall 2020. Congratulations!
May 10, 2020 Welcome Shreya Reddy, Bhushan Ahire, Zachary Poit, and John Hutchins to join lab MI
Mar 31, 2020 Our paper "3D Printing Collembola Cuticle Inspired Superhydrophobic Microstructures for Potential Deicing Application" was accepted in ISFA2020. Congratulation!
Mar 12, 2020 Yizhen Zhu will join lab MI from Fall 2020
Feb 10, 2020 Welcome Xiaotian Shen, Aaditya Rajendra Raje, and Sanjay Keshav to join lab MI
Feb 07, 2020 Our paper "3D‐Printed Cactus‐Inspired Spine Structures for Highly Efficient Water Collection" was featured as the Front cover of Adv. Mater. Interfaces (Link)
Recent Research
