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Xiangfan Chen

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Assistant Professor, School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks

Xiangfan Chen is currently an assistant professor with the Polytechnic School (TPS) and member of the Fulton graduate faculty in the aerospace and mechanical engineering program and materials science and engineering program in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy. Before joining ASU, Chen obtained his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) in 2018, and bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai, P.R.China) in 2012. Chen's research interests mainly focus on advanced manufacturing technologies, including 3D printing, nanoimprinting, and nano-transfer printing, for emerging applications in the areas of photonics, energy, and biomedical engineering. 

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Xiangfan Chen is an assistant professor of manufacturing engineering who has been mentoring FURI and MORE student researchers since the spring of 2020. In addition to manufacturing engineering, he also teaches aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering. His research interests include additive manufacturing technologies and 3D printing for a variety of applications, including photonics (a branch of optics that deals with light), energy and biomedical engineering. Read more

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Fall 2024

Arick Nitzsche

Manufacturing engineering

Development of Multi-Material Micro-Structures by Using Micro Continuous Interface Printing (µCLIP)

This research aims to speed up 3D printing and allow for the creation of more complex objects made from different materials at once.

Program: FURI

Spring 2024

Timothy Ong

Mechanical engineering

DIW 3D Printing of Magnetic Self-Healing Hydrogels

Studying the use of 3D printing to create magnetic structures and robots that can self heal.

Program: FURI

Spring 2023

Chayaank Bangalore Ravishankar

Manufacturing engineering

3D Printing of Functionalized Piezoelectric Materials for Sensor Applications

Using lead zirconate titanate at different concentrations in piezoelectric materials will help improve them for use in the biomedical industry.

Program: MORE

Spring 2022

Sonia Janet Hernandez

Engineering (robotics)

3D-Printed Electroactive Hydrogel-Based Microgripper for Biomedical Applications

Investigating the closing and opening movement of soft microgrippers will help them be utilized as tools to aid in biomedical procedures.

Program: MORE

Summer 2021

Michael T. Schelp

Engineering (robotics)

High-Speed 3D Printing of Electroactive Hydrogel for Soft Robotics

Developing 3D-printable hydrogel designs capable of complex locomotion can benefit soft robotics and synthetic organs or muscles.

Program: FURI

Spring 2020

Sonia Janet Hernandez

Engineering (robotics)

High Speed 3D Printing of Portable Microscope Lens via Micro-Continuous Liquid Interface Printing

Designing and 3D printing an optical lens via micro-continuous liquid interface printing will help create portable microscopes.

Program: FURI