Hariri Institute: AIR Distinguished Speaker Series

Speaker: Charlie Wang, Professor of Smart Manufacturing at the University of Manchester

Faculty Host: Emily Whiting, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Boston University

Talk Title: “Field Based Computation for Vector 3D Printing: Slicing, Toolpath Generation & Motion Planning”

Abstract: Although additive manufacturing is called 3D printing, the fabrication in most cases is still in a 2.5D way - materials are accumulated layer upon layer in planes along a fixed printing direction, restricting the flexibility of 3DP. These limitations can be overcome by the strategy of Vector 3D Printing (Vec3DP) that extrudes materials along dynamically varied directions. In this talk, I will introduce our recent research effort of investigating a field-based computation paradigm to push the boundary of Vec3DP.

Bio: Dr. Charlie C. L. Wang is currently Professor of Smart Manufacturing at the University of Manchester (UoM) holding an EPSRC Fellowship on Field Computation Based Kernel for Vector 3D Printing. Before joining UoM in 2020, he worked as Professor and Chair of Advanced Manufacturing at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands and as Professor of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has received numerous honors, including the ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award (2016), the ASME CIE Young Engineer Award (2009), nine Best Paper Awards, five project-oriented awards, and three teaching awards. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2013.