Dr. Xu received the prestigeous ASME Design Automation Young Investigator Award, which recognizes an outstanding young investigator who is making noteworthy contributions in the area of design automation.

Project 1: Collaborative Research: Understanding the Deformation-Morphology-Conductivity Relationship in Multistage Forming-based Manufacturing of Conformal Electronics.

Project 2: ENG-EAM: Collaborative Research: Embedding Stoppage-free Resilience to Stealthy Cyberphysical Attacks in Digital Manufacturing Systems.

Looking forward to new adventures in the field of digital/cyber manufacturing!

Austin defended his MS thesis in May, Filip defended his MS thesis in July, and Zihan defended her PhD dissertation in July. Congratulations!

Kiarash won the 3rd place in the 0~2.5 years group competition, and Majid won the 3rd place in the 2.5+ years group competition. Congratulations!

According to Elsevier’s Data Repository, Dr. Xu is listed as one of the Top 2% Scientist in calendar year 2022 (single year).

https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6

DOI:10.17632/btchxktzyw.6

Leidong and Zihan won the ASME 2023 CIE Hackathon! The challenge posted by Sandia National Lab is to synthesize microstructure texture in complex geometries.

Dr. Xu has taken on the role of newsletter editor of the The International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO).

Mr. Leidong Xu received the 2023 General Electric (GE) Fellowship for Excellence! Congratulations!

The GE Fellowship for Excellence program is established to recognize excellence of current graduate students and to facilitate their completion of the Ph.D. program.

Dr. Xu delivered a talk on “Generative Design of Mixed-Category Microstructures” at Northeastern.