People
Director
Dr. Yong Huang (short bio)
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Ph.D. Students and Their Degree Program
Ali Shams
Mechanical Engineering
Email: Ali
Topic: Design and printing of advanced structures
Yunxia Chen
Mechanical Engineering
Email: Yunxia
Topic: Flexible electronics, soft robotics, and process monitoring and control
Renjing Wang
Mechanical Engineering
Email: Renjing
Topic: Printing process development and modeling
Benjamin Ryder
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: Ben
Topic: Material challenges in printing/bioprinting
Ayman Alghamdi
Mechanical Engineering
Email: Ayman
Topic: Design and printing of engineered living systems
Chuanshen Zhou
Mechanical Engineering
Topic: Design and printing of advanced materials
Kyle R. Phillips
Biomedical Engineering
Email: Kyle
Topic: Microphysiological system design and printing
M.S. Students
Anthony (AJ) Emelianchik
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Topic: Regolith printing
John-Thomas (JT) Robinson
Materials Science and Engineering
Topic: 3D printing and characterization
Affiliated Technician/Postdoc/Visiting Scholar/Undergraduate Researchers
Wenxuan Wendy Chai
Technician
Samuel E. Shlafer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Topic: Composite printing
Javier Vento
Biomedical Engineering
Topic: 3D printing
Lily Badger
Materials Science and Engineering
Topic: Printing for environmental challenges
Azarias Sime
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Topic: 3D printing
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
Ph.D.
Yu Long, Professor
Ph.D.: Clemson Univ.  (05/2008)
Currently with Guangxi University, China

Xiaoyu Wang

Ph.D.: Clemson Univ.  (05/2010)

Currently with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA

Wei Wang
Ph.D.: Clemson Univ.  (08/2010)
Currently with Microsoft, Mountain View, CA
Lei Tang
Ph.D.: Clemson Univ.  (12/2010)
Currently with ENSCO Advanced Technology and Engineering Division, Charlottesville, VA
Yafu Lin
Ph.D.: Clemson Univ.  (12/2010)
Currently with Hanwha Solar American, Santa Clara, CA
Jun Yin, Professor
Ph.D.: Clemson Univ.  (12/2011)
Currently with Zhejiang University, China
Changxue Xu, Professor
Ph.D.: Clemson Univ. (05/2014)
Currently with Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX
Fan Yang

Ph.D.: Clemson Univ. (05/2015)

Currently with Sensity Systems, Sunnyvale, CA

Zhengyi Zhang, Professor

Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (08/2016)

Currently with Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Brian Davis
Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (05/2017)
Currently with Mitsui Seiki, Franklin Lakes, NJ
Kyle Christensen
Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (12/2017)
Currently with Embody, Norfolk, VA
Yifei Jin, Professor
Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (05/2018)
Currently with University of Nevada - Reno, NV
Ruitong Xiong
Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (08/2018)
Currently with Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA
Ashley Compaan
Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (05/2019)
Currently with NovaBone Products, Alachua, FL
Kaidong Song
Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (08/2022)
Currently with Notre Dame University
Marc Sole Gras
Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (08/2022)
Currently with Applus+ IDIADA, Santa Oliva, Catalonia
Bing Ren
Ph.D.: Univ. of Florida (05/2024)
Masters

Mason D. Morehead

MS: Clemson Univ. (05/2007)

Currently Design Eng. Manager, Parker TechSeal, Spartanburg, SC

Kevin Foy

MS: Clemson Univ. (05/2008)

Currently with Corning, Wilmington, NC

Hemanth Gudapati

MS: Clemson Univ. (12/2012)

Currently with Penn State Univ.

Jingyuan Yan

MS: Clemson Univ. (05/2013)

Currently with ASML, San Jose, CA

Yunfan Kong
MS: Univ. of Florida (05/2018)
Currently with University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Shinichi Sakurada
MS: Univ. of Florida (05/2019)
Currently with Canon, Tokyo, Japan
Together we fly high!