Dr. Xiayun Zhao joined the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science in August 2018. She received a B.S. from the Department of Precision Instruments in Tsinghua University (Beijing), and M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta). She worked as a full-time instrumentation and control system engineer in Houston for the Oil & Gas industry for a couple of years. Her interdisciplinary background cultivates her research interest in integrating precision engineering and additive manufacturing to realize the vision of advanced manufacturing. Her research lab, the ZIP-AM (ZXY Intelligent Precision – Advanced Manufacturing) Laboratory, aims to lead the important area of “Measurement Science and Control Technologies for Additive Manufacturing”. Zhao received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation in 2023 for her integrated research and education in cyber-physical additive manufacturing. As a lead PI, Zhao has been working with interdisciplinary collaborators and research teams on several projects related to improving metal 3D printing as well as innovating photopolymerization-based 3D printing. These projects are sponsored by the US Department of Energy, National Science Foundation (CAREER, Future Manufacturing program, and Industry–University Cooperative Research Centers), as well the Manufacturing Pennsylvania Innovation Program. More details about Zhao’s research are available at her lab website: https://www.zipam.pitt.edu/.
