WEI LI
Wei.Li@UTDallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-3983
Mail Box: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 4.355C
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Education
Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Davis, 2019
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2018
MS, Manufacturing Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2017
MS, Aerospace Engineering, Tongji University, 2012
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2005
Research Interests
Cryogenic directed energy deposition (DED); wire arc additive manufacturing; ultrasonic nanocrystal surface modification; multi-material DED studied with experimental and modeling approaches; bio 3D printing; in-space manufacturing
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- Li, W., Soshi, M., “Modeling analysis of grain morphologies in Directed energy deposition (DED) coating with different laser scanning patterns”. Materials Letters 251, 8-12, 2019.
- Li, W., Soshi, M., “Modeling analysis of the effect of laser transverse speed on grain morphology during directed energy deposition process”. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2019
- Zhang, X., Li, W., Adkison, K.M., Liou, F., “Damage reconstruction from tri-dexel data for laser-aided repairing of metallic components”. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 96, 3377-3390, 2018.
- Li, W., Yan, L., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., Liou, F., “Directed energy depositing a new Fe-Cr-Ni alloy with gradually changing composition with elemental powder mixes and particle size’effect in fabrication process”. Journal of Materials Processing Technology 255, 96-104, 2018.
- Li, W., Liou, F., Newkirk, J., Taminger, K.M.B., Seufzer, W.J., “Investigation on Ti6Al4V-V-Cr-Fe-SS316 Multi-layers Metallic Structure Fabricated by Laser 3D Printing”. Nature, Scientific Reports 7, 7977.
Major Honors and Awards
- May 2018: Dean’s PhD Scholars of Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Nov 2017: Intelligent Systems Center of Missouri S&T poster presentation winner, 3rd place
- Aug 2017: SFF Symposium in Texas, Austin, Student Travel Award
- Nov 2016: Intelligent Systems Center of Missouri S&T poster presentation winner, 3rd place
- Aug 2016: SFF Symposium in Texas, Austin, Student Travel Award