WEI LI
Wei.Li@UTDallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-3983
Mailstop: 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
Manufacturing in extreme environment (cryogenic temperature, reduced gravity, nuclear irradiation, corrosion, etc.); in-space manufacturing; embed sensor in metallic components and structures; structural health monitoring (SHM); ultrasonic nanocrystal surface modification (UNSM); small machine-large part: hybrid segmented manufacturing; dissimilar materials joining; multi-physics and multi-materials model; biomedical computational fluid dynamics; Hybrid additive and subtractive manufacturing.
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- Kishore Mysore Nagaraja, Xinchang Zhang, Gabriel Martin Garcia, Wei Li,* 2025. Spark plasma sintering – assisted embedding sapphire fiber optic sensor into stainless steel 316L: thermo-electric-mechanical finite element analysis. Manufacturing Letters, volume-44, 350-357.
- Benquan Li, Xinchang Zhang, Wei Li.* 2024. Exploratory study of repairing damaged aluminum part through robotic hybrid wire arc additive manufacturing and machining for potential in-space manufacturing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. (135). 3101-3112.
- Benquan Li, Bharath Bhushan Ravichander, Golden Kumar, Wei Li.* 2024. Hybrid segmented manufacturing of metal part by integrating wire arc additive manufacturing and machining. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. (134). 907-919.
- Kishore Mysore Nagaraja, Dong Qian, Hongbing Lu, Wei Li.* 2024. Comprehensive study of the cold-temperature directed energy deposition: Multi-physics modelling and experimental validation. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. (112) 290-301.
- Wei Li{*}, Auezhan Amanov, Kishore MN, Benquan Li, Bharath Bhushan Ravichander, Runyu Zhang, Hongbing Lu, Dong Qian, Golden Kumar, Young Sik Pyun, 2023. Processing aluminum alloy with hybrid wire arc additive manufacturing and ultrasonic nanocrystalline surface modification to improve porosity, surface finish, and hardness, Journal of Manufacturing Processes. (103) 181-192.
Major Honors and Awards
- Junior Faculty Research Award, Erik Jonsson Engineering School of UT Dallas, 2025
- Early-Stage Innovations (ESI) Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2024
- Fast-track conference paper award, 52nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference, 2024
- Dean’s Ph.D Scholarship, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2018