Dr. Wenjia Wang received a B.Sc. degree in Composite Materials and Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2017; an M.Sc. degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, in 2018; and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2022. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wood Science & Engineering at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. His research interest mainly focuses on additive manufacturing.
Prof. Steven Y. Liang received a B.Sc. degree from National Cheng-Kung University in 1980; an M.Sc. degree from Michigan State University in 1984; and a Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1987. He began at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990 as an Assistant Professor. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University. He was awarded the Bryan Professorship in 2005. He was President of the Walsin-Lihwa Corporation in 2008–2010. His research interests focus on precision manufacturing processes in the context of modeling, monitoring, control, and optimization. Specifically, his work has been devoted to physics-based analysis and the predictive modeling of metal machining and additive manufacturing, with emphasis on materials-driven processing. It addresses materials’ microstructural response to process-induced thermal–mechanical strain, stress, and heat distributions germane to part properties and performance, thus providing deeper insights into manufacturing process physics and a scientific foundation to support process planning and optimization for effectiveness and productivity.
