Dr. Yong Huang

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Dr. Yong Huang is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. His research interests are two-fold: 1) understanding of dynamic material behavior (solids and liquids) and process-induced damage or defect structures using and during manufacturing, and 2) printing and machining of biological and engineering materials for healthcare, energy, environmental, infrastructure, and space applications. His current research topics include the study of dynamic material behavior using jetting and machining, three-dimensional (3D) printing of biological and engineering structures from difficult-to-print materials using inkjetting, extrusion, laser-induced forward transfer, and stereolithography, and design and fabrication of microphysiological & engineered living systems and combinatorial materials. He served as the Technical Program Chair for the 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (ASME MSEC 2010) and the 2012 International Symposium on Flexible Automation (ISFA 2012). He received various honors and awards for his manufacturing research contributions including the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award (2005), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (2006), the NSF CAREER Award (2008), the ASME International Symposium on Flexible Automation Young Investigator Award (2008), the SME Albert M. Sargent Progress Award (2024), and the ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal (2025). He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2002 and is a Fellow of ASME.