Zhou receives Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer award

Chi Zhou.

Chi Zhou shows off a lightweight cellular structure made via 3D printing. He demonstrated some of the capabilities of 3D printing during the opening reception of the Advanced Design and Manufacturing Impact Forum, co-located in Buffalo with the 2014 ASME and IDETC/CIE conferences. Photo by the Onion Studio, Inc.

by Jane Stoyle Welch

Published December 22, 2014 This content is archived.

Chi Zhou, assistant professor, industrial and systems engineering, was one of 11 young faculty to receive the “2015 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award” from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).

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According to SME, "The SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award is conferred in recognition of significant achievements and leadership in the field of manufacturing engineering as a young engineer.”

Zhou joined UB’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2013. His research focuses on transformative additive manufacturing technologies which leverage modeling, optimization and simulation tools. His research has the potential to improve quality of life for people through applications such as the creation of living tissues and organs, as well as supporting economic growth by allowing mass customization with substantially shortened product life cycle and reduced cost.

He received his PhD in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Southern California in 2012.