Research Topics
- Additive manufacturing/3D printing
- Advanced materials
- Artificial intelligence
- Automation and robotics
- Construction materials
- Data analytics
- Digital manufacturing
- Manufacturing monitoring prognosis and diagnostics
- Manufacturing processes
- Mechanical design
- Nanotechnology
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Tissue engineering
Advanced Manufacturing and Materials News
![Hosin Lee screengrab](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-12/HosinLee-Screengrab.png?h=a2939dd8&itok=tj9bn1Q0)
Lee to deliver to two keynote addresses this summer
ITI affiliate selected for Air Force’s Young Investigator Program
![Rahman](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2020-11/Rahman.jpg?h=ab622562&itok=G9lcUSbZ)
ME professor developing new algorithms to optimize design reliability
Research Labs
Director: Xuan Song, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering
Email: xuan-song@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5680
Website: Additive Manufacturing-Integrated Product Realization Laboratory
Research topics:
- Additive manufacturing/3D printing
- Advanced materials
- Artificial intelligence
- Automation and robotics
- Data analytics
- Digital manufacturing
- Manufacturing monitoring prognosis and diagnostics
- Manufacturing processes
- Mechanical design
- Nanotechnology
- Tissue engineering
![Researchers working with 3D printer](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-11/2019_09_27-CCAD%203d%20Printing%20jatorner%20-0260.jpg)
Director: Jennifer Fiegel, associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences and experimental therapeutics
Email: jennifer-fiegel@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5162
Website: Fiegel Lab
Research topic: Nanotechnology
Director: Hosin "David" Lee, professor of civil and environmental engineering, professor of the Public Policy Center
Email: hosin-lee@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-0831
Website: Laboratory for Advanced Construction Technology
Research topic: Construction materials
![David Lee holds an award plaque](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2021-10/David-Lee-award_0.jpg)
Director: Hongtao Ding, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: hongtao-ding@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5674
Website: Laser Materials Processing Lab
Research topics:
- Manufacturing monitoring prognosis and diagnostics
- Manufacturing processes
![LMPL researchers](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/LMPL-research-photo.jpeg)
Director: Shaoping Xiao, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: shaoping-xiao@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6009
Website: Multiscale Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory
![Shaoping Xiao provides a Kuka robot demonstration](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-11/2019_03_01-ENG%20Kuka%20robot%20demonstration%20jatorner%20-0026.jpg)
Director: Al Ratner, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: albert-ratner@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-0883
Website: Ratner Research Group
Research topics:
- Advanced materials
- Nanotechnology
Director: Christoph Beckermann, University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (319) 335-5681
Email: christoph-beckermann@uiowa.edu
Website: Solidification Laboratory
Research topic: Manufacturing processes
![Alloy study](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Alloy-study.jpg)
Director: Syed Mubeen, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering
Email: syed-mubeen@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5813
Website: Syed Mubeen Research Group
Research topics:
- Advanced materials
- Manufacturing processes
- Nanotechnology
![Mubeen Lab research photo (?)](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Mubeen-lab-research-photo.jpeg)
Director: Fatima Toor, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, assistant professor of physics and astronomy
Email: fatima-toor@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6071
Website: Toor Lab
Research topics:
- Advanced materials
- Nanotechnology
- Photonics/optical sensors
![Fatima Toor with student researchers](/sites/iti.uiowa.edu/files/2020-12/Toor-lab-research-smiling.jpeg)