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

Xuan Song Lab

Xuan Song receives prestigious NSF CAREER award to research novel ceramic manufacturing methods

Wednesday, March 8, 2023
LACT Lee

ITI faculty affiliate Lee receives outstanding overseas alumnus award

Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Xuan Song and researcher

CBJ: NASA funding for UI professor to aid next-gen nuclear propulsion

Saturday, August 20, 2022

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

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

Jennifer Fiegel and student working in the lab

Director: C. Allan Guymon, professor and chair of chemical and biomedical engineering
Email: allan-guymon@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5015
Website: Guymon Research Group

Research topics:

  • Advanced materials
  • Nanotechnology
Guymon Lab group photo

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

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

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

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
Sazzad Parveg at Ratner Lab

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

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 (?)

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

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