Mission Area
Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
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
The Additive Manufacturing-Integrated Product Realization Laboratory focuses on studying how material-forming processes existing in nature can be utilized to enable next-generation additive manufacturing technologies.
Director
Xuan Song, PhD
Title/Position
Director, Additive Manufacturing-Integrated Product Realization Laboratory
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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ITI faculty affiliates play critical role in multi-institutional biomanufacturing project
Monday, September 11, 2023
A multidisciplinary team of University of Iowa engineering faculty and faculty affiliates of the Iowa Technology Institute, will contribute to a $20 million, multi-institutional project to boost Iowa’s position as a leader in bioscience and advanced manufacturing.
ISE faculty recognized with College of Engineering excellence awards
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Xuan Song was recognized for scholarly activities, accomplishments, and significant contributions to teaching, research, and service that are remarkable for someone early in their academic career.
Xuan Song receives prestigious NSF CAREER award to research novel ceramic manufacturing methods
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Xuan Song, University of Iowa engineering professor, has received the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to advance research of ceramic additive manufacturing, which could benefit industries, including health care, defense, and energy.
CBJ: NASA funding for UI professor to aid next-gen nuclear propulsion
Saturday, August 20, 2022
NASA has selected University of Iowa professor Xuan Song’s research proposal as one of four Iowa projects to receive EPSCoR funding to facilitate deep space research.
University of Iowa professor honored for 3D printing innovations
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Xuan Song, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Iowa, is among 22 recipients of the 2022 Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
UI professor expanding 3D printing named among nation’s outstanding young manufacturing engineers
Monday, May 2, 2022
Xuan Song, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Iowa, is among 22 recipients of the 2022 Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers from Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Song, whose work focuses on innovations in 3D printing, is also a faculty researcher at the Iowa Technology Institute, a research arm of the UI College of Engineering.
ISE PhD student to participate in National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Levi Kirby, a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and a research assistant at the Iowa Technology Institute, has been selected as one of 60 participants for the highly competitive 2021 National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering to be held virtually from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory.
UI engineers receive nearly $1 million to develop new methods to recycle paper into fiber reinforced plastic
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Engineers at the University of Iowa are working to enhance the process of turning wastepaper into high-value fiber reinforced plastic (FRP).
Critical research continues at the Iowa Technology Institute
Thursday, December 31, 2020
While University of Iowa campus activities have largely gone virtual in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, research at the Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) is among the critical functions approved to proceed in person.
ITI seed grants empower researchers to reach for new knowledge
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
A seed grant program launched by University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) to empower researchers to develop new theories, concepts, and approaches has been leveraged to secure externally funded research grants to advance knowledge and ultimately benefit society.
AMPRL Lab researcher earns prestigious graduate scholarship
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Levi Kirby, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and a graduate research assistant for the University of Iowa Technology Institute, has received the E. Wayne Kay Graduate Scholarship from the Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME).
ITI research assistant wins Graduate College Fellowship
Monday, June 8, 2020
Mingyu Cai won a Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship for the Fall 2020 semester.