Prof. Xiaochun Li

Professor Xiaochun Li is the Raytheon Endowed Chair in Manufacturing Engineering in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He received his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 2001, MS degree at Ohio State University in 1997, and dual BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics at Tsinghua University in 1992.

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He is the pioneer and global leader in fundamental study, commercialization and practical applications of nanotechnology enabled manufacturing of complex metal structures and systems for sustainability. He currently serves as the Director of Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center at UCLA in the national Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), while he served as the inaugural CTO for CESMII between 2016 and 2018. He is a holder of multiple best paper awards and more than 30 patents, including more than 10 of those licensed and commercialized by industry worldwide. Dr. Li was previously a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) from 2001 to 2013. He served as the Director of Nano-Engineered Materials Processing Center (NEMPC) at UW-Madison between 2009 and 2013.

Dr. Li has been elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors in 2021. Dr. Li received 2002 National Science Foundation CAREER award, 2003 Jiri Tlusty Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2008 Howard F. Taylor Award from American Foundry Society (AFS), and 2022 ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award. He is a fellow in American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the International Society for Nanomanufacturing.

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