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Biography
Dr. Yao is Professor
of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at
Columbia University, where he directs the Advanced Manufacturing
Laboratory. He joined Columbia University in 1994 and served as Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering from 2005
to 2011.
He received
Ph.D.
and M.S. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and B.E. degree from the Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, China, all in Mechanical Engineering.
He has pioneered research in many areas of laser
materials processing, including laser assisted removal, shaping,
joining, and property modification of various materials, innovative laser applications in renewable
energy, biomedical, and art
restoration fields, as well as novel robotics applications in health care
areas. His research has
been funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes
of Health (NIH), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
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Columbia
University
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
500 West
120th Street
220
Mudd Bldg., MC 4703
New York, NY 10027
Tel:
212-854-2887
Tel:
212-666-2393 (Lab)
Fax:
212-854-3304
Email:
yly1 at columbia.edu
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His group has published over 250 technical papers and was honored with 5 Best Paper awards. He holds 5 US patents, edited 8 volumes and co-authored 3 book chapters.
He has been asked to give invited presentations regularly.
He is Editor, Journal of Manufacturing Science and
Engineering (JMSE) of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
JMSE is a premier journal featuring original research in all branches
of manufacturing, where he works with some 18 Associate Editors of the
journal to better serve the manufacturing research community.
He also serves on the editorial board of several other journals.
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He served as President of North American Manufacturing Research
Institute (NAMRI) of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) during
2009-2010.
The NAMRI brings together researchers for the purpose of advancing
the scientific foundation of discrete-parts manufacturing. He was
on the NAMRI Board of Directors from 2002 to 2012.
He
served as Chair of the Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of
ASME from 2010-2011. He was on the Executive Committee of MED
from 2006
to 2011. He served on the Board of Directors, Laser Institute of America
(LIA) from 2002 to 2008. He has been serving on the
Visiting Committee, Department of Scientific Research at
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since 2006.
He received
many awards including the Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research
Medal (ASME), Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award from
ASME, Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, Outstanding Paper Award from
NAMRI, and
Janette and
Armen Avanessians Diversity Award.
He is a Fellow of ASME, SME, and LIA.
To view Prof. Yao's
CV, please click here.
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