Jun 26, 2025 (Talk): Dr. Kuang gave an invited virtual talk titled “Fusing Biomaterial Design and 3D (Bio)printing for Regenerative and Precision Medicine” at the International Symposia in Biomedical Material and Information Science (ISBMIS 2025): Converging Biomedicine, Materials & Al to Shape the Future, Boston, MA.
Jun 21, 2025 (Team) Sanjay Baskar joined the team as a Summer Intern. Welcome!
Jun 12, 2025 (Funding): Dr. Kuang’s collaborative project titled “Real-time monitoring and adaptive control of in situ focused ultrasound bioprinting augmented by artificial intelligence for joint repair” has been chosen for funding in Round 5 of Research Forward (2025). Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) will support our 2-year project in pioneering ultrasound 3D bioprinting for minimally invasive surgery. Thanks to WARF and congratulations to the team! (see more…)
May 29, 2025 (Talk): Dr. Kuang gave a featured talk titled “Self-Enhancing Sono-Inks Enable Acoustic Volumetric Printing: From Multiphysics Understanding to Medical Applications” in the 31st International Conference on Comuptational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, China.
May 6, 2025 (Teaching) Dr. Kuang concluded teaching the course (Sp 25)ME514: Polymer Additive Manufacturing. Thanks to the Makerspace, guest lecturers, and TA. Congrats to the course challenge winners! Please check out the students’ final project report on the Additive Manufacturing blog!
May 1, 2025 (Seminar) Dr. Kuang hosted Professor Timothy Long, from the School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, for the ME 903 Graduate Seminar. He delivered an inspiring lecture titled “Focusing a sustainability lens on additive manufacturing: Asking more from science and engineering“. Thank you!
Apri 17, 2025 (Conference), the Kuang lab attended the Milwaukee SPE Education Night (2025), presenting a poster about the lab research titled “Adaptive Materials and Advanced Manufacturing—Engineering Shapes and Functions for Sustainability and Health.”
Apri 11, 2025 (Outreach): Kuang lab attended the Engineering Expo 2025, presenting a poster titled “Self-Enhancing Sono-inks Enable Ultrasound 3D Printing for Volumetric Manufacturing and Minimally Invasive Surgery” and providing a live demo on ultrasound 3D printing to the public (see more..).
Apri 9, 2025 (Talk) Dr. Kuang gave an invited talk titled “Adaptive Materials and Advanced Manufacturing for Enhanced Sustainability and Precision Health” in Pi Tau Sigma Club, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Mar 31, 2025 (Seminar) Dr. Kuang hosted Professor Kai Yu, an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver, in the ME 514 Polymer Additive Manufacturing Seminar (virtual). Prof. Yu gave a presentation titled “3D Printing and Sustainable Recycling of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites”. Thank you!
Mar 17, 2025 (Seminar) Dr. Kuang hosted Professor Devin Roach, an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Department at Oregon State University (OSU), in the ME 514 Polymer Additive Manufacturing Seminar (virtual). Prof. Roach gave a presentation titled “Machine Learning Driven Design and 3D/4D Printing of Functional Composites”. Thank you!
Mar 10, 2025 (Seminar) Dr. Kuang hosted Carlos Ezio Garciamendez-Mijares from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the ME 514 Polymer Additive Manufacturing Seminar (virtual). Carlos gave a presentation titled “Considerations for DIY Bioprinters”. Thank you!
Feb 26, 2025 (Seminar), Dr. Kuang hosted Henry Chan, co-founder and CEO of Metronics and SLS Technical Lead in Formlabs, in the ME 514 Polymer Additive Manufacturing Seminar (virtual). Henry shared his story about the Metronics startup company. Thank you!
Feb 26, 2025 (Panel) Dr. Kuang was invited to join the UW-Madison Office of Business Engagement Faculty Panel titled “Sustainability In Food Science, Agriculture & Food Packaging” and present the polymer and manufacturing innovation toward sustainable and smart packaging. 5P Packaging Expo (by GBIG), Appleton, Wisconsin (see more).
Feb 14, 2025 (Team) Andrea Relucio joined the team as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!
Feb 10, 2025 (Talk): Dr. Kuang gave an invited virtual guest lecture titled “Instructive Biomaterials Enable 3D (Bio)printing for Regenerative and Precision Medicine” in the class “3D Printing the Human Body” to the BME students at Tufts University.
Jan 7, 2025 (Team) Ziwen Wang joined the team as a PhD student. Welcome!
Dec 9, 2024 (Teaching) Dr. Kuang completed his first large-enrollment course teaching (ME310 Polymer Manufacturing, 161 ME undergraduate students). Thanks, co-instructor Prof. Turng and TAs. Congratulations!
Nov 1, 2024 (Team) Ziwen Wang, a prospective PhD student in Spring 2025, joined the team as a research internship trainee. Welcome!
Sep 11, 2024 (Seminar) Dr. Kuang hosted Professor Christopher Williams from Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, for the ME 903 Graduate Seminar. He delivered an inspiring lecture titled “Printing Out of the Box: Making the Impossible with Multi-Material, Multi-Modal, Multi-Axis Additive Manufacturing.” Thank you!
Sep 11, 2024 (Talk) Dr. Kuang gave an invited virtual guest lecture titled ” Self-enhancing Sono-inks Enable Deep-penetration Acoustic Volumetric Printing” in the 3D (bio)printing class for BME students at the University of Akron.
Aug 23, 2024 (Team) Zebang Zhang joined the team as the first PhD student. Welcome!
Aug 19, 2024 (Team) Dr. Xiao Kuang officially started as an Assistant Professor in the Polymer Engineering Center, Mechanical Engineering Department, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Congratulations! (See more...)
Aug 13, 2024 (Talk) Dr. Kuang gave an invited talk titled ” Soft Adaptive Materials Enable Voxel 3D/4D printing ” in the iCANX YOUTH TALK series: 4D Printing and Its Applications. [Recording]
Aug 11, 2024 (Talk) Dr. Kuang gave a talk titled “Self-enhancing Sono-inks Enable Deep-Penetration Acoustic Volumetric Printing” at the 2024 Additive Manufacturing of Soft Materials Seminar (GRS) at Bryant University.
Aug 6, 2024 (Outreach) Dr. Kuang presented the technical demonstration “Through-tissue Ultrasound Printing for Noninvasive Surgery” to congressional staff on the NIH Campus (Bethesda, Maryland). (See more…)
Aug 5, 2024 (Talk) Dr. Kuang gave an invited talk titled “Self-enhancing Sono-inks Enable Deep-penetration Acoustic Volumetric Printing” at the 6th AIE Conference, Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA).
