Innovative Smart and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory

We conduct research to develop novel additive and other manufacturing technologies and utilize artificial intelligence to optimize these technologies for innovative applications.

Laser Powder Bed Fusion with Infrared Monitoring
Ceramic On-Demand Extrusion
Laser Foil Printing
3D Bioprinting for Regenerative Medicine

News from Our Lab

  • Dr. Fayyazbakhsh is developing new dressings for better wound care

    Missouri S&T researchers are developing new 3D-printed hydrogel dressings to speed up and improve the healing process for patients with second-degree burns. “We have developed dressings with bioactive formulations to better address issues that patients with burn injuries regularly face,” says Dr. Fateme Fayyazbakhsh, an assistant research professor of mechanical engineering at S&T and the… Read more

  • Dr. Leu delivers seminars at the National University of Singapore

    Dr. Ming C. Leu delivered two seminars Tuesday, July 4, and Thursday, July 6, at the Advanced Research and Technology Innovation Centre at the National University of Singapore. The titles of his talks were “3D Printing of Dressings and Scaffolds for Skin and Bone Tissue Engineering,” and “From Rapid Prototyping of Ice Parts to Additive Manufacturing of… Read more

  • S&T’s College of Engineering and Computing honors high-achieving Ph.D. students

    Dr. Ming Leu’s PhD student M. Hossein Sehhat was awarded dean’s honors of CEC. Eight Ph.D. students at Missouri University of Science and Technology were awarded dean’s honors from the university’s College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) during a May 11 ceremony at the Havener Center. Two of the students received the Dean’s Graduate Educator… Read more

  • Graduate Research Showcase winners announced

    Dr. Ming Leu’s Ph.D. student Niloofar Zendehdel, was awarded first place in the best research poster. On Wednesday, April 12, more than 60 graduate students presented their work at the Graduate Research Showcase in the form of a poster or short oral presentation. Their work was evaluated in the areas of communication, innovation and overall… Read more

  • 17th annual ISC Graduate Research Symposium winners announced

    Dr. Ming Leu’s Ph.D. student Tao Liu, was awarded second place in the 17th annual ISC symposium. Each year, the Intelligent Systems Center holds a Graduate Research Symposium where all ISC-funded graduate students present on their research and findings. Above are photos taken at the 2023 Graduate Research Symposium. First Place: Jonathan Kelley Jonathan’s paper… Read more

  • 17th annual ISC Poster Presentation winners announced

    Dr. Ming Leu’s Ph.D. student Tao Liu, was awarded first place in the 17th annual ISC poster presentation. Twenty graduate students and one undergraduate student participated in the 17th annual Intelligent Systems Center (ISC) Poster Presentation on November 16 in the Havener Center. The poster presentation, funded by the Intelligent Systems Center, is held each… Read more

  • 16th annual ISC Graduate Research Symposium winners announced

    Dr. Ming Leu’s Ph.D. student Tao Liu, was awarded third place in the 16th annual ISC symposium. Each year, the Intelligent Systems Center holds a Graduate Research Symposium where all ISC-funded graduate students present on their research and findings. Pictured to the right are the three ISC students who placed at the 2021 Graduate Research… Read more

  • Space pioneer Sandra Magnus goes off script with S&T scholars

    Dr. Ming Leu’s Ph.D. student Niloofar Zendehdel, was among the S&T scholars who met with former NASA astronaut. Niloofar Zendehdel (left) and Heath St. Denis (right) were among the S&T scholars who met with former NASA astronaut and S&T alumna Dr. Sandra Magnus during her recent visit to campus. Photo by Michael Pierce, Missouri S&T…. Read more

  • Dr. Leu wins the Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Award

    Dr. Ming Leu, the Keith and Pat Bailey Missouri Professor of Integrated Product Manufacturing, has won the International Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Award. The award is sponsored by the International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, a conference on additive manufacturing research. The FAME award recognizes outstanding long-term contributions to the field of additive manufacturing. Leu… Read more

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Highlights

Dr. Ming Leu, the Keith and Pat Bailey Missouri Professor of Integrated Product Manufacturing, has won the International Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Award. The award is sponsored by the International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, a conference on additive manufacturing research.
Dr. Ming Leu and students working together as part of the Intelligent Systems Center in their Toomey Hall labs. Photo by Sam O’Keefe/Missouri S&T
Dr. Ming Leu received the 2018 Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal. The award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognizes significant fundamental contributions to the science and technology of manufacturing processes.