Ph.D. Students Wanted at FAMSIL
Florida Advanced Manufacturing and System Integration Laboratory
University of Florida
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Florida Advanced Manufacturing and System Integration Laboratory FAMSIL

Florida Advanced Manufacturing and System Integration Laboratory FAMSIL (PI: Yong Huang) at the University of Florida (a top-5 public university in the U.S.) aims to bridge advanced manufacturing practices and basic sciences while pushing the advance in manufacturing process development, monitoring, control, and applications. Currently funded by NSF, NIH, DOE, and ORNL, we are tackling various scientific challenges related to advanced manufacturing and materials processing (“How to make anything” and “How to make something that makes anything”). Recent graduates work as professors (such as Texas Tech, Univ. of Nevada, Zhejiang Univ., Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology, and Guangxi Univ.), R&D researchers, and entrepreneurs.

Position Description:

Fully funded Ph.D. study (with stipend and tuition) to enjoy scientific and
engineering research challenges together with many other motivated students in the lab
Degree Program: Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or Materials Science and
Engineering (per your preference)
Current Research Topics:
• 3D printing process innovation (inkjetting, laser-induced forward transfer, and extrusion)
• Design and fabrication of microphysiological systems (particularly, lung and brain constructs)
• Cellular agriculture and printing of thick, structured meat
• Design and direct-ink-writing of polymers, sinterable metals, and composite materials/structures.

FAMSIL Requirements:

With a B.S. or M.S. degree in the following majors: Biology, Chemistry, Physics,
Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Polymer Science and
Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Energy and Power
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, and
other relevant engineering and science majors

Preferred Skill Sets/Experiences: (one or more of them)

• Hands-on printing system development and modification
• Cell culture and wet lab experience
• Computational physics and computational solid/fluid mechanics
• Ceramic and metal sintering
• Synthesis of organic and inorganic materials
• Biologically assisted biomineralization
• Signal processing and soft computing

Enrollment Start Time:

Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023, or other time per discussion

Contact:

Please email your CV and an essay (about how you may contribute to our research
program) to yongh@ufl.edu, and you will be further contacted if there is a fit.