Dr. Li serves as the Associate Director of NASA funded Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS), Co-Director of DOE funded Industrial Assessment Center at UC Irvine and CSUN (SMART IAC), Director of Laboratory for Smart and Additive Manufacturing. Dr. Li is also the Affiliate Faculty at Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation.
Dr. Li conducts research in Smart Manufacturing (Knowledge Graph-based Industrial AI Agent, Multimodal Data Fusion for Autonomous System, Smart Connected Worker, Digital Twins, XR and Metaverse for Manufacturing), Additive Manufacturing (Metal AM, 3D Bioprinting, Design for AM), and Sustainable Manufacturing (Green Design, Energy Efficiency, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability Analysis, Disassembly, Recycling, Remanufacturing), mainly funded by NASA, DOD, DOE, NSF, CEC and industrial partners.
Dr. Li is one of the Faculty Mentors of the NASA funded Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS), NIH funded Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Promoting Opportunities for Diversity in Education and Research (PODER), and USDE funded HSI-STEM/ AIMS2 (Attract, Inspire, Mentor and Support Students). He is the Faculty Advisor of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Student Chapter S327.
Dr. Li is the member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

  • Ph.D. Industrial Engineering 2012, Texas Tech University

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