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Research Interests
Prof. Cao’s major research interests include innovative manufacturing processes and systems, particularly in the area of deformation-based processes and laser processes. Her work has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of wrinkling in sheet forming and the effects of material microstructure and material architecture on forming behavior of metals and woven composites. Her research has integrated analytical and numerical simulation methods, control and sensors, design methodologies to advance manufacturing processes. Her research group has designed unique manufacturing equipment for microforming, flexible rapid forming, and additive manufacturing. Current research on flexible dieless forming, micro-forming, laser processes for ablation and additive, and composites forming has direct impacts on energy-efficient manufacturing, surface engineering and rapid prototyping.
Education/Academic qualification
Mechanical Engineering, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 1995
Mechanical Engineering, MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 1992
Materials Science and Engineering & Automatic Control, BS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
… → 1989
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Grants 2003 2021
Rapid Electropulsing‐Assisted Ultrasonic Dieless Incremental Forming with in‐situ Surface Treatment
Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials
9/1/18 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
surface treatment
ultrasonics
titanium alloys
mechanical properties
microstructure
Participant support costs Subproject for Institution # SP0050101
9/1/18 → 8/31/19
Project: Research project
Engineering research
Costs
Ecosystems
Innovation
Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for DEmocratizing Manufacturing Accessibility for Designers (DEMAND)
Birnbaum, L. A., Cao, J., Carruthers, B. G. & Ehmann, K.
9/1/18 → 8/31/19
Project: Research project
Engineering research
Planning
Ecosystems
Innovation
MASTER: Multiscale and data-driven modeling platform development with applications in advanced material simulation
Cao, J., Fleming, M. A., Liu, W. K. & Wagner, G. J.
Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation
12/1/17 → 5/31/19
Project: Research project
Data structures
Polymer matrix composites
High strength steel
Composite materials
Testing
Correcting and Coating Thin Walled X-ray Optics via a Combination of Controlled Film Deposition and Magnetic Smart Materials
Cao, J., Chung, Y. & Ulmer, M. P.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1/11/17 → 1/10/19
Project: Research project
smart materials
geometrical optics
coatings
x rays
mirrors
Research Output 1993 2019
A new approach for analyzing the temperature rise and heat partition at the interface of coated tool tip-sheet incremental forming systems
Zhang, X., He, T., Miwa, H., Nanbu, T., Murakami, R., Liu, S., Cao, J. & Wang, Q. J., Feb 1 2019, In : International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 129, p. 1172-1183 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
partitions
heat
frequency response
Frequency response
Temperature
A numerical Bayesian-calibrated characterization method for multiscale prepreg preforming simulations with tension-shear coupling
Zhang, W., Bostanabad, R., Liang, B., Su, X., Zeng, D., Bessa, M. A., Wang, Y., Chen, W. & Cao, J., Jan 20 2019, In : Composites Science and Technology. 170, p. 15-24 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Preforming
Plastics industry
Fiber reinforced plastics
Statistical tests
Bayesian networks
Design and models of helical needle geometries for core biopsies
Giovannini, M., Cao, J. & Ehmann, K., Feb 1 2019, In : Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 90, p. 113-124 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Biopsy
Needles
Geometry
Tissue
Gages
Automated Flexible Forming Strategy for Geometries with Multiple Features in Double-Sided Incremental Forming
Ndip-Agbor, E., Ehmann, K. & Cao, J., Mar 1 2018, In : Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME. 140, 3, 0310041.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Geometry
Metal forming
Sheet metal
Machining
Experiments
Cooling rate effect on tensile strength of laser deposited Inconel 718
Bennett, J. L., Kafka, O. L., Liao, H., Wolff, S. J., Yu, C., Cheng, P., Hyatt, G., Ehmann, K. & Cao, J., Jan 1 2018, In : Procedia Manufacturing. 26, p. 912-919 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article
Solidification
Tensile strength
Cooling
Lasers
Microstructure