Jian Cao

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Cardiss Collins Professorship, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Vice President of Research, Office of the Associate Vice President for Research
Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD Program
Mechanical Engineering PhD Program
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics PhD Program
Center Director, NU Initiative for Manufacturing, Science and Innovation

Phone847/467-1032
Emailjcao@northwestern.edu

6333 Citations

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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

Research interests

Composite sheet forming
Energy efficient manufacturing processes
Instability analysis
Laser processes
Micro-forming
Microforming
Sheet metal forming
Solid mechanics
Surface texturing

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Sheet metal Engineering & Materials Science

Metal forming Engineering & Materials Science

Formability Engineering & Materials Science

Texturing Engineering & Materials Science

Geometry Engineering & Materials Science

3D printers Engineering & Materials Science

metal sheets Physics & Astronomy

Stamping Engineering & Materials Science

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Grants 2003 2024

12 Active
59 Finished

Manufacturing Process Compiler - A Foundation for New Process Generation

Cao, J.

Office of Naval Research

9/1/19 → 8/31/24

Project: Research project

Learning systems

Demonstrations

Physics

Tribological and Manufacturing Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Cao, J.

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

3/4/19 → 3/3/24

Project: Research project

Propulsion

Antennas

Composite structures

Ground vehicles

Wear of materials

Jian Cao Subproject for CHiMaD

Cao, J.

National Institute of Standards and Technology

1/1/19 → 12/31/23

Project: Research project

Industrial applications

Artificial intelligence

Learning systems

Costs

Genes

Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for DEmocratizing Manufacturing Accessibility for Designers (DEMAND)

Birnbaum, L. A., Cao, J., Carruthers, B. G. & Ehmann, K.

National Science Foundation

9/1/18 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project

Engineering research

Planning

Ecosystems

Innovation

Participant support costs Subproject for Institution # SP0050101

Cao, J.

National Science Foundation

9/1/18 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project

Engineering research

Costs

Ecosystems

Innovation

Research Output 1993 2019

A calibration method for overconstrained spatial translational parallel manipulators

Li, F., Zeng, Q., Ehmann, K., Cao, J. & Li, T., Jun 1 2019, In : Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 57, p. 241-254 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Parallel Manipulator

Kinematic Model

Manipulators

Calibration

Robots

1 Citation (Scopus)

Acceleration strategies for explicit finite element analysis of metal powder-based additive manufacturing processes using graphical processing units

Mozaffar, M., Ndip-Agbor, E., Lin, S., Wagner, G. J., Ehmann, K. & Cao, J., Sep 15 2019, In : Computational Mechanics. 64, 3, p. 879-894 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

3D printers

Powder metals

Powder

Manufacturing

Metals

3 Citations (Scopus)

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

An Experimental and Numerical Study of Dieless Water Jet Incremental Microforming

Shi, Y., Zhang, W., Cao, J. & Ehmann, K., Apr 1 2019, In : Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME. 141, 4, 041008.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Water

Cones

Sheet metal

Numerical models

Geometry

1 Citation (Scopus)

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

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics

Thermosets

Computational methods

Carbon fibers