Jian Cao

Born: Unknown

Country of Birth: China

Nationality: Chinese/American

Ethnicity: Asian

Shanghai Jiao Tong University BS Materials Science & Engineering & Automatic Control 1989; MIT MS 1992 & PhD 1995 both in Mechanical Engineering

""If you look at the advancement of human societies, most of it is technology driven." "The best way to conserve resources is to use less to start with." "To make manufacturing work, you really need to have people with different perspectives & expertise coming together." All from "Breaking the Mold" in Northwestern Magazine Spring 2022"

— Jian Cao

Field of Study: Materials Science; Mechanical Engineering

Institution/Corporation: Northwestern University; MIT; NSF

Degrees & Memberships: Member: American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2023), National Academy of Engineering (2022), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2018), International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP, 2014), Fellow Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME 2010), National Materials & Manufacturing Board of the National Academies (2022), Board of Reviewing Editors PNAS Nexus (2023), Board of Directors mHub Chicago (2016), Editor-in-Chief Journal of Materials Processing Technology (2018), Editor ASME Journal of Micro- & Nano-Manufacturing (2012-2017), Chair STC-F CIRP (2017-2019), North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME; ASME (2006), Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration & Research in Astrophysics (CIERA), International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), Northwestern Center for Water, Atomic & Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center

Awards: 2023 Inaugural ASME DeVor-Kapoor Manufacturing Medal; 2023 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award. ASME; 2022 named Illinois Researcher to Know, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition; 2020 SME Gold Medal; 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, US DOD; 2019 Distinguished Achievement Team Award, DOE EERE Vehicle Technologies Office; 2017 Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, ASME & Pi Tau Sigma; 2016 Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; 2020 Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal, ASME; 2012 & 2018 ASME Blackall Machine Tool & Gage Award; 2006 ASME Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award; 1997 NSF CAREER Award; 2011 ASME Dedicated Service Award; 2009 & 2013 Distinguished Service Award. ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division

Achievements: studies mechanical behavior & manufacture of sheet metal & woven composite materials including dieless deformation & laser additive manufacturing processes; holds 22 patents