Niechen Chen, Ph.D.
Title: | Assistant Professor |
Department: | Industrial and Systems Engineering |
Office Location: | EB 250 |
Office Phone: | 815-753-7144 |
Email: | nchen@niu.edu |
Education
- Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, 2018
- M.S. Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University, 2015
- B.Eng. Material Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2013
Research Interests
- Manufacturing process automation
- Hybrid manufacturing systems (Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing)
- CAD/CAM (Computational geometry, Design for Manufacturability)
- Digital manufacturing
Professional Associations and Honors
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
Selected Publications
- Chen, N., and Frank, M.C. “Automated post machining process planning for a new hybrid manufacturing method of additive manufacturing and rapid machining” Rapid Prototyping Journal, Volume 24, Issue 7. 2018
- Eldakroury, M., Chen, N., and Frank, M.C. “A New Method for Locating Candidate Substrates for Multi Axis Hybrid Manufacturing Systems” Rapid Prototyping Journal, Volume 24, Issue 3. 2018
- Frank, M.C., Harrysson, O., Wysk, R.A., Chen, N., et al. “Direct Additive Subtractive Hybrid Manufacturing (DASH) – An Out of Envelope Method”, Proceedings of Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, 2017
- Frank, M.C., Harrysson, O., Wysk, R.A., Chen, N., et al. et al. “A method for integrating additive and subtractive operations for metal parts- Direct Additive Subtractive Hybrid manufacturing(DASH)”, Proceedings of Material Science and Technology, 2017

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