Northern Illinois University
College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Northern Illinois University

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