Cindy (Xiangjia) Li

Assistant Professor,

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

ERC457 551 E Tyler Mall Tempe, AZ 85281
Mail code: 6106

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Xiangjia (Cindy) Li is an assistant professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy. Her research focuses on multi-scale nanocomposite printing with bioinspired design methodologies and programmable functional materials for potential applications in microfluidic devices, biomedical devices and flexible sensors. Her research interest is the development of novel additive manufacturing processes to explore and create functional devices with biomimetic hierarchical structures and material system.

Education

Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, 2019

M.S. in Computer Science, University of Southern California, 2019

M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2014

B.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2011

Research Website URL

https://www.cindyxjli.com/

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tGQzHJIAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interests

Biomimetic Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing); Bioinspired Material and Structure Design; Stereolithography; Photopolymerization based 3D Printing; Multi-material and Multi-scale 3D printing; Biofabrication; Biomaterial; Ceramic Printing; Nanocomposite Printing; Physical Field Assisted Printing; 4D Printing; Flexible Sensor; Biomedical Device; Tissue Repair and Regeneration.

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MAE 599	Thesis
MAE 792	Research
MAE 795	Continuing Registration
MAE 799	Dissertation
MAE 492	Honors Directed Study
MAE 792	Research
MAE 593	Applied Project
MAE 494	Special Topics
MAE 598	Special Topics

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 792	Research
MAE 795	Continuing Registration
CSE 590	Reading and Conference
MAE 492	Honors Directed Study
MFG 792	Research
SER 590	Reading and Conference

2024 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 792	Research
MAE 792	Research
MAE 795	Continuing Registration

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MAE 599	Thesis
MAE 792	Research
MAE 795	Continuing Registration
MAE 799	Dissertation
MAE 492	Honors Directed Study
MAE 792	Research
MAE 593	Applied Project
MAE 494	Special Topics
MAE 598	Special Topics

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 599	Thesis
MAE 792	Research
MAE 799	Dissertation
MAE 493	Honors Thesis
MAE 301	Applied Experimental Statistic
MAE 593	Applied Project
ASU 101-MEE	The ASU Experience

2023 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 792	Research
MAE 792	Research

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MAE 599	Thesis
MAE 792	Research
MAE 799	Dissertation
MAE 492	Honors Directed Study
MAE 792	Research
MAE 593	Applied Project
MAE 494	Special Topics
MAE 598	Special Topics

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 599	Thesis
MAE 792	Research
MAE 493	Honors Thesis
MAE 301	Applied Experimental Statistic
MAE 593	Applied Project
ASU 101-MEE	The ASU Experience
MAE 599	Thesis

2022 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 792	Research
MAE 792	Research

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MAE 599	Thesis
MAE 792	Research
MAE 492	Honors Directed Study
MAE 792	Research
MAE 201	Mech. Particles/Rigid Bodies I
MAE 593	Applied Project

2021 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 792	Research
MAE 493	Honors Thesis

2021 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 792	Research
MAE 792	Research

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 792	Research
MAE 492	Honors Directed Study
MAE 301	Applied Experimental Statistic
MAE 593	Applied Project

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 792	Research

2020 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
MAE 301	Applied Experimental Statistic

Expertise Areas

Ceramic Technology

Mechanics of Composite Materials

Mechanical Engineering

Biomimicry

3D Printing

Additive Manufacturing

Manufacturing Engineering