Dr. Yong Chen is a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Chen’s research focuses on additive manufacturing (3D printing) in micro- and meso- scales. He received multiple Best/Outstanding Paper Awards in major design and manufacturing journals and conferences. Other major awards he received include the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and the invitations to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Symposiums. Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has served as conference/program chairs as well as keynote speakers in several international conferences.