Xian Du

Dr. Xian Du received his PhD degree in the program of Innovation of Manufacturing Systems and Technology from the Singapore-MIT Alliance. His current research focuses on health monitoring and quality control of advanced manufacturing processes through the integration of physics-informed machine learning, in-situ metrology, and multi-modal sensing. His ongoing projects span various areas, including scalable additive manufacturing, objective pain assessment, and quantitative analysis of clinical images. Dr. Xian Du is a recipient of the 2020 NSF Career Award and IEEE 2024 Region 1 Technological Innovation (Academic) Award for pioneering contributions to advancing machine intelligence and sensing technologies in roll-to-roll flexible electronics printing and medical devices for health monitoring.

Current Research

1. Online inspection and feedback control for roll-to-roll flexible electronics printing processes.
2. Chronic pain monitoring and assessment for long-term care residents with ADRD using AI Sensing. 
3. Development of a hand-held OCT probe with 3-D imaging-assisted tracking. 

Learn more at Intelligent Sensing Lab

Academic Background

PhD in Manufacturing Systems and Technology from the Singapore-MIT Alliance at the National University of Singapore, 2007
CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at CREATIS lab in France
Louisiana EPSCoR RII Fellow at Louisiana Tech University
Research scientist at MIT