On June 5, 2023, Lingxiang Yun successfully defended his Ph.D. and became the eleventh Ph.D. student who graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. His thesis title is “Data-driven Demand…
On April 20, 2023, Muyue Han successfully defended her Ph.D. and became the tenth Ph.D. student who graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. Her thesis title is “Environmental and…
Professor Lin Li has been elected as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). ASME promotes art, science, and the practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe…
On May 26, 2022, Jing Zhao successfully defended her Ph.D. and became the ninth Ph.D. student who graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. Her thesis title is “Quality Assurance…
On May 03, 2022, Di Wang successfully defended his Ph.D. and became the eighth Ph.D. student who graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. His thesis title is “Deep Reinforcement…
Dr. Lin Li received a new grant of $625,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy as Principal Investigator. The grant “Commercial and Public Sector Building Efficiency Workforce Development with the University of Illinois Chicago’s…
As Principal Investigator, Dr. Lin Li received a new grant of $2,250,676 from the U.S. Department of Energy, under the title “Manufacturing Technical Assistance and Energy Engineering Workforce Development with the University of…
On July 27, 2021, Xue Zhou successfully defended her Ph.D. and becomes the seventh Ph.D. student graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. Her thesis title is “Energy Management for…
On July 16, 2020, Azadeh Haghighi successfully defended her Ph.D. and becomes the sixth Ph.D. student graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. Her thesis title is “Smart Process-Aware Tolerance…
On June 25, 2020, Yuntian Ge successfully defended his Ph.D. and becomes the fifth Ph.D. student graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. His thesis title is “System-Level Sustainability Assessment…
On July 01, 2019, Yiran Yang successfully defended her Ph.D. and becomes the fourth Ph.D. student graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. Her thesis title is “The environmental sustainability…
On July 19, 2018, Fadwa Dababneh successfully defended her PhD and becomes the third PhD student graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. Her thesis title is “Cost effective joint…
As Principal Investigator, Dr. Lin Li received a new grant of $2,087,872 from the U.S. Department of Energy, under the title “Industrial Assessment Center for Energy Efficiency, Smart Manufacturing and Cyber Security of…
As Principal Investigator, Dr. Lin Li received new grant as $168,267, (Total award amount: $328,467, UIC Share: $168,267, Purdue University share: $160,200) from U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for period 7/1/2016-6/30/2019. The project…
On June 3, Yong Wang successfully defended his PhD and bcomes the second PhD student graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. His thesis title is “Joint Production and Energy…
On May 15, 2015, Zeyi Sun successfully passed the PhD defense as the first PhD student graduated from SMSRL under the supervision of Prof. Lin Li. His PhD thesis title is “Energy Efficiency…
As the sole principal investigator, Dr. Lin Li received a new grant as $245,738 from NSF, titled “Fundamental Investigations on System-Level Cost Evaluation for Economic Viability of Cellulosic Biofuel Manufacturing” for period 9/1/2014-8/31/2017.…
As Principal Investigator, Dr. Lin Li received new grant as $212,000 from U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for period 9/1/2011-8/31/2014. The project title is “GOALI/Collaborative Research: Cost-Effective Energy Efficiency Management of Sustainable Manufacturing…