Shuting Lei

Shuting Lei is a Professor at the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) at Kansas State University, holding the Carl R. and Mary T. Ice Industrial Engineering Professorship. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University (China) in 1987 and 1989, respectively, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1999. Before joining KSU in 1999, he worked as a manufacturing engineer and lecturer in China.

Research Interests: Focuses on femtosecond laser micro/nano machining, surface texturing for tribology and photonics, machining of difficult-to-machine materials (ceramics, titanium alloys, etc.), laser-assisted materials processing, and computational modeling (FEA/DEM). His work emphasizes developing novel manufacturing technologies with applications in MEMS, nanotechnology, and microfluidics.

Awards:

• SME Research Initiation Award (2001)
• NSF CAREER Award (2002)
• Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Award (2003)
• ASME MED BOSS Award (2006, 2008)
• Dean’s Award of Excellence in Research (2016)

Advising & Service: Directed 4 doctoral dissertations and 9 master's theses. Hosted 9 visiting scholars. Served as NAMRI/SME Scientific Committee member and symposium organizer. His research group has produced >70 journal papers, >60 conference papers, and 974+ citations (H-index 18 as of 2016).

Labs/Teams: Leads a research group conducting experimental and computational studies on laser manufacturing processes, collaborating on both fundamental and applied projects.