Presentations:

a. Invited presentations

1. “MIMICS in Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Medical Innovations Conference 2008, May 30, 2008 Vienna, Austria, as invited conference speaker.

2. “Bioprinting of 3D Micro-organ for In Vitro Pharmacokinetic Model”, Radiation Physics Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, February 22, 2008, as invited seminar speaker.

3. “Biomanufacturing for Tissue Science and Engineering”, International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), STC E - Electro-Physical and Chemical Processes 2008 Winter Conference, Paris, France, January 23-25, 2008, as invited conference speaker.

4. “From Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering to Biomanufacturing: a new paradigm for biomechanical engineering”, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ , November 29, 2007, as invited seminar speaker.

5. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, November 7, 2007, as invited seminar speaker.

6. “Poly-ε-Caprolactone Tissue Scaffolds: Design, Fabrication and Application to Orthopeadic Tissue Engineering”, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, November 5, 2007, as invited seminar speaker.

7. “From Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering to Biomanufacturing: a new frontier for biomechanical engineering,” Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China, October 19, 2007, as invited seminar speaker

8. “From Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering to Biomanufacturing: a new paradigm for biomechanical engineering,” Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri at Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, October 11, 2007, as invited seminar speaker.

9. “Biomanufacturing”, School of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, October 5, 2007, as invited seminar speaker.

10. “Recent Advances on Biomanufacturing,” China Academy of Machinery Science and Technology, Beijing, China, August 31, 2007, as invited speaker.

11. “From Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering to Biomanufacturing,” Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon, Korea, August 27, 2007, as invited workshop speaker.

12. “CAD/CAM in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering,” Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea, August 21-24, 2007, as invited lecture series speaker.

13. “Solid Freeform Fabrication Based Bioprinting for Tissue-on-a-Chip Systems”, 18^th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, USA, August 7, 2007, as invited speaker.

14. “Biomanufacturing,”, School of Biomaterials, Southwest Jiao Tong University, Chengdu, China, July 25, 2007, as invited seminar speaker.

15. “A Multi Level Modeling for Quantifying Cell Deformation in Encapsulated Alginate Structures,” Computational Methods in Bioengineering Minisymposium, 9^th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics”, San Francisco, CA, USA, July 23, 2007, as invited speaker.

16. “Bioprinting: 3 Step Process,” Bioprinting Conference, London, UK, July 11, 2007, as invited workshop speaker.

17. “Bioprinting of 3D tissue/organ chambers for pharmacokinetic models,” Bioprinting Conference, London, UK, July 12, 2007, as invited conference speaker.

18. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, May 30, 2007, as invited seminar speaker.

19. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering,” The International Conference on Manufacturing Automation (ICMA07), May 29, 2007, Singapore, as invited conference keynote speaker.

20. “Recent Developments in Rapid Prototyping of Biomaterials,” the Society for Biomaterials 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 17 - 21, 2007, as invited workshop speaker.

21. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering,” Symposium on Biomaterials, Biomodeling, Tissue Engineering and Therapeutic Applications”, Feb. 25, 2007, Bangalore, India, as invited speaker.

22. “Solid Freeform Fabrication for Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Applications,” The IndoUS International Workshop, Feb. 23, 2007, Bangalore, India, as invited workshop keynote speaker.

23. “Freeform Fabrication of Cell-Encapsulated 3D Tissue Construct For Pharmacokinetic Study”, Departmental of Mechanical Engineering the Hong Kong University, December 18,, 2006, as invited seminar speaker.

24. “Computer-Aided Freeform Bioprinting of 3D Tissue Constructs for Pharmacokinetic Study”, the 3rd International Symposium on Bioprinting & Biofabrication, Kanagawa, Japan, Nov. 21-23, 2006, as invited symposium speaker.

25. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, the Departmental Colloquium Series for Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, November 1, 2006, as invited Colloquium Series speaker.

26. “CAD and Computational Tissue Engineering”, the First Annual Charleston Bioprinting, Biopatterning and Bioassembly Symposium, Charleston, SC, USA, July 21, 2006, as invited symposium speaker.

27. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, The IndoUS International Workshop on Rapid Prototyping, Bangalore, India, April 17, 2006, as invited workshop speaker.

28. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, March 2, 2006, as invited seminar speaker.

29. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Drexel Collaborative Research Forum: From Molecules to Health, “Tissue Engineering”, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA, February 22, 2006, as invited forum speaker.

30. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, College of Medicine, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA, February 22, 2006, as invited seminar speaker.

31. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, the Joint Chapter of Robotics and Automation and Control Systems, IEEE Hong Kong Section, Department of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 8, 2005, as invited seminar speaker.

32. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, the 9^th International conference on Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics, Dec 7, 2005, Hong Kong, China, as invited conference tutorial speaker.

33. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana, November 22, 2005, as invited seminar speaker.

34. “RP and Its Application in Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Special Panel on Rapid Prototyping, 2005 ASME IMECE, Orlando, FL, November 10, 2005, as invited panel speaker.

35. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering for Bone and Orthopedic Surgery”, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai, China, October 6, 2005, as invited seminar speaker.

36. “Freeform Fabrication of 3D Tissue Scaffolds”, the Symposium Near-Net-Shape Technologies. MS&T '05 International Conference, American Society for Materials, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 27, 2005, as invited symposium speaker.

37. “Biopolymer Deposition for Freeform Fabrication of Hydrogel Tissue Constructs”, Symposium Next Generation Biomaterials, MS&T '05 International Conference, American Society for Materials, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 27, 2005, as invited symposium speaker.

38. “Computer-Aided Technologies in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering”, Special Panel on Object Modeling and CAD for Emerging Bio/Micro/Nano Systems, 2005 ASME DETC International Congress, Long Beach, CA, September 26, 2005, as invited panel speaker.

39. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering and Its Application For Freeform Fabrication of Tissue Substitutes”, DigiFab 2005 - the International Conference on Digital Fabrication, Baltimore, MD, USA, September 19, 2005, as invited speaker.

40. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, International Workshop on Biomanufacturing, Beijing, China, June 29 to July 1, 2005, as invite workshop speaker.

41. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, General Electric Shanghai Research Center, Shanghai, China, June 28, 2005, as invited seminar speaker.

42. “CAD in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Application”, CAD’05 International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, June 22, 2005, as invited conference tutorial speaker.

43. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Special Panel on Physical Based Simulation and Modeling, 2005 ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, Cambridge, MA, USA, June 14, 2005, as invited panel speaker.

44. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering and Its Application in Scaffold Design and Fabrication”, Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Institute, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA, June 10, 2005, as invited seminar speaker.

45. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: a modern engineering approach for design and fabrication of tissue scaffolds”, Society of In Vitro Biology 2005 Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA, June 6, 2005, as invited speaker.

46. “CAD/CAM in Biomedical and Tissue Engineering”, the First International Conference for Mechanical and Automotive Technologies, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, S. Korea, June 2, 2005, as invited conference keynote speaker.

47. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University, S. Korea, May 30, 2005, as invited seminar speaker.

48. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, March 30, 2005, as invited seminar speaker.

49. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, the Second International Symposium on Bioprinting, Biopatterning and Bioassembly, Charleston, SC, USA, March 14, 2005, as invited symposium keynote speaker.

50. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Department of Material Sciences and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, January 11, 2005, as invited seminar speaker.

51. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: Recent Advances”, International Symposium on Micro/Nano Thermal and Fluids Systems, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, December 6, 2004, as invited symposium keynote speaker.

52. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: a recent development”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The State University of New Your – Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA, November 19, 2004, as invited seminar speaker.

53. “Solid Freeform Fabrication in Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering,” American Society of Materials 2004 Annual Conference: Frontiers of Materials Science & Engineering Symposium: Bridging Science & Manufacturing, Columbus, OH, USA, October 18, 2004, as invited symposium speaker.

54. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: a recent development,” Institute of Biomedicine and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, September 30, 2004, as invited seminar speaker.

55. “Bio-CAD Modeling and Application in Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, the State Key Laboratory in CAD/CAM, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, September 24, 2004, as invited seminar speaker.

56. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: a recent development”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, September 22, 2004, as invited seminar speaker.

57. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: a recent development,” Research Center for Musculoskeletal Bioengineering, Jockey Club Rehabilitation Engineering Center, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, September 21, 2004, as invited seminar speaker.

58. “Biopolymer-deposition and freeform fabrication of tissue constructs”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, the State University of New York - Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA, March 5, 2004, as invited seminar speaker.

59. “Multi-nozzle biopolymer-deposition and its application to tissue engineering”, National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST), Division of Biomaterials and Biopolymer, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, February 5, 2004, as invited seminar speaker.

60. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering – a recent development”, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley, Malvern, PA, USA, October 28, 2003, as invited seminar speaker.

61. “BioModeling Assisted Three-Dimensional Organ Printing”, the 21^st Southeastern Bioengineering Conference, Washington, DC, USA, September 29, 2002, as invited speaker.

62. “Strategy and Technology Infrastructure to Enhance National Manufacturing Competitiveness,” presented at the China Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing, December 28, 2001, invited by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affair, the People’s Republic of China.

63. “Bio-CAD modeling,” presented at Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, December 27, 2001, invited by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affair, the People’s Republic of China.

64. “Beyond Solid Modeling – Recent Development in Computer-Aided Design,” presented at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, December 26, 2001, invited by State Administration of Foreign Experts Affair, the People’s Republic of China.

65. “Bio-CAD Modeling,” presented at Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing, China, December 24, 2001, invited by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affair, the People’s Republic of China

66. “BioModeling and Its Application in Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering,” Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, January 29, 2001, as invited seminar speaker.

67. "Integrated Design for Performance and Design for Manufacturing of Composites,” U.S Army Research Laboratory, WMRD, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, November 14, 2000, as invited seminar speaker.

68. "Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering,” School of Bioengineering and Health Science, Drexel University, November 3, 2000, as invited seminar speaker.

69. "Recent Development on Rapid Product Development and Product Realization,” the Chinese Academy of Machinery Science and Technology, Beijing, China, November 2, 1999, as invited speaker.

70. "CAD/CAM in Product Development,” presented at Gansu Institute of Technology, September 7, 1999, invited by Gansu Provincial Government, Lanzhou,, the People’s Republic of China.

71. “Integrated Design/Modeling for Analysis/Fabrication in Tissue Engineering,” Drexel-MCPHU Workshop on Orthopaedic Surgery and Tissue Engineering, Drexel University, April 7, 1999, as invited workshop speaker.

72. “Beyond Solid Modeling – A Multi-volume CAD Modeling for Heterogeneous Material Structures,” 98 International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, Guilin, China, October 11, 1998, as invited conference keynote speaker.

73. "Computer-Aided Technologies in Modern Design, Manufacturing, and Education,” presented at Gansu Institute of Technology, May 29, 1998, invited by Gansu Provincial Government, Lanzhou, the People’s Republic of China.

74. "Design and Manufacturing in 21st Century,” presented in Beijing, China, May 26 - 27, 1998, invited by Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong, China.

75. "Design and Manufacturing in 21st Century,” presented in Jinan, China, May 21 - 22, 1998, invited by Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong, China.

76. "The Current Development and Applications of Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing,” presented in Beijing, China, November 4, 1997, invited by Beijing Industrial Design Center.

77. "Integrated CAD/CAE/CAM and Rapid Prototyping Technologies in Modern Design and Manufacturing,” presented at Shanghai Electric (Group) Corporation, Shanghai, China, October 31, 1997, invited by Shanghai Electric (Group) Corporation.

78. "Design and Manufacturing in 21st Century,” presented at Changsha, China, October 24 - October 25, 1997, invited by the Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong.

79. "Design and Manufacturing in 21st Century,” presented at Guangzhou, China, October 28 - October 29, 1997, invited by the Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong.

80. "Computer-Aided Technologies in Modern Design and Manufacturing,” presented at Hong Kong CAD/CAM Conference Center, Hong Kong, June 6, 1997, invited by Chen Hsong Industrial Holding Group and Hong Kong CAD/CAM Service LTD.

81. "Concurrent Engineering in Rapid Product Development,” Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy of the Chinese Academy Sciences, Shanghai, China, June 4, 1997, as invited seminar speaker.

82. "Design and Manufacturing in 21st Century,” presented at Shenyang, China, May 29 - May 30, 1997, invited by the Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong.

83. "Design and Manufacturing in 21st Century,” presented at Xian, China, May 31 - June 1, 1997, invited by the Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong.

84. "Rapid Product Development in Concurrent Engineering,” Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, March 6, 1997, as invited seminar speaker.

85. "Concurrent Engineering,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, December 9, 1996, as invited seminar speaker.

86. "Rapid Product Development in Concurrent Engineering,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, November 15, 1996, as invited seminar speaker.

87. "Rapid Product Development and Rapid Prototyping,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, September 27, 1996, as invited seminar speaker.

88. "Rapid Product Development and Rapid Prototyping,” Industrial Development Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, September 26, 1996, as invited seminar speaker.

89. "Rapid Product Development in Modern Design and Manufacturing,” presented at the Shanghai SIMTEK Industrial Corporation, Shanghai, China, September 24, 1996, invited by Shanghai Municipal Government, Shanghai, China.

90. "Design and Manufacturing in 21st Century,” presented at Tianjin, China, September 19 – September 20, 1996, invited by Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong.

91. "Design and Manufacturing in 21st Century,” presented at Hangzhou, China, September 23 – September 24, 1996, invited by Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong.

92. "Rapid Prototyping and Concurrent Engineering,” presented at Anhui Institute of Architecture Engineering, Hefei, China, May 6, 1996, invited by Anhui Institute of Architecture Engineering, Hefei, China.

93. "Rapid Prototyping and Concurrent Engineering,”, presented at Anhui Polytechnic Institute, Hefei, China, May 5, 1996, invited by Anhui Polytechnic Institute, Hefei, China.

94. "Design and Manufacturing in Concurrent Engineering,” presented at Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China, May 4 – May 5, 1996, invited by Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China.

95. "International Industrial Design,” presented at the Industrial Development Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, April 26 - April 27, 1996, invited by Industrial Development Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

96. "International Industrial Design,” presented at Chendu, China, April 17 - April 18, 1996, invited by the Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong.

97. "International Industrial Design,” presented at Wuhan, China, April 23 - April 24, 1996, invited by the Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation, Hong Kong.

98. "Design and Manufacturing in Concurrent Engineering,” Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, March 19, 1996, invited seminar speaker.

b. Other conference presentations

1. “Three Dimensional Multi-Scale Modelling of Cell Deformation in Encapsulated Alginate Scaffolds”, 8^th World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, Holland, May 29, 2008.

2. “A Multi-Level Computational Modeling for Quantifying Cell Deformation in Encapsulated Alginates Structures”, Computer Method in Biomedicine 2007, Montreal, Canada, May 17, 2007.

3. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering for Design and Evaluation of Lumbar-Spine Arthroplasty”, CAD’06 International Conference, Phuket, Thailand, June 22, 2006.

4. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, Symposium on Advances in Biomanufacturing”, 2005 ASME IMECE, Orlando, FL, USA, Nov. 10, 2005.

5. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering”, the 8^th Tissue Engineering International Conference, Shanghai, China, October 23, 2005.

6. “Biomanufacturing Workshop Summary Report”, 16^th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, USA, August 3, 2005.

7. “Bioactive Freeform Fabrication of Tissue Scaffolds”, 16^th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, USA, August 3, 2005.

8. “On Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering,” the 2^nd World Congress for Biomedical Engineers, Beijing, China, September 29, 2004.

9. “Multi-nozzle Biopolymer Deposition for Freeform Fabrication of Tissue Construct,” 15^th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, USA, August 5, 2004.

10. “Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering for Modeling and Design of Novel Tissue Scaffold”, International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, CAD'04, Pattaya Beach, Thailand, May 27, 2004.

11. “Multi-nozzle Biopolymer Deposition and Freeform Fabrication of Tissue Scaffolds”, the14^th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials, Limoges, France, March 25, 2004.

12. “Multi-nozzle Biopolymer Deposition for Tissue Engineering Application”, the 6^th International Conference on Tissue Engineering, Orlando, FL, USA, December 11, 2003.

13. “Biomimetic modeling and design of bone scaffold”, 13^th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials, Baltimore, MD, USA, March 14, 2003.

14. “Image-based biomimetic modeling and its application in computer-aided tissue engineering”, SPIE/BIOS 2003 – Symposium on optical technologies to solve problems in tissue engineering and tissue mechanics, San Jose, CA, USA, Jan. 25-31, 2003.

15. “Representation and design of heterogeneous tissue structures”, 2002 meeting on Tissue Engineering, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, Nov. 21~24, 2002.

16. “An Analytical Modeling for Effective Mechanical Properties of Multi-phase Composite Conductor”, 34^th International SAMPE, Baltimore, MD, USA, November, 2002.

17. “Computer-Aided Design Modeling for Heterogeneous Bone Structure”, the American Society for Composites 17^th Technical Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, October 12-15, 2002.

18. “BioModeling Assisted Three-Dimensional Organ Printing”, 21^st Southern Biomedical Bioengineering Conference, Washington, DC, USA, Sept. 22, 2002.

19. “Layered Composite Model for Design and Fabrication of Bone Replacement”, conference plenary presentation, 13^rd Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 5, 2002

20. “Effective Mechanical Modeling of Composite Conductor”, 14^th US National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA, June, 2002.

21. “A Unit Cell-Based Design for Composite Application,” presented at American Society of Composite 16^th Annual Technical Conference, Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, VA, Sept. 12, 2001.

22. “Freeform Fabrication of Ti₃SiC₂ Structures,” Conference Plenary presentation, 12^th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 8, 2001.

23. “Rapid Prototyping Assisted Design and Development of Inter-Vertebral Implants,” Conference Plenary presentation, 12^th Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 10, 2001.

24. “Computer-Aided Composite Unit Cell Design and Modeling,” presented at the ASC 15^th Annual Technical Conference, College Station, TX, September 26, 2000.

25. “Computer Modeling and Simulation of Single Fiber Pull-out,” presented at the ASC 15^th Annual Technical Conference, College Station, TX, September 26, 2000.

26. “Three-Dimensional Printing of Layered Machinable Ductile Carbide,” presented at the Eleventh Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, University of Texas, Austin, TX, August 9, 2000.

27. “Reasoning Boolean Operation for Modeling, Simulation and Freeform Fabrication of Heterogeneous Objects,” presented at the Eleventh Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, University of Texas, Austin, TX, August7, 2000.

28. “Anatomical Modeling and Rapid Prototyping Assisted Surgical Reconstruction,” conference plenary presentation, the Eleventh Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, University of Texas Austin, TX, August 8, 2000.

29. “Knowledge Plus Expertise - Engineering Education Information Era,” presented at International Conference on Engineering Education, Beijing, China, November 4, 1999.

30. “Strategy and Technology Infrastructure to Enhance Regional Manufacturing Competitiveness,” presented at 5^th International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, Beijing, China, November 3, 1999.

31. “A Mathematical Description of Layered Manufacturing Fabrication,” presented at the Tenth Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, TX, August 9, 1999.

32. “Integrated Design/Modeling for Analysis/Fabrication in Tissue Engineering,” presented at Drexel-MCPHU Workshop on Orthopaedic Surgery and Tissue Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, April 7, 1999.

33. “Computer-Aided Design and Simulation for 3D Fabric Composite Armor,” presented at the Fifth International Conference on Composites Engineering, Las Vegas, July 5-9, 1998.

34. "Design for Manufacturability and Concurrent Engineering in Integrated Product Development Process,” presented at the Design for Manufacturability Symposium, 1997 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, the Winter Annual Meeting of ASME, Dallas, TX, November 16 - November 21, 1997.

35. "Integrated Design for Manufacturing of Composite Automotive Components,” presented at the Fourth International Conference of Composite Engineering, at Big Island, Hawaii, July 7, 1997.

36. "Design for Manufacturability and Design for Assembly in Rapid Product Development,” presented at the International Forum on Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly - 1997, at Newport, RI, June 10, 1997.

37. "A Knowledge-enriched CAD Modeling and Solid Free-form Realization for Heterogeneous Material Structures,” presented at the Seventh International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, at San Francisco, CA, March 31, 1997.

38. "Modeling of Flexible Piezoelectric Laminates," presented at SPIE 1993 North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Feb. 1-4, 1993.

c. Poster presentations

1. Vondron, J., Rodriguez, M. and Sun, W., “Electrospun Chitosan-Peo Nanofiber”, 2007 Drexel Research Day, April 24, 2007.

2. Gomez, C., Denton, T., Shokoufandeh, A. and Sun, W., “Steiner Tree Based Computational Algorithm for Tissue Scaffold design”, 2007 Drexel Research Day, April 24, 2007.

3. Yildirim, E., Yin, X., Ko, F., Guceri, S. and Sun, S., “Evaluation of 3D Hybrid Alginate/Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Tissue Scaffolds in terms of Process and Cytocompatibility”, 2006 Drexel Research Day, April 25, 2006.

4. Vondron, J., Rodriguez, M. and Sun, W., “Preparation of Electrospun Chitosa