News:

• [Interview] 2023: Dr. Zhang was interviewed by Peggy Smedley on The Peggy  Smedley Show to talk about the immersive technology and its applications in manufacturing (Link to the Episode).
• [Guest Editting] 2022: Dr. Zhang will serve as a guest editor on a special issue on "Extended Reality in Design and Manufacturing" (Deadline: February-15-2023) in the ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (JCISE) together with Dr. Chih-Hsing Chu at National Tsing Hua University, Dr. Vinayak R. Krishnamurthy at Texas A&M University, Dr. William Bernstein at Air Force Research Laboratory, and Dr. Junfeng Ma at Mississippi State University.
  
• [Funding] 2022: Dr. Zhang received a National Science Foundation grant with $149,999, titled “FW-HTF-P: Towards Preparing Future Machinists: Exploring Tacit Knowledge in Machining with Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality”, as the PI in collaboration with Co-PIs: Rui Liu (RIT), Esa Rantanen (RIT) , Chao Peng (RIT), and Kylie Peppler (UC Irvine).
  
• [Guest Editting] 2022: Dr. Zhang will serve as a guest editor on a special issue on "Smart and Advanced Manufacturing" (Deadline: March-31-2023) in the Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing together with Dr. Azadeh Haghighi at University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dr. Prahalada Rao at Virginia Tech .
• [Paper] 2022: A new paper "Visualization Error Analysis for Augmented Reality Stereo Video See-Through Head-Mounted Displays in Industry 4.0 Applications " has been accepted by ASME MSEC 2022.
• [Paper] 2022: A new paper "Immersive Virtual Reality Training With Error Management for Cnc Milling Set-Up " has been accepted by ASME MSEC 2022.
• [Paper] 2022: A new paper "Investigating the Role of Auditory Perception of Cutting Process Conditions in CNC Machining" has been accepted by ASME MSEC 2022.
• [Funding] 2022: Dr. Zhang received a National Science Foundation grant with $649,257, titled “Improving and Modernizing Machinist Training and Education for Machining Workforce Preparation in the Finger Lakes Region of New York”, as a Co-PI in collaboration with Dr. Rui Liu (PI, Rochester Institue of technology), and John Troy (Co-PI, Monroe Community College).
• [Editorship] 2022: Dr. Zhang was appointed as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing .
• [Paper] 2021: A new paper "A Survey of Immersive Technologies and Applications for Industrial Product Development" has been accepted by Computer & Graphics.
  
• [Paper] 2021:  A new paper "FabHandWear : An End-to-End Pipeline from Design to Fabrication of Customized Functional Hand Wearables" has been accepted by ACM IMWUT, and presented at UbiComp2021.
  
• [Paper] 2021: A new paper "An Augmented-Reality Based Human-Robot Interface for Robotics Programming in the Complex Environment" has been accepted by ASME MSEC 2021
• [Paper] 2020: A new paper "Extrusion bioprinting: Recent progress, challenges, and future opportunities" has been accepted by Bioprinting.
  
• [Funding] 2020: Dr. Zhang (PI) and Dr. Chao Peng (Co-PI)'s project "B2: Skillearn: Affordable and Intelligent Augmented Reality Platform for Manufacturing Workforce and Education" was funded with $ 169,981 by  National Science Foundation (NSF) through Purdue University. This project is a part of NSF funded project "B1 (Future Jobs and AI): Skill-XR: An Affordable and Scalable X-Reality (XR) Platform for Skills Training and Analytics in Manufacturing Workforce Education".
• [Paper] 2020: A new paper "3D Hand Mesh Reconstruction from a Monocular RGB Image" has been accepted by Computer Graphics International (CGI) 2020, and conditionally accepted by The Visual Computer Journal. 
• [Paper] 2020: A new review paper "The Influence of Smart Manufacturing towards Energy Conservation: A Review" has been accepted by MDPI Technologies.
  
• [Paper] 2020: A new paper "iMold: Enabling Interactive Design Optimization for In-Mold Electronics" has been accepted by ACM CHI Extended Abstract. 
• [Paper] 2019: A new paper "Customization and Topology Optimization of Compression Casts/Braces on Two-Manifold Surfaces" has been accepted by Computer-Aid Design, Special issue on Computer-Aided Design on Advances in Generative Design.   
• [Paper] 2019: A new paper "Shape Structuralizer: Design, Fabrication, and User-driven Iterative Refinement of 3D Mesh Models" has been accepted by ACM CHI 2019 with an acceptance rate 23.8%.
• [Appointment] 2019: Dr. Zhang joined Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor on Jan-02. 
• [Funding] 2018: Dr. Zhang received a National Science Foundation grant, titled “Smart Manufacturing for America's Revolutionizing Technological Transformation”, as a Co-PI in collaboration with Dr. Khalid Tantawi (PI, Motlow Community College), Dr. Karen Wosczyna-Birch (Co-PI, Tunxis Community College), and Dr. Ismail Fidan (Co-PI, Tennessee Tech University).
• [Paper] 2018: A new paper "Design and Interaction Interface using Augmented Reality for Smart Manufacturing" has been accepted by The 46th North American Research Conference (NAMRC 46) at College State, TX.
• [Paper] 2017: A new paper "iSoft: A Customizable Soft Sensor with Real-time Continuous Contact and Stretching Sensing" has been accepted by ACM UIST 2017 with an acceptance rate 22.5%. 
• [Talk] 2017: Dr. Zhang was invited by The Millard Oakley STEM Center to give a talk about his emerging researches on "Computational Support for Personal Design & Manufacturing". 
• [Appointment] 2017: Dr. Yunbo "Will" Zhang joined Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University as an Assistant Professor on Aug-01.