Wu is the Ravi and Eleanor Talwar Rising Star Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, and heads the Wu Research Group. His lab innovates manufacturable nanotechnologies to enable the next-generation smart human-integrated products, through advancing and transforming the design, fabrication, and integration of functional materials with designer composition and architecture across multiple length scales.

“We’re proud to recognize these young professionals for all their achievements and continued advancements in manufacturing,” said Sandra L. Bouckley, FSME, P.Eng., SME executive director and CEO. “Their cutting-edge breakthroughs illustrate the infinite possibilities available to young people pursuing an education or career in manufacturing.”

These up-and-coming SME Outstanding Manufacturing Engineers, age 35 or younger, have made significant technological and process improvement advancements across a variety of industries, including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, energy and mining. Each year, SME (formerly the Society of Manufacturing Engineers) honors a longtime member and manufacturing professional for their career achievements by naming the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Award after them. The 2019 namesake, Barbara M. Fossum, PhD, FSME, a retired consultant and former senior research fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, served as SME president in 2010.

Source: SME Communications, "SME Names 2019 Class of Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers", April 18, 2019