MESF 5580 · Topology Optimization and Additive Manufacturing

3 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
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Instructor: Prof. Molong Duan
Teaching assistant: Yuexin Yang

This course surveys seven additive manufacturing technologies, their physical principles, process models, and parameter effects. It then introduces design-for-additive-manufacturing practices with an emphasis on topology optimization.

Students learn to generate structurally optimal designs that account for loads, constraints, required product performance, and manufacturing conditions.

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Graduate Course Additive Manufacturing Topology Optimization
Molong Duan
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Molong Duan
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Molong Duan leads the Manufacturing and Aerospace Automation Lab at HKUST. His research spans dynamic-system modeling and control, robotic and additive manufacturing, continuous-fiber composites, flexible aircraft, and VTOL control.