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'''Jian Cao''' is a [[materials science|materials scientist]] and [[mechanical engineering|mechanical engineer]] whose research includes the mechanical behavior and manufacturing of [[sheet metal]] and [[3D composites|woven composite materials]], including dieless deformation and laser additive manufacturing processes.{{r|mold}} She is Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering at [[Northwestern University]] and director of the Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation.
==Education and career==
Cao studied materials science and engineering and automatic control at [[Shanghai Jiao Tong University]], earning a bachelor's degree there in 1989. She went to the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) for graduate study in mechanical engineering, earned a master's degree there in 1992, and completed her Ph.D. in 1995,{{r|berkeley|northwestern}} under the supervision of [[Mary Cunningham Boyce]].{{r|biosketch}}
After postdoctoral research at MIT, she became an assistant professor at Northwestern University in 1995. She was promoted to associate professor in 2002, and served as a program director at the [[National Science Foundation]] from 2003 to 2005. Returning to Northwestern, she became a full professor in 2008, adding courtesy affiliations with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2010 and with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2018. From 2012 to 2021 she also served as the university's Associate Vice President for Research. She was named Cardiss Collins Professor in 2016.{{r|biosketch}}
Cao founded the Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation in 2015, and has been director since its founding. In 2016, she became a Senior Institute Fellow at [[Argonne National Laboratory]].{{r|biosketch}} She has been editor-in-chief of the ''[[Journal of Materials Processing Technology]]'' since 2018.{{r|biosketch|jmpt}}
==Recognition==
Cao was elected as an [[ASME Fellow]] in 2006,{{r|asme}} as a Fellow of the [[Society of Manufacturing Engineers]] in 2010 (SME), as a Fellow of the [[International Academy for Production Engineering]] in 2014,{{r|biosketch}} and as a [[Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science]] in 2018, recognized "for her fundamental contributions to the understanding of failure mechanisms in forming processes and for innovations to advance flexible manufacturing processes".{{r|aaas}} She was elected to the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 2022, "for pioneering a flexible sheet forming system and for leadership in manufacturing",{{r|nae}} and to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2023.{{r|amacad}}
She received the ASME [[Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award]] in 2006, the Distinguished Service Award of the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division in 2009 and 2013, the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2011, the ASME Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award in 2017,{{r|biosketch}} the ASME Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal in 2020,{{r|shaw}} and the ASME Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award in 2023.{{r|belytschko}} She was the 2016 winner of the SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal,{{r|taylor}} and the 2020 winner of the SME Gold Medal, "for her creative and pioneering contributions to the development of the scientific and technological bases of innovative manufacturing processes through extensive publication, speaking and public service activities".{{r|sme}}
==References==
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<ref name=aaas>{{citation|url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/november/three-professors-named-aaas-fellows/|title=Three professors named AAAS fellows|publisher=Northwestern University|date=November 27, 2018|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=amacad>{{citation|url=https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2023|title=New members|year=2023|publisher= American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=asme>{{citation|url=https://www.asme.org/getmedia/356e1810-c2f4-41d8-80c2-f5de20f64442/fellows-all-updated-2022.pdf|title=All Fellows|year=2022|publisher=American Society of Mechanical Engineers|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=belytschko>{{citation|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/unit-awards/ted-belytschko-applied-mechanics-division-award|title=Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award|publisher=ASME|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=berkeley>{{citation|url=https://me.berkeley.edu/people/jian-cao/|title=Jian Cao|work=People: External Advisory Board|publisher=University of California, Berkeley Department of Mechanical Engineering|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=biosketch>{{citation|url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/dist/5/5280/files/2023/02/Jian-Cao-CV-January-2023-Long-public.pdf|title=Biographical sketch|date=January 2023|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=jmpt>{{citation|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-materials-processing-technology/about/editorial-board|title=Editorial board|work=Journal of Materials Processing Technology|type=Journal web site|publisher=Elsevier|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=mold>{{citation|url=https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring-2022/breaking-the-mold/|title=Breaking the Mold: Jian Cao is shaping the future of manufacturing with her pioneering efforts in mechanical engineering|magazine=Northwestern Magazine|date=Spring 2022|publisher=Northwestern University|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=nae>{{citation|url=https://www.nae.edu/19579/19581/20412/270328/Dr-Jian-Cao|title=Dr. Jian Cao|work=Members|publisher=National Academy of Engineering|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=northwestern>{{citation|url=https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/cao-jian.html|title=Jian Cao|work=Faculty|publisher=Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=shaw>{{citation|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/honors-awards/achievement-awards/milton-c-shaw-manufacturing-research-medal|title=Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal|publisher=ASME|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=sme>{{citation|url=https://www.sme.org/aboutsme/awards/international-honor-awards/2020-sme-international-honor-award-winners/|title=2020 SME International Honor Award Winners|date=March 10, 2020|publisher=SME|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
<ref name=taylor>{{citation|url=https://www.sme.org/aboutsme/awards/sme-frederick-taylor-research-medal/|title=SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal|publisher=SME|access-date=2023-04-22}}</ref>
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==External links==
*[https://www.cao.mech.northwestern.edu/jiancao/ Home page]
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