- Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Holder of the Mike and Sugar Barnes Professorship II, Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Director, Engineering Research Development Services
- Phone: 979-458-2334
- Email: zjpei@tamu.edu
- Office: ETB 4006
- Linkedin: LinkedIn Profile

Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 1995
Research Interests
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- Additive manufacturing
- Subtractive manufacturing processes
Certifications & Memberships
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Fellow, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
- Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
Awards & Honors
- Fellow, Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineering, 2022
- Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2016
- Swanson Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016
- Director’s Award for Excellence Program Director, National Science Foundation, 2015
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2010
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2004
- Research Initiation Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2002
- Mike and Sugar Barnes Professorship II, Wm. Michael Barnes Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2022
- I. Andrew Rader Professorship II, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2020
- TEES Research Professorship, Texas A&M University, 2016
- Carl R. and Mary T. Ice Industrial Engineering Professorship, Kansas State University, 2014
- Dr. Ron and Rae Iman Outstanding Faculty Award for Research, Kansas State University Alumni Association, 2013-14
- Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, Kansas State University, 2011-12
- Frankenhoff Outstanding Research Award, College of Engineering, Kansas State University, 2008
- Outstanding Senior Scientist Award, Sigma Xi, Kansas State University Chapter, 2010
Selected Publications
- Miao, G.X., Moghadasi, M., Du, W.C., Pei, Z.J., and Ma, C., 2022, “Experimental investigation on the effect of roller traverse and rotation speeds on ceramic binder jetting additive manufacturing,” Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 79, pp. 887-894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2022.05.039.
- Thakare, K., Jerpseth, L., Pei, Z.J., and Qin, H.M., 2022, “Applying layer-by-layer photo-crosslinking in green bioprinting: shape fidelity and cell viability of printed hydrogel constructs containing algae cells,” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 144, No. 9, 094502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054086.
- Porter, Q., Pei, Z.J., and Ma, C., 2022, “Binder jetting and infiltration of metal matrix nanocomposites,” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 144, No. 7, 074502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053156.
- Wei, X., Zou, N., Zeng, L., and Pei, Z.J., 2022, “PolyJet 3D printing: predicting color by multilayer perceptron neural network,” Annals of 3D Printed Medicine, Vol. 5, 100049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stlm.2022.100049.
- Du, W.C., Li, M., Pei, Z.J., and Ma, C., 2022, “Performances of three models in predicting packing densities and optimal mixing fractions of mixtures of micropowders with different sizes,” Powder Technology, Vol. 397, 117095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.117095.