Dr. Guang Yang is a Senior Engineering Research Associate at Purdue University specializing in additive manufacturing and materials characterization. His research focuses on advanced manufacturing techniques such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), directed energy deposition (DED), and direct ink writing (DIW). He has extensive experience in materials characterization using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and mechanical property evaluation. Dr. Yang has collaborated with national laboratories and universities on DOE- and NSF-funded projects. He earned his Ph.D. from Kansas State University and previously held a postdoctoral appointment at Idaho National Laboratory.