Jialuo Ding

Jialuo Ding was born in Qinhuangdao, China. She received the Ph.D. degree in welding engineering from Cranfield University, Cranfield, U.K., in 2012. After receiving the Ph.D. degree, she became a Research Fellow in the Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre, Cranfield University, and continued her research on the wire + arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) process from 2012 to 2015. In 2015, she was promoted to Senior Research Fellow in additive manufacturing. Her research interests include thermal-mechanical modeling of the WAAM, WAAM software development, process control and automation of the WAAM process, and manufacturing strategy for building large-scale components with WAAM.