CV

Education

• Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2022-2026 (expected)
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2021-2022
• Exchange Student, National University of Singapore Suzhou Research Institute, 2020-2021
• B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2017-2020

Work experience

• Fall 2024: Research Fellow
  • CSUN NASA-Funded ARCS Center
  • Duties included: Research on digital twins and autonomous manufacturing.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Bingbing Li at CSUN ARCS, Dr. Edward Chow and Dr. Thomas T Lu at NASA JPL

Skills

• AI and Machine Learning
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • LLM-based agents
  • Multi-modal Language Models
  • Computer Vision
• Manufacturing Technologies
  • Digital Twins
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Smart Manufacturing
• Robotics
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Industrial Robotics
  • Path Planning

Publications

A unified framework for large language model-guided reinforcement learning in digital twin industrial environments

Fan, Haolin, et al. "A unified framework for large language model-guided reinforcement learning in digital twin industrial environments." Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (2026).

Sim2Know: new paradigm of digital twins to design and inform human-centric knowledge system

Li, Bingbing, et al. "Sim2Know: new paradigm of digital twins to design and inform human-centric knowledge system." CIRP Annals (2025).

MetalMind: A Knowledge Graph-Driven Human-Centric Knowledge System for Metal Additive Manufacturing

Fan, Haolin, et al. "MetalMind: A Knowledge Graph-Driven Human-Centric Knowledge System for Metal Additive Manufacturing." (2025).

MaViLa: Unlocking new potentials in smart manufacturing through vision language models

Fan, Haolin, et al. "MaViLa: Unlocking new potentials in smart manufacturing through vision language models." Journal of Manufacturing Systems 80 (2025): 258-271.

AutoMEX: Streamlining material extrusion with AI agents powered by large language models and knowledge graphs

Fan, Haolin, et al. "AutoMEX: Streamlining Material Extrusion with AI Agents Powered by Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs." Materials & Design (2025): 113644.

New era towards autonomous additive manufacturing: a review of recent trends and future perspectives

Fan, Haolin, et al. "New era towards autonomous additive manufacturing: a review of recent trends and future perspectives." International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (2025).

Enhancing metal additive manufacturing training with the advanced vision language model: A pathway to immersive augmented reality training for non-experts

Fan, Haolin, et al. "Enhancing metal additive manufacturing training with the advanced vision language model: A pathway to immersive augmented reality training for non-experts." Journal of Manufacturing Systems 75 (2024): 257-269.

Unleashing the Potential of Large Language Models for Knowledge Augmentation: A Practical Experiment on Incremental Sheet Forming

Fan, Haolin, et al. "Unleashing the potential of large language models for knowledge augmentation: A practical experiment on incremental sheet forming." Procedia Computer Science 232 (2024): 1269-1278.

CAtNIPP: Context-aware attention-based network for informative path planning

Cao, Y., Wang, Y., Vashisth, A., Fan, H. & Sartoretti, G.A.. (2023). CAtNIPP: Context-Aware Attention-based Network for Informative Path Planning. Proceedings of The 6th Conference on Robot Learning, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 205:1928-1937

Embodied intelligence in manufacturing: leveraging large language models for autonomous industrial robotics

Fan, Haolin, et al. "Embodied intelligence in manufacturing: leveraging large language models for autonomous industrial robotics." Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 36.2 (2025): 1141-1157.

Talks

Digital Twins to Human-Centric Knowledge: An Integrated System for Manufacturing Expertise

March 17, 2025

Talk at NVIDIA GTC 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA

Teaching

Graduate Teaching Assistant at UCLA

Graduate Teaching Assistant at CSUN

Graduate Teaching Assistant at CSUN

Graduate Teaching Assistant at NUS

Service and leadership

• As an active academic volunteer, I have reviewed over 240 papers for top international journals and conferences, including Engineering, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Expert Systems with Applications, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Additive Manufacturing, Knowledge-Based Systems, Scientific Reports, Computers & Electrical Engineering, and ASME IDETC-CIE, demonstrating my academic influence and professional recognition in the fields of artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing.