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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

From natural language to RL formulation: a digital twin–centered optimization framework for manufacturing systems.

Fan, Haolin, et al. "From natural language to RL formulation: a digital twin–centered optimization framework for manufacturing systems." CIRP Annals (2026).

Multimodal wearable biosensing meets multidomain AI: A pathway to decentralized healthcare

Liu, Chenshu, et al. "Multimodal wearable biosensing meets multidomain AI: a pathway to decentralized healthcare." Advanced Science (2026): e22900.

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 99 (2026): 103215.

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 74.1 (2025): 215-219.

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." npj Advanced Manufacturing 2.1 (2025): 25.

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 7.3 (2025): 032006.

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

Service and leadership

As an active academic volunteer, I have reviewed over 270 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.

Haolin (Oliver) Fan

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