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EXPERTISE AND SERVICES
Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Consultant, Micromanufacturing Specialist, Process Optimization Consultant, Advanced Metal Forming Consultant, Engineering Failure Analysis, Accident Investigation, Accident Reconstruction, Specialist, Forensic Analysis, Investigation, Product Liability, Expert Witness Testimony, Patent Infringement, Expert Witness Testimony, Engineering Consulting ServicesExpertise in computer-integrated systems for metal and composite sheet forming processes from micro to macro scale, fundamentals in material deformation and material formability at various scales.
Specialization includes creation of intelligent process design algorithms considering process variations and utilizing real-time sensors, development of efficient simulation tools, and advancement of the inverse method.
Has conducted numerous studies in areas including force trajectory control, draw bead penetration, material flow, simulations of sheet metal forming, springback error in channel forming, prediction of delaying wrinkling and tearing failure, wrinkling behavior, neural network for springback minimization, channel forming process, and predicting 3-d corner failure.
Other areas of interest include forming tailor welded blanks, plate wrinkling analysis, stress-based predictions, prediction of plastic wrinkling using energy method, predicting flange wrinkling in deep drawing, consistent and minimal springback using a stepped binder force trajectory and neural network control, novel forming technology, and sheet metal forming processes.
Additional areas of specialty include next generation stamping dies, wrinkling analysis in shrink flanging, enhancement of sheet metal formability via local adaptive controllers, effective models for prediction of springback in flanging, wrinkling limit in tube bending, stamping of woven fabric, thermoplastic composites, analysis of an axisymmetric deep drawn part forming using less forming steps, and simulation of plane strain rolling.
Knowledgeable in areas including thermo-forming of woven composites, straight flanging processes, model validation via uncertainty propagation and data transformations, wrinkling behavior of laminated steel sheets, sheet coil deformation, microforming experimental investigation of the extrusion process for micropins simulation of bulk metal forming processes, and post-buckling analysis in sheet metal forming.
Additional areas of interest include integrated micro/macro mechanical model of woven fabric composites under large deformation, nonlinear temperature trajectories, composite forming technologies, bending and flanging of aluminum sheet, process and adaptive control for sheet forming, friction behavior in micropin extrusion, advances in microforming, and automotive deck lid inner panel benchmark simulation.
Other areas of emphasis include automotive underbody cross member benchmark simulation results, numerical tool (rkem) and advancement of experimental setup, predicting wrinkling and experimental verification, characterization in stamping of woven composites, springback prediction in straight flanging, experimental study on sheet wrinkling behavior and its analysis, and experimental implementation of the novel forming process.
Highly regarded in areas including intelligent material and process design for stamping of structural composites, modeling and comparisons, stress based wrinkling criterion, formability of sheet metal via smart tooling, intelligent material and process design for stamping of structural composites, fabric modeling, material characterization in forming structural composites, and high volume manufacturing of structural composites
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Automotive, Manufacturing
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering & Automatic Control
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, major university
Program Director, National Science Foundation
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
Industrial training, General Motors Corp
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T.
Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T.
Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, M.I.T.
Design Engineer, Shanghai Nanyang Forging Inc., P.R.China
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Courses Lectured: Micromanufacturing, Optimization in Manufacturing Processes, Advanced Metal Forming, CAD/CAM, Introduction to Manufacturing Processes, and Introduction to Mechanical Design & Manufacturing
HONORS AND AWARDS
Young Investigator Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Applied Mechanics
Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Outstanding Young Investigator Award, Japan-US Flexible Automation
Young Chinese Leader, Dragon Foundation, Hong Kong
Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, International Society of Automotive Engineers
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
ALCOA Foundation award
General Electric Chair Professor, endowed chair, Northwestern University
First Prize of People’s Scholarship, Excellent Student Award, DongFong Award, Nanyang Award, HuaXin Award, Shanghai JiaoTong University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
Guest editor, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
Member, International Editorial Advisory Board of Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering
English Edition, distributed by ASME
Executive Committee, ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division
SME/North America Manufacturing Research Institution
Scientific Committee, ESAFORM
Scientific Committee, NUMIFORM
Program Committee, International Conference on Frontiers of Design and Manufacturing
Scientific Committee, NAMRC
Executive Committee, North American Deep Drawing Research Group
Technical Committee, International Conference on Numerical Methods of Industrial Forming
Processes, NUMIFORM
Technical Committee, NUMISHEET
USA program committee, Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation,
Program Committee of ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division
Committee on Integration of Computational Mechanics and Manufacturing (ICMM), US
Association for Computational Mechanics
Committee on Materials Processing and Manufacturing, Applied Mechanics Division, ASME
USA program committee, Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation
International executive committee, JSME/ASME Materials and Processing Conference
Committee on Materials Processing and Manufacturing, Applied Mechanics Division, ASME
Scientific Committee, WSES International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Mechanical Engineering, Marathon
Liaison Officer, Manufacturing Engineering Division of ASME
Conference co-Chair, ASME International Conference of Manufacturing Science and
Engineering
Organizer, Member of Organization Committee, International Conference of Micro
Manufacturing
Organizer, Benchmark Analysis on Composite Sheet Forming
Organizer, Symposium on Computational Methods in Sheet Forming, Sixth World Congress on
Computational Mechanics
Chair, Benchmark Analysis Summary Committee, NUMISHEET
Organizer, Symposium on Materials Development and Utilization in Forming, International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Organizer, NSF Workshop on Composite Sheet Forming
Organizer, CAREER Workshop at the NSF Design and Manufacturing Research
Conference
Organizer, Symposium on Advances in Metal Forming, International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and Exposition
Co-Organizer, Session Affordable Composites Manufacturing: New Advances in Forming
Stamping, and other rapid processing methods, at the annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites (ASC)
Organizer, CAREER Workshop at NSF Design and Manufacturing Research
Conference
Co-Organizer, Session Engineering Mechanics in Manufacturing Processes and Material
Processing, ASME summer conference, McNu
Member, Energy Committee, Mechanical Engineering
Organizer, Mechanics Colloquia Seminar Series
Editor, Newsletter of Department of Mechanical Engineering
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Industrial Engineering
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Mechanical Engineering
Member, Committee on Classrooms of the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Mechanical Engineering
Creator, ME Design and Manufacturing Group Web SiteMember, College Curriculum
Committee, Northwestern University
Proposals to NIST/ATP
Proposals to DoD
Proposals to the National Research Council
NSF Review Panelist for Division of Civil and Mechanics System
NSF Review Panelist for Division of Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation
NSF Review Panelist for NSF Graduate Fellowship
Experimental Mechanics
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
International Journal of Plasticity
ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes
SME Journal of Manufacturing System
ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation
SME Transaction of North American Manufacturing Research Institution
Initiated the World Technology Evaluation Study on Micro-manufacturing, www.wtec.org/micromfg, co-sponsored by NSF, ONR, DOE and NIST.
Co-initiated joint proposal review and co-funding for proposals in the area of predictive polymer processing between NSF/DMII and DOE
Co-initiated joint proposal review and co-funding for proposals in the area of coating and deposition between NSF/DMII and NSF/CMS
Co-initiated joint proposal review and co-funding for proposals in the area of thermo-related processes between NSF/DMII and NSF/CTS
Co-sponsored the CAREER proposal writing workshop
Co-sponsored the Predictive Modeling workshop
Initiated and sponsored the Biomanufacturing workshop
Member, Engineering workgroup on Cyberinfrastructure, NSF
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, School District 37.
Invited speaker to the program 'Women in Engineering', University of Maryland
Selected participant for the NSF New Century Scholars Workshop, Stanford University
Keynote speaker for session Plasticity in Manufacturing Processes & Product Performance’ at 13th U. S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics
Activity officer of the Mechanical Engineering Women Graduate Association, MIT
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers),
SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)
IDDRG (International Deep Drawing Research Group)
AAM (American Academy of Mechanics)
ASC (American Society of Composites)
ASM (American Society of Materials)
USACM (U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics)
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education)
PUBLICATIONS
Holds patents on an adaptive method and apparatus for forming tailor welded blank, and real-time draw-in sensors and methods of fabrication. Author of numerous publications including refereed journal articles, non-refereed conference publications, and book chapters on topics including:
Optimal forming of AL 2008-T4 conical cups using force trajectory control
Draw bead penetration as a control element of material flow
Numerical simulations of sheet metal forming
Accommodation of springback error in channel forming using active binder force control
A predictive tool for delaying wrinkling and tearing failure in cup forming
Wrinkling behavior of rectangular plates under lateral constraints
Using neural network for springback minimization in a channel forming process
A simplified 2-D model for predicting 3-D corner failure in a square part
New apparatus and method for forming tailor welded blanks
An analytical model for plate wrinkling under tri-axial loading and its application
Stress-based prediction for the straight side-wall wrinkling in deep drawing processes
Prediction of plastic wrinkling using energy method
Rapid design of corner restraining force in deep drawn rectangular parts
An analytical model for predicting flange wrinkling in deep drawing
Consistent and minimal springback using a stepped binder force trajectory and neural network control
Novel forming technology for tailor welded blanks
Prediction of side-wall wrinkling in sheet metal forming processes
Prediction of localized thinning in sheet metal using a general anisotropic yield criterion
Forming of aluminum tailor welded blanks
Shell formulation of multi-step inverse analysis for the design of axisymmetric deep drawing process
Assessment of corner failure depths in the deep drawing of 3d panels using simplified 2D numerical and analytical model
Next generation stamping dies
Wrinkling analysis in shrink flanging
Enhancement of sheet metal formability via local adaptive controllers
Effective models for prediction of springback in flanging
Wrinkling limit in tube bending
Materials characterization methods and material models for stamping of woven fabric/thermoplastic composites
Analysis of an axisymmetric deep drawn part forming using less forming steps
Eliminating springback error in u-shaped part forming by variable blankholder force
Stress distribution in coil wrapping and its effect on the final coil deformation
Forming limit curves using an anisotropic yield function with prestrain induced backstress
Dual homogenization and finite element approach for material characterization of textile composites
Characterization of sheet buckling phenomenon subjected to controlled boundary constraints
The reproducing kernel particle method for the numerical simulation of plane strain rolling
A non-orthogonal constitutive model for characterizing woven composite
Experimental implementation of neural network springback control for sheet metal forming
Tailor welded blank forming
Modeling the temperature effect in thermo-forming of woven composites
Estimation of optimal blank holder force trajectories in segmented binders using an arma model
Experimental and numerical analysis on normalization of picture frame tests for composite materials
An effective analytical model for springback prediction in straight flanging processes
A methodology to reduce and quantify wrinkling in tailor welded blank forming
Reproducing kernel element method
Model validation via uncertainty propagation and data transformations
Wrinkling behavior of laminated steel sheets
A hybrid approach for quantifying the winding process and material effects on sheet coil deformation
Microforming –experimental investigation of the extrusion process for micropins and its numerical simulation using rkem
Simulation of bulk metal forming processes using the reproducing kernel particle method
A continuum mechanics based non-orthogonal constitutive model for woven composites
Adaptive enrichment meshfree simulation and experiment on buckling and post-buckling analysis in sheet metal forming
Integrated micro/macro mechanical model of woven fabric composites under large deformation
Approaches for model validation in simulating sheet metal flanging processes
A weighted three-point-based methodology for variance estimation
Experimental study on behavior of woven composites in thermo-stamping under nonlinear temperature trajectories
Composite forming technologies
Bending and flanging of aluminum sheet
Process and adaptive control for sheet formingexperimental and numerical analysis of the buckling and post-buckling phenomena in the yoshida test
Experimental investigation of the size effects observed in the extrusion of micropins
Characterization of a draw-in sensor built on the principal of mutual inductance
The yarn-to-yarn friction of woven fabric
Probabilistic design in a sheet metal stamping process under failure analysis
A draw-in sensor for process control and optimization
Investigation of deformation characteristics of micropins fabricated using microextrusion
Microforming: study of friction conditions and the impact of low friction/high strength die coatings on the extrusion of micropins
Experimental study on woven composites with different temperature trajectories
Microforming: study of grain size and friction effects in the extrusion of micropins
Experimental investigation and comparison of variable blank-holder force trajectories using an arma model
A multi-scale simulation of microforming process using rkem
Sequential optimization and reliability assessment method for metal forming processes
Experimental verification for a non-orthogonal constitutive model for woven composites
An accelerated method for springback compensation
A cooperative benchmark effort on testing of woven composites
Stamping simulation of woven composites using a non-orthogonal constitutive model
Characterization of wrinkling
Estimation of optimal blank holder force trajectories in segmented binders using an arma model
Normalization in the picture frame test of woven composites
Model validation via uncertainty propagation using response surface models
An approach for model validation in simulating sheet metal forming processes
Real-time calculation of optimal blank-holder force history in sheet metal forming using an arma model
Enhancement of coil stiffness using a cardboard core
Sensitivity study on material characterization of textile composite
Numerical simulation and experimental implementation of tailor welded blank forming
Material behavior characterization of textile composite sheets: experiments and simulation
Effective models for prediction of springback in flanging
Numerical determination of mechanical elastic constants of textile composites
Reduction of forming steps of an axisymmetric multi-step drawing problem via numerical modeling
Next generation stamping dies - flexibility and controllability
Analysis of clamping mechanism for tailor welded blank forming
Prediction of springback in straight flanging
Prediction of flange wrinkles in deep drawing
Prediction of forming limit diagram using kb yield criterion
An experimental study to determine the feasibility of implementing process control to reduce part variation in a stamping plant
Design and control of forming parameters using finite element analysis
Methods to obtain the net shape in aluminum sheet forming using active binder force control
Improvement of forming height and stability of aluminum parts using active binder control
Fundamental mechanisms of thermostamping woven composites to develop a comprehensive design tool
Friction behavior in micropin extrusion
Advances in microforming
Automotive deck lid inner panel benchmark simulation
Automotive underbody cross member benchmark simulation results
Numerical tool (rkem) and advancement of experimental setup
Predicting wrinkling and experimental verification
Characterization in stamping of woven composites
Springback prediction in straight flanging
Experimental study on sheet wrinkling behavior and its analysis
Experimental implementation of the novel forming process
Intelligent material and process design for stamping of structural composites
Modeling and comparisons
Stress based wrinkling criterion
Formability of sheet metal via smart tooling
Intelligent material and process design for stamping of structural composites
Fabric modeling
Material characterization in forming structural composites
High volume manufacturing of structural composites
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