Graduate Students now studying at University of Houston
Mr. Haichang Gu
Ph.D. student
Contact: haichang.hu@mail.uh.edu
Research interests: Passive damping,health minitoring, fuzzy logic, wavelet.
Publications:
1. H.Gu and G.Song, Positive position feedback vibration control of a composite I-beam with fuzzy gain tuning, Proceedings of IMECE'02, 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 17-22, 2002.
Mr. Ning Ma
Ph.D. student.
Contact: Ning.Ma@mail.uh.edu
Research interests: Modeling and control of smart materials and smart structures. Applications of smart materials in various areas. Present research is focused on the shape memory alloy's model using the constitutive model, Preisach model and neural networks, control of shape memory alloy using robust control, modulation techniques and neural network control, and shape memory alloy's applications in the biomedical area.
Publications:
1. N. Ma, G. Song and H. Lee, Position control of SMA actuators using internal electrical resistance feedback, SPIE’s 10th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diegon, 2003.
2. N. Ma, G. Song, Control of shape memory alloy actuators using pulse width (PW) modulation, SPIE’s 9 th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diegon, 2002.
3. G. Song and N. Ma, Control of shape memory alloy actuators using pulse width pulse frequency modulation,ASME Internal Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York,Nov, 2001.
Mr. Vineet Sethi
Ph.D. student.
Contact: vsethi2@mail.uh.edu.
Research interests:
Vibration suppression of structures using smart materials. The vibration suppression strategies include, but not restricted to, positive position feedback, strain rate feedback and a variety of modern control design methods. The present research is focused on applications of smart materials for vibration suppression in large civil structures. I shall be developing and designing an innovative test structure, scaled version of a large cable stayed bridge for the implementation and applications of various smart materials and vibration suppression strategies.
Publications:
1. V. Sethi, System identification and active vibration control smart pultruded fiber-reinforced polymer I-beam, University of Akron, M.S. Thesis, Dec 2002.
2. V. Sethi and G. Song, Pole placement control of a smart flexible beam, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov 2002.
3. G. Song and V. Sethi, Comparative study of active controls of a large composite I-beam, Seventh International symposium on Structural Engineering for Young Experts, Tianjin, China, Aug 2002.
4. V. Sethi, G. Song and P. Qiao, System identification and active vibration control of an eleven-foot composite I-Beam using smart materials, 3rd World Conference on Structural Control, Italy, May 2002.
5. G. Song, P. Qiao, V. Sethi and A. Prasad, Active vibration control of a smart pultruded fiber-reinforced polymer I-beam, Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on Smart Materials and Structures, San Diego, CA, Mar 2002.
Mr. Bin Fan
Ph.D. student
Contact: Bin.Fan@mail.uh.edu
Research interests:
MEMS/Microfluidics, Computational Fluid Dynamics,Rapid Prototyping/Tooling, Advanced Manufacturing.Publications:
1.,F. Bin, G. Wang and H. Zhang ,Numerical study on the characters of DC plasma spraying In RPST, Inter Conf. on Energy Conversion And Application, China,Jun. 2001.
2.F, Bin, Numerical study of interaction between particle and plasma and its effect on coating growth in rapid plasma spraying tooling,17 th International Conference Computer Aided Production Engineering China, Oct. 2001.
Graduate Students now studying at University of Akron
Mr. Ming Zeng
MS. student
Contact: zengming168@yahoo.com
Research interests: Design, fabrication, and implementation of fixtures for experimental setup; solid modeling and semi-active vibration control for dynamic systems;Development and applications of magnetorheological (MR) fluids and other smart materials.
Publications:
1. G. Song, M. Zeng and P. Lam,A simple but effective experiment to illustrate second order dynamic systems, National Educators Workshop: Update 2002, 10-, San Jose, CA, 2002.
2. M. Zeng and G. Song, Design and development of a thin-film MR damper/lock, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials, 5052-09, San Diego, CA, 2003.
Ms. Xiaoqin Zhou
MS. student.
Contact: XiaoqinZhou@netscape.net.
Research interests: Modeling and analysis of smart materials and structures. Finite element analysis, numerical modeling, constitutive relations.
Publications:
1. X. Zhou, J. Zhao, G. Song, and J. De Abreu-Garcia, Preisach modeling of hysteresis and tracking control of a thunder actuator system, SPIE’s 10th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diegon, 2003
2. X. Zhou, G. Song, and W. Binienda, Thermal deformation compensation of a composite beam using piezoelectric actuators, submitted to Journal of Smart Materials and Structures, 2002
3. X. Zhou, H. Li, J. Lie, and J. Xiao, ANSYS three-dimension thermal analysis and its application, Journal of Wuhan Transportation University, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1999
4. X. Zeng, X. Zhou, and J. Xiao, Finite element analysis of heat transfer and thermal stress of cylinder liner, Proceedings of the 2nd Youth Conference of Chinese Society for Internal Combustion Engine, Shanghai, China, 1997
5. J. Xiao, X. Zeng, and X. Zhou, The units exchange of ICE heat transfer experience formula, Proceedings of the Conference of Hubei Province Society for Internal Combustion Engine and Wuhan Society for Internal Combustion Engine, Wuhan, China, 1996
6. J. Xiao, X. Zeng, and X. Zhou, A simple method for the heat transfer boundary condition of cylinder liners, Proceedings of the Conference of Hubei Province Society for Internal Combustion Engine and Wuhan Society for Internal Combustion Engine, Wuhan, China, 1996
Part-time students
Mr. Mubin Xu
Ph.D. student (part-time)