Faculty
Profile
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Weihang
Zhu, Ph.D. Assistant
Professor, Graduate Advisor (For Graduate
Student) Department
of Industrial Engineering Ph.D.
Industrial Engineering, M.S.
Mechanical and Energy Engineering, B.S.
Mechanical and Energy Engineering, |
Areas
of Expertise
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CAD/CAM/CIMS
(Computer-aided design and manufacturing, computer-integrated manufacturing
system)
·
Computer
Haptics and Graphics
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Virtual
Reality-based Medical Simulation
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Computational
Geometry
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Information
Technology, Engineering Database design, software programming (mainly VC++
& VB.NET)
·
Multi-axis
NC machining, NC simulation and verification, Polyhedral Surface machining
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High
performance computing, GPGPU
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Logistics,
simulation modeling, optimization with meta-heuristics
·
Quality
Improvement, Statistical Quality Control
Selected Projects (20
proposals submitted, 4 funded):
·
PI,
A Study of the Impact of the Haptic-augmented Learning Tools on the Dynamics
Course, Sponsored by National Science Foundation – CCLI program, 04/2008 ~ 04/2009
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Co-PI,
Wood Procurement Modeling and Optimization for MeadWestvaco paper mill, Sponsored
by MeadWestvaco, 05/2008 ~ 10/2008 (Phase 1)
Selected
Papers/Presentations
Journal papers (13 published, 5 in
review):
l Weihang Zhu, J. Curry, A. Marquez, SIMD Tabu Search for
Quadratic Assignment Problem with Graphics Hardware Acceleration, Submitted to International Journal of Production Research
l W. Li, H. Peng, Weihang Zhu, D. Sheng, J. Chen, An
Immune-Tabu Hybrid Algorithm for Thermal Unit Commitment Problem in Power Plant
Optimization, Submitted to IEEE
Transactions of Power Systems
l X.C. Li, Weihang Zhu, P. Corder, Numerical Study
on Heat Transfer of Inclined Jet Impingement with Explicit Crossflow, Submitted
to International Journal of Numerical
Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
l Weihang Zhu, A Methodology for Building up an
Infrastructure for Haptically Enhanced Computer-Aided Design Systems, Transaction of the ASME: Journal of Computing
and Information Science in Engineering, Issue 3, 2008
l Susana Lai-Yuen, Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Haptic
Force-Torque Rendering with Automatic Docking and Assembly Search Method for
Computer-Aided Molecular Design (CAMD) and Molecular Assembly Simulation,
submitted to Computer-Aided Design
l Yongfu Ren,
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, An Infrastructure Towards
Haptic Virtual Assembly with Native 3D Models in Mainstream CAD Systems, Transactions of SME/NAMRC 2007
l Yongfu Ren, Weihang Zhu and Yuan-Shin Lee,
Pencil-cut Machining with Material Side Tracing and Curve Refinement for
Complex Polyhedral Models, Transactions of SME
NAMRC 2006;
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Five-axis Pencil-Cut
Machining Planning and Virtual Prototyping with a 5-DOF Haptic Interface, Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 36, Issue 13,
2004, pages 1295-1307
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Dexel-Based Force-Torque
Rendering and Volume Updating for 5-DOF Haptic Product Prototyping and Virtual
Sculpting, Computer in Industry, Vol.
55, Issue 2, 2004, pages 125-145
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, A Marching Algorithm of
Constructing Polyhedral Models from Dexel Models for Haptic Virtual Sculpting, Robotics and Computer-Integrated
Manufacturing, Vol 21, Issue 1, Page 19-36, 2005
l Yongfu Ren, Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Material
Side Tracing and Curve Refinement for Pencil-cut Machining of Complex
Polyhedral Models, Computer-Aided Design,
Vol. 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 975-1093
Refereed conference
papers (9 published, 1 in review):
l Weihang Zhu, Kendrick Aung, Bhavan Parikh, Jiang Zhou,
Malur Srinivasan, Thomas Matthews, A Study of the Impact of Haptic-augmented
Learning Tools on the Dynamics Course, submitted to ASME IMECE 2008 66339,
Boston, MA, USA
l Weihang Zhu, Haptic Guided Rigid Body Dynamic Study for
Virtual Assembly in Mainstream CAD Systems, Proceedings of ASME IMECE, Seattle,
WA, USA, IMECE2007-41513
l Xianchang Li, Weihang Zhu, Paul Corder, Numerical
Study on Heat Transfer of Inclined Jet Impingement with Explicit Crossflow,
Proceedings of ASME-JSME Thermal
Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, 2007, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, HT2007-32478
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Haptic Manipulation of
Native 3D CAD Models in Mainstream CAD/CAM Systems, Proceedings of ASME IMECE 2006
l
l Brandon Itkowitz, Josh
Handley, Weihang Zhu, OpenHaptics: Add 3D Navigation and Haptics to
Graphics Application, Proceedings of World
Haptics 2005, Pisa, Italy, March 2005
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Virtual Sculpting and
Multi-axis Polyhedral Machining Planning Methodology with 5-DOF Haptic
Interface, Proceedings of EuroHaptics
2004
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Product Prototyping and
Manufacturing Planning with 5-DOF Haptic Sculpting and Dexel Volume Updating,
Proceedings of IEEE Haptics Symposium 2004
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Haptic Sculpting and
Machining Planning with 5-DOF Haptic Interface for Virtual Prototyping and
Manufacturing, Proceedings of The International
Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria,
Portugal, Oct 2003
l Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Haptic Sculpting and
Pencil-cut Planning in Virtual Prototyping and Manufacturing, Proceedings of
The ASME IMECE (International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition), Washington DC, USA, Nov, 2003, (Paper
#: IMECE2003-42489)
Selected Industrial
Experience:
·
Engineer,
SensAble Technology Inc., (MIT Media Lab spin-off), Woburn, MA, 2004: haptic
software and hardware
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Senior
Engineer, Yantric Inc., (MIT Touch Lab spin-off), Cambridge, MA, 2004 ~ 2005:
virtual reality, medical simulation
Contact Information
Phone: (409)
880-8876
Fax: (409)
880-8121
Email: Weihang.Zhu
AT Lamar Dot Edu
Web: http://dept.lamar.edu/industrial/index.html
Personal: http://www.hapticdepot.com/
Detailed Faculty Profile: http://dept.lamar.edu/industrial/faculty_Profiles/WeihangZhu_Profile.htm
Last update: 05/19/2008