Xiaoping Qian - Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering ...
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<strong>Xiaoping</strong> <strong>Qian</strong><br />
Associate Professor<br />
<strong>Mechanical</strong>, <strong>Materials</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> Department<br />
Illinois Institute of Technology<br />
Chicago, IL 60616<br />
Tel: 312-567-5855, Email: qian@iit.edu<br />
Professional Preparation<br />
B.S., <strong>Mechanical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, Huazhong University of Science <strong>and</strong> Technology, China, 1992<br />
M.S., <strong>Mechanical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>. Huazhong University of Science <strong>and</strong> Technology, China, 1995<br />
Ph.D., <strong>Mechanical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, The University of Michigan, 2001<br />
Appointments<br />
2010 – present Associate Professor, <strong>Mechanical</strong>, <strong>Materials</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, Illinois<br />
Institute of Technology<br />
2004 – 2010 Assistant Professor, <strong>Mechanical</strong>, <strong>Materials</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, Illinois<br />
Institute of Technology<br />
2001 – 2004 Research Scientist, Product Realization Lab, General Electric Global Research Center<br />
Other Appointments<br />
Sabbatical Visit, Technical University of Denmark, Fall 2010<br />
Guest Researcher, National Institute of St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> Technology, Summer 2006<br />
ASEE/AFOSR Summer Fellow, Air Force Research Laboratory, Summer 2005<br />
Honors <strong>and</strong> Awards<br />
MMAE Department Excellence in Research award, 2008, 2012<br />
ASME IDETC/CIE Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award, 2012<br />
SIAM Geometric Design <strong>and</strong> Physical Modeling Symposium Best Paper Award, 1 st place, 2011<br />
ASME IDETC/CIE Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award, 2010<br />
Sigma Xi/IIT Chapter Excellence in University Research Award, Junior Faculty Category, 2009<br />
SME Research Initiation award, 2007<br />
New Innovator Award, Inspection & Manufacturing Technologies, GE Global Research, 2004<br />
Five Relevant Publications<br />
1. <strong>Qian</strong>, X. <strong>and</strong> Sigmund, O., "Topological Design of Electromechanical Actuators with Robustness<br />
toward over- <strong>and</strong> under-etching", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics <strong>and</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>,<br />
accepted.<br />
2. K. Li, <strong>and</strong> X. <strong>Qian</strong>, "Isogeometric Analysis <strong>and</strong> Shape Optimization via Boundary Integral",<br />
Proceedings of 2011 SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric <strong>and</strong> Physical Modeling (Best Paper<br />
Award), Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 1427 - 1437, 2011.<br />
3. X. <strong>Qian</strong>, O. Sigmund, "Isogeometric Shape Optimization of Photonic Crystals via Coons Patches",<br />
Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 2011, 200(25-28):2237-2255.<br />
4. X. <strong>Qian</strong>, "Full Analytical Sensitivities in NURBS Based Isogeometric Shape Optimization", Com.<br />
Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 2010 199(29 -32):2059-2071.<br />
5. P. Yang <strong>and</strong> X. <strong>Qian</strong>, "A B-Spline Based Approach to Heterogeneous Object Design <strong>and</strong> Analysis,"<br />
Comp. Aided Des., 2007 34(2):95-111.<br />
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Five Additional Publications<br />
1. P. Yang, <strong>and</strong> X. <strong>Qian</strong>, "Adaptive Slicing of Moving Least Squares Surfaces: Toward Direct<br />
Manufacturing from Point Cloud Data", ASME Trans. J. Comp. Infor. Sci. Eng., 2008, 8(3):031003:1-<br />
11.<br />
2. P. Yang, <strong>and</strong> X. <strong>Qian</strong>, "Direct Computing of Surface Curvatures for Point-Set Surfaces", Proceedings<br />
of 2007 IEEE/Eurographics Symposium on Point-based Graphics(PBG), Prague, Czech Republic,<br />
2007.<br />
3. X. <strong>Qian</strong>, <strong>and</strong> D. Dutta, "Feature Based Design for Heterogeneous Objects", Comp. Aided Des., 2004,<br />
36(12):1263-1278.<br />
4. X. <strong>Qian</strong>, <strong>and</strong> D. Dutta, "Design of Heterogeneous Turbine Blade", Comp. Aided Des., 2003, 35(3):<br />
319-329.<br />
5. X. <strong>Qian</strong>, <strong>and</strong> D. Dutta, "Feature Based Fabrication in Layered Manufacturing", ASME Trans. J.<br />
Mech. Des., 2001, 123(3):337-345.<br />
Synergistic Activities<br />
1. Associate Editor: ASME Journal of Computing <strong>and</strong> Information Science in <strong>Engineering</strong>, ASME<br />
Journal of Manufacturing Science in <strong>Engineering</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Journal Computer-Aided Design<br />
2. Created graduate courses Design Optimization <strong>and</strong> Advanced CAD/CAM. Taught undergraduate<br />
Machine Design <strong>and</strong> CAD courses<br />
3. Established a Computational Design <strong>and</strong> Manufacturing research lab with support from 7 NSF grants,<br />
2 AFOSR grants, NIST, SME, Generic Electric, <strong>and</strong> General Dynamics<br />
4. Recruited <strong>and</strong> supported four postdocs, twelve graduate students, <strong>and</strong> two undergraduates<br />
5. Developed an Innovative Product Development Studio, including a dedicated CAD/CAM Education<br />
Lab with computer workstations <strong>and</strong> CAD software such as Pro/Engineer <strong>and</strong> Unigraphics<br />
Collaborators <strong>and</strong> Other Affiliations<br />
Collaborators: Dariusz Ceglarek (University of Wisconsin), Greg Dahlen (Veeco Instruments), Kevin G.<br />
Harding (GE Research), Joe Ross (GE Transportation), Jiong Tang (UConn), Brian Tsou (Air Force<br />
Research Lab), John Villarrubia (NIST), Shiyu Zhou (University of Wisconsin), Yong Chen (USC), Ole<br />
Sigmund (DTU)<br />
Ph.D. Advisor: Deba Dutta (Doctoral Thesis Advisor), Professor, Department of <strong>Mechanical</strong><br />
<strong>Engineering</strong>, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<br />
Postdoc/Graduate Students: Postdoc: Yunbao Huang (HUST), Yu Liu (Xiamen Univ), Seungcheol<br />
Yang, Wei Zhao (Autodesk)<br />
Ph.D. students: Pinghai Yang (GE Research), Kangmin Xu, Roger Li, Mingming Wang, Songtao Xia,<br />
Xilu Wang, Jing Li;<br />
MS students: Shilian Chen, Karthikeyan Kittappan, Soner Ozkan (GE), Tim Schmidt (Scott Inc.),<br />
Fenglei Tian (Qualcomm), Noah Jaxon<br />
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