Xiaoping Qian - Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering ...

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