DEPARTMENT CHAIR:                   FU-PEN CHIANG
GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR: ROBERT KUKTA

Zuo, Lei, Brindak, Zachary & Tang, Xiudong. (2011).   R&D 100 Award.

Tang, Xiudong and Zuo, Lei. (2011).  Best Technology Development of Energy Harvesting, IDTechEx,     Cambridge, MA. 

Darvishi, Samira and Cubaud, Thomas. (2011).  Lubrication of highly viscous core-annular flows in microfluidic chambers,  Journal of Fluids Engineering, (113): 031203-6.

Cubaud, Thomas, Jose, Bibin M., and Darvishi, Samira. (2011).  Folded micro-threads: role of viscosity and interfacial tension, Physics of Fluids, (23): 042002.

Bhagavat, S., Liberato, J. C., Chung, C., Kao, I. (2010).  Effects of mixed abrasive grits in slurries on free abrasive machining (FAM) processes,  International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture, (50): 843-847.

Chung, C. and Kao, I. (2011).  Modeling of axially moving wire with damping: Eigenfunctions, orthogonality and applications in slurry wiresaws.  Journal of Sound and Vibration, (330): 2947-2963.

Tsai, C., Nishiyama, J., Kao, I., Higashimori, M. and Kaneko, M.  (2010).  Study of the relationship between the strain and strain rate for viscoelastic contact interface in robotic grasping, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 592-597, Taipei, Taiwan.

Nishiyama, J., Tsai, C., Quigley, M., Kao, I., Shibata, A., Higashimori, M. and Kaneko, M. (2011).   An experimental study of biologically inspired artificial skin sensor under static loading and dynamic stimuli.  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 1778-1783.

Ramierz-Alpizar , I. G., Higashimori, M., Kaneko, M., Tsai, C. and Kao, I.  (2011).  Nonprehensile dynamic manipulation of a sheet-like viscoelastic object.   IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 5103-5108.

Tsai, C., Kao, I., Shibata, A., Yoshimoto, K., Higashimori, M. and Kaneko, M. (2010).  Study of creep response of viscoelastic contact interface under force control.  Experimental IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 4275-4280.

Chung, C. (2011).  Wafer manufacturing: Challenges and advances. Invited Talk in National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Jose, Bibin M., and Cubaud, Thomas. (2010).  Arrangement of high-viscosity droplets in diverging/converging microchannels, 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society- Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, CA.

Darvishi, Samira, and Cubaud, Thomas. (2010).  Capillary threads and droplet-decorated streams in microchannels, 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society- Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, CA.

Penamalli, Gopinath Reddy and Zuo, Lei. (2010).  Analysis of train induced elastic waves in rail and the feasibility for damage detection.  NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges: Structural Materials Technology (SMT).  New York, NY.

Zhou, W Gopinath Reddy, Penamalli and Zuo, L. (2011).  Multi-mode vibration energy harvester and tuned mass damper using double-beam structure.   ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE).  Denver, CO.

Tang, Xiudong, Zuo, L., Lin, T. and Zhang, P. (2011).  Improved design of linear electromagnetic transducers for large-scale vibration energy harvesting, Smart Structures and Materials: Proceedings of SPIE.

Tang, Xiudong and Zuo, Lei. (2011).  Simulation and Experiment Validation of Simultaneous Vibration Control and Energy Harvesting from Buildings via Tuned Mass Dampers" (invited paper), Proceeding of America Control Conference.

Tang, Xiudong and Zuo, Lei. (2011).  Enhanced Vibration Energy Harvesting using Dual-Mass Systems, 2011 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Washington DC.

Xu, T.B., Kang, J.H., Siochi, E.J., Zuo, L., Zhou, W., Tang, Xiudong, Jiang, X. (2011). A Piezoelectric Ceramic Multilayer Stack for Energy Harvesting under Dynamic Forces", 2011 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences.

Chung, C. (2010).  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.