Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 2013
• M.S. Safety Technique and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, China, 2008
• B.S., Mining Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, China, 1996

Research Interests

• Sensors and micro/nano fabrication
• MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems) and Microfluidic devices,
• Mechanical system design
• Simulation, sensitivity analysis, topology optimization
• Metamaterials, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), Deep Learning.

Courses Taught

• MCET 200, Statics
• MCET 201, Strength of Materials
• MCET 202, Strength of Materials Lab
• MCET 313, Fluid Mechanics
• MCET 314, Fluid Mechanics Lab
• MCET 421, Hydraulics and Pneumatics
• MCET 422, Hydraulics and Pneumatics Lab
• ENGT 100, Introduction to Engineering Technology
• ENGT 105, Engineering Problem Solving
• ENGT 261, Fundamentals of Engineering Graphics
• ENGT 301, Computer Programming
• ENGT 421, Senior Project I
• ENGT 422, Senior Project II
• ENGR 200, Engineering Graphics

Publications

• Performance study of a PDMS-based microfluidic device for detection of continuous distributed static and dynamic loads, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 23 (2013) 085007. 
• Stress relaxation measurement of viscoelastic materials using a polymer-based microfluidic device, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 203, December 2013, Pages 119-130. 
• Concurrent Spatial Mapping (CSM) of the elasticity of heterogeneous soft materials via a polymer-based microfluidic device, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 23 (2013) 105007.
• Detection of distributed static and dynamic loads with electrolyte-enabled distributed transducers in a polymer-based microfluidic device, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 23 (2013) 035015 (15pp). 
• Effect of polarization voltage on the measured quality factor of a multiple-beam tuning-fork gyroscope, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 187, November 2012, pp. 118-126. 
• A multiple-beam tuning-fork gyroscope with high quality factors, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 166, March 2011, pp. 22-33. 
• Static, Vibration Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis of Stepped Beams Using Singularity Functions, Journal of Structures, Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 234085, 13 pages. 

Patent Publications

• WO2014025881 A2: A polymer-based microfluidic resistive sensor for detecting distributed loads, methods, and processes for fabricating the same.