Director

PhD Students

Alumni

Dr. Ning Bian (Ph.D. 2023, Current position: Associate at Exponent)

Dr. Runyu Zhang (Ph.D. 2023, Current position: Postdoc at Argonne National Lab)

Christopher Paniagua (M.S. 2023, Current position: Lockheed Martin)

Dr. Mohammad Hatamleh (Postdoc 2020, Current position: Adaptive3D Technologies)

Dr. Sadeq Malakooti (Ph.D. 2020, Current position: NASA Glenn Research Center)

Dr. Xuemin Wang (Ph.D. 2018, Current position: Bank of America)

Dr. Huiyang Luo (Research Scientist 2018, Current position: Senior Engineer II at Karagozian & Case, Inc.)

Dr. Zhenxing Hu (Postdoc 2018, Current position: Metrology Engineer at Google)

Dr. Tingge Xu (Ph.D. 2017, Current position: Sr. FEA Engineer at Apple)

Dr. Yingjie Du (Ph.D. 2015, Current position: Assistant Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch)

Dr. Gitogo Churu (Ph.D. 2014, Current position: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Letourneau University)

Dr. Mohammad Hamidul Haque (Ph.D. 2012, Current position: Petroleum Engineer at Aramco Americas)

Saman Rostami (M.S. 2019,  Current position: PhD student of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University)

Shameek Sushil Kulkarni (M.S. 2018, Current position: Process Engineer at Pegatron Corporation)

Rhorn John (M.S. 2018, Current position: R&D Engineer at Tranter, Inc.)

Ashika Lokanath Malligawad (M.S. 2016, Current position: Member of The Indian Space Research Organisation – ISRO)

Salman Khaleeq (M.S. 2015, Current position: Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer at Johnson & Johnson)

Alison S Lee (M.S. 2014, Current position: Project Engineer I – Mechanical at AVL North America Inc)

Shannon John Menezes (MSc 2013, Current position: Process TD Engineer – D1C at Intel Corporation)

Chen Cheng (M.S. 2011, Current position: Design Engineer at Oceaneering International, Inc.)

Samuel May (B.S. 2018, Current position: Manufacturing Engineer, Texas Instruments Inc)

Suzie Ghidei (B.S. 2018, Current position: Manufacturing Engineer, Texas Instruments Inc)

Dr. Hongbing Lu

Professor, Associate Department Head, and Louis A. Beecherl Jr. Chair
Mechanical Engineering, the University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080

Professional Preparation

• 1997 Ph.D. in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.
• 1988 M.S. in Solid Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China.
• 1986 B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

Appointments

• 10-Present Louis Beecherl Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Texas at Dallas.
• 8/09-12/09 PACCAR Professor of Mechanical & Energy Engineering, University of North Texas.
• 2006-7/2009 Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University.
• 2001-2006 Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University.
• 1996-2001 Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University.
• 1988-1991 Civil Engineer, The Highway Design Institute of Guangdong Province, China.

Professional Associations

• Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2016
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015
• Correspondence Member, International (Russian) Academy of Engineering, 2011
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2009
• Society for Experimental Mechanics, Associate Technical Editor for Experimental Mechanics (2010). Member of the International Advisory Board (2005-2008), Chair of the Division of Time-Dependent Materials (TDM), 1999-2003; Vice-Chair (TDM), 1998-1999; Secretary (TDM), 6/1997-6/1998.
• Associate Technical Editor: Experimental Mechanics
• Editor: Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Selected Honors and Awards

• 2015 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2012 Faculty Research Award, Johnson School of Engineering & Computer Science, UTD.
• 2009 Best Paper Award, International Conference on Web Handling, Stillwater, OK.
• 2008 Regents Distinguished Research Award, OSU.
• 2008 CEAT Halliburton Outstanding Faculty Award, CEAT, OSU.
• 2007 Best Poster Award, 14th International Sol-Gel Conference, Montpellier, France.
• 2007 Best Paper Award, International Conference on Web Handling, Stillwater, OK.
• 2004, 05 & 06 Golden Screw Teaching Award by Mechanical Engineering Students, OSU.
• 2001 Haliburton Outstanding Young Faculty Award, OSU.
• 2000 NSF Career Award.
• 1998 – 2000 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award.
• 1993 & 1995 Li Ming Scholarship Award (Caltech).
• 1991 Charles Lee Powell Foundation Graduate Fellowship (Caltech).