Aug. 7th, 2012, Prof. Weidong Zhu
Publishing Time:2012-08-07

Biography
Professor.  Weidong Zhu from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University  of Maryland, gave a talk at the Center for Smart Materials and  Structures (CSMS).
He  earned a PH.D degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of  California at Berkeley, 1994. an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering,  Arizona State University, 1988. and a Dual B.S. degree in Mechanical  Engineering and Computational Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,  1986. Now, he held the Fellow of American Society of Mechanical  Engineers (ASME).
His  research interests include the fields of dynamics, vibration, control,  applied mechanics, and structural health monitoring, and integrates  analytical development, numerical simulation, experimental validation,  and industrial application.
Topic of Invited talk
Recent Advances in Dynamic System Research: From Distributed Structural Systems to Structural Health Monitoring and Wind Energy