Dr Weidong Zhu
Professor
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250
Office: Engineering 225 H
Phone: (410) 455-3394
Fax: (410) 455-1052
Email: wzhu@research.umbc.edu
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Academic Preparation
Dual B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Computational Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1986
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 1988
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1994 |
Employment History
Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, July 2007 - Present
Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, July 2004 - June 2007
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Aug. 1999 - June 2004
Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota, Aug. 1997 - July 1999
Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sept. 1994 - Aug. 1997
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, summer 1996
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, summer 1995
Postdoctoral Research Engineer, University of California, Berkeley, 1994 |
Research Areas
My research interest lies in the fields of dynamics, vibration, control,
applied mechanics, and structural health monitoring. Our research combines
analytical development, numerical simulation, experimental validation,
and industrial application.
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Courses Taught at UMBC ME
ENME812V: Nonlinear Vibrations
ENME662: Linear Vibrations
ENME664: Advanced Dynamics
ENME360: Vibrations
ENME605: Systems Analysis
ENES221: Dynamics
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Selected Publications
C.N. Wong, W.D. Zhu, and G.Y. Xu, “On an Iterative General-Order Perturbation Method for Multiple Structural Damage Detection,” Journal of Sound and Vibration , pp. 363-386, 2004, Vol. 273.
W.D. Zhu, and L.J. Teppo, “Design and Analysis of a Scaled Model of a High-Rise, High- Speed Elevator,” Journal of Sound and Vibration , Vol. 264, pp. 707-731, 2003.
W.D. Zhu, J. Ni, and J. Huang, "Active Control of Translating Media with Arbitrarily Varying Length," ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics , Vol. 123, pp. 347-358, 2001.
W.D. Zhu, and J. Ni, “Energetics and Stability of Translating Media with an Arbitrarily Varying Length,” ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics , Vol. 122, pp. 295-304, 2000.
W.D. Zhu, B.Z. Guo, and C.D. Mote, Jr., "Stabilization of a Translating Tensioned Beam Through a Pointwise Control Force," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 122, pp. 322-331, 2000.
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