MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CHAIR: FU-PEN CHIANG GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR: LIN-SHU WANG Grants, Fellowships, and Awards Brundage, M., Chang, Q., Chen, D., Yu, V. (2013). Best Paper Finalist, Energy Savings Opportunities of an Integrated Facility and Production Line. Proceedings of the ASME 2013 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Madison, WI. Jointly Authored Publications Fu, G., Zuo, L., Longtin, J., Nie, C., Gambino, R. (2013). Thermoelectric Properties of Magnesium Silicide Fabricated using Vacuum Plasma Thermal Spray. Journal of Applied Physics, 114(14): 144905. Longtin, J., Zuo, L., Hwang, D., Fu, G., Tewolde, M., Chen, Y. and Sampath, S. (2013). Fabrication of Thermoelectric Devices Using Thermal Spray: Application to Vehicle Exhaust Systems. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 22(5): 577-587. Li, Y., Chang, Q., Brundage, M.P., Xiao, G., Biller, S. (2012). Standalone Throughput Analysis on the Wave Propagation of Disturbances in Production Sub-Systems. J Manuf. Sci. Eng. 2013: 135(5): 051001-051001-8. DOI:10.1115/1.4024815 Zhou, Wanlu, Penamalli, G.R., and Zuo, Lei. (2012). An Efficient Vibration Energy Harvester with Multi-Mode Dynamic Magnifier. Smart Materials and Structures, 21: 015014. Zhou, Wanlu, and Zuo, Lei. (2012). Sensitivity-Enhanced Admittance-Based Structure Health Monitoring using a Higher-Order Resonant Circuit. Smart Materials and Structures, 21: 105023. Xu, T.B., Siochi, E., Kang, J.H., Zuo, Lei, Zhou, Wanlu, Tang, X. and Jiang, X. (2013). Energy Harvesting using a PZT Ceramic Multilayer Stack. Smart Materials and Structures, 22: 065015. Zhou, Wanlu, Penamalli, G.R., and Zuo, Lei. (2012). Admittance-Based Damage Detection Method using a Higher-Order Circuit. Proceedings of SPIE in Smart Structures, March 11-15, San Diego, CA. Zhou, Wanlu, Wu, Y., and Zuo, Lei. (2013). Experiment Study on Damage Detection Method with Higher-Order Circuit. SPIE Smart Structures/NDE, March 12-13, San Diego, CA. Zhou, Wanlu, and Zuo, Lei. (2013). A Self-Powered Piezoelectric Vibration Control System with Switch Pre-Charged Inductor (SPCI) Method. American Control Conference, June 17-19, Washington, D.C. Zhou, Wanlu, and Zuo, Lei. (2013). A Novel Piezoelectric Multilayer Stack Energy Harvester with Force Amplification. Proceedings of the ASME, IDETC/CIE, August 4-7, Portland, OR. Zhou, Wanlu, Xu, T.B., and Zuo, Lei. (2013). A Piezoelectric Multilayer-Stack Energy Harvester with Flextensional Frame. MFPT 2013 and ISA’s 59th International Instrumentation Symposium, May 13-17, Cleveland, OH. .