Head of the Department; Professor Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering
Prof. Yiming Rong received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in December 1989. Before returning to China,he was a tenured professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) and was voted “John W. Higgins Professor of WPI” due to his outstanding contribution to scientific research. He is the Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME Fellow).
Personal Profile
Prof. Yiming Rong received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in December 1989. Before returning to China,he was a tenured professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) and was voted “John W. Higgins Professor of WPI” due to his outstanding contribution to scientific research. He is the Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME Fellow ).
Work Experience:
◆ Jan. 2016-present,
Southern University of Science and Technology,
Chair Professor, Head of the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering
◆ Jul. 2010-Dec. 2015
Tsinghua University,
Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Manufacturing Engineering Research Institute, Member of University Education Committee Chair, Education Committee of ME Department, Vice-chair of ME department academic Committee, etc.
◆ Aug. 1998-Jun. 2016
Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI)
Associate Professor, Full Professor, Chair Professor, John W. Higgins Professor of Mechanical Engineering(2004-2010), Associate Director of Manufacturing & Materials Engr. Program
◆ Aug. 1990-Aug. 1998
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Assistant, Associate Professor of Manufacturing Systems, Department of Technology, College of Engineering
◆ Jan. 1990-Aug. 1990
Postdoctoral Research Associate, the Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Systems
Education:
◆ Dec. 1989 Ph.D. ME, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
◆ May 1987 M.S. IE, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
◆ Jun. 1984 M.S. ME, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
◆ Dec.1981 B.S. ME, Harbin University of Science and Technology, China
Professional Recognition:
◆ 2008 Advisor of Award Winning ASME Manufacturing Design Project
◆ 2004 American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) Fellow
◆ 2003 “John W. Higgins Professor of WPI”
◆ 2009 Outstanding Paper Award at 37th Annual North American
Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), Clemson University, Greenville, SC, May 19-22, 2009
◆ 2004 Best Paper Award at 24th ASME Computers and Information in
Engineering (CIE) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
Representative Books and Papers:
◆ G. Wang, Y. Rong, Computational Modeling and Simulation of Heat Treatment for Metal Alloy, Willey & Sons, 2015 (under development)
◆ G. Wang, Y. Rong, R. Sisson, “Heating and Heat Flow Simulation”, ASM Handbook Volume 22 Modeling and Simulation: Processing of Metallic Materials – Article 13A, 2009, pp.459-474.
◆ Y. Rong, S. H. Huang, and Z. Hou, Advanced Computer-aided Fixture Design, Elsevier Science & Technology, ISBN 0125947518, Academic Press, April 2005; translated into Chinese and published in 2010
◆ Y. Rong and Y. Zhu, Computer-aided Fixture Design, ISBN: 0-8247-9961-5, Marcel Dekker, New York, Apr. 1999 (translated into Chinese and published in 2002)
◆ G. Wang, Y. Rong, “Advances of physics-based precision modeling and simulation for manufacturing processes”, Advances in Manufacturing, Vol. 1, 2013, 75-81
◆ B. Xiao, Q. Wang, G. Wang, R. Sisson, Y. Rong, “Robust methodology for determination of heat transfer coefficient distribution in convection”, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 17, pp. 2815-2821, 2010
◆ B. Xiao, G. Wang, Q. Wang, M. Maniruzzaman, R. Sisson, Y. Rong, “An Experimental Study of Heat Transfer during Forced Air Convection”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 20, No. 7, pp. 1264-1270, 2011
◆ B. Xiao, K. Li and Y. Rong, “Automatic Determination and Evaluation of Residual Stress Calibration Coefficients for Hole-Drilling Strain Gage Integral Method”, Strain: An International Journal for Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 525–534, 2011
◆ J. Kang, Y. Rong, W. Wang, “Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer in Loaded Heat Treatment Furnaces”, Journal of Physics, Vol. 4, No. 120, 2004, pp. 545-553.
◆ X. Li, S. Wolf, G. Zhi, Y. Rong, “The modeling and experimental verification of the grinding wheel topographical properties based on the ‘through-the-process’ method”, Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol.70, pp. 640-659, 2014
◆ X. Li, Y. Rong; Framework of grinding process modeling and simulation based on microscopic interaction analysis; Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 27, 2011, pp. 471–478.
◆ I. Boyle, Y. Rong, and D. Brown, “CAFixD: A Case-based Reasoning Fixture Design Method, Framework and Indexing mechanisms”, ASME Transaction: Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 6, March 2006, pp. 40-48
◆ Y. Zheng, Y. Rong, and Z. Hou, “A Finite Element Analysis for Stiffness of Fixture Units”, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 2, 2005, pp. 429-432.
◆ Y. Kang, Y. Rong, J. A. Yang, “Geometric and Kinetic Model based Computer-Aided Fixture Design Verification”, ASME Transaction: Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 3, Sep. 2003, pp. 187-199.
Contact:
◆ 0755-88018166
Research
Precision machining technology:Mechanism of micro removal;
Modeling simulation and optimization of metal materials processing:Multi- field coupling, whole process chain coupling;
Manufacturing systems: visualization technology, concurrent engineering, multi-system integration; 3D tolerance analysis, quality control, lean manufacturing and CAPP; production line planning and tooling technology;
Teaching
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering (undergraduate student)
Scientific Research Method (master student)
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Prof. Yiming Rong has been engaged in the field of precision manufacturing and digital manufacturing for a long time. He has been widely recognized at home and abroad, published nearly 400 high-level papers, and authored 2 English monographs. His research funding has reached nearly 10 million US dollars (sources include US countries, Natural Science Fund, US Department of Energy, China Natural Science Foundation, 863 Program, National Science and Technology Major Project for Cooperation with Enterprises).