Zhen Hu, Ph.D.

Teaching Areas:
Human Centered Engineering DesignResearch Areas:
Integrated Design and Manufacturing, Machine Learning, Optimization, and Intelligent SystemsBiography and Education
RESEARCH INTERESTS
鈥 Risk and reliability
鈥 Design under uncertainty
鈥 Uncertainty quantification
鈥 Additive manufacturing
鈥 Probabilistic engineering mechanics
鈥 Bayesian networks
鈥 Damage prognosis and diagnosis
鈥 Wind/Hydrokinetic turbine systems
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
M.S., Mechatronics Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Central South University (CSU)
Selected Publications
1. Hu, Z., Mahadevan, S., and Ao, D., 鈥淯ncertainty Aggregation and Reduction of Structural-Material Performance Prediction鈥, Computational Mechanics, 2017, 1-21.
2. Hu, Z., and Mahadevan, S., 鈥淯ncertainty Quantification and Management in Additive Manufacturing Needs and Opportunities鈥, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2017, 1-20.
3. Nath, P., Hu, Z., and Mahadevan, S., 鈥淪ensor Placement for Calibration of Spatially Varying Model Parameters鈥, Journal of Computational Physics, 2017, in press.
4. Ao, D., Hu, Z., and Mahadevan, S., 鈥淒esign of Validation Experiments for Life Prediction Models鈥, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2017, 165, 22-33.
5. Hu, Z., Ao, D., and Mahadevan, S., 鈥淐alibration Experimental Design Considering Field Response and Model Uncertainty鈥, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and
Engineering, 2017, v318, pp. 92-119.
6. Hu, Z., and Mahadevan, S., 鈥淭ime-Dependent Reliability Analysis Using a Vine-ARMA Load Model鈥, ASCE-ASME Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, 2016, doi:10.1115/1.4034805.
7. Devathi, H.*, Hu, Z., and Mahadevan, S., 鈥淪nap-Through Buckling Reliability Analysis under Spatiotemporal Variability and Epistemic Uncertainty鈥, AIAA Journal, 2016, DOI:10.2514/1.J054920.
8. Hu, Z., and Mahadevan, S., 鈥淕lobal Sensitivity Analysis-Enhanced Surrogate (GSAS) Modeling for Reliability Analysis鈥, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2015, DOI:10.1007/s00158-015-1347-4.
9. Hu, Z., and Du, X., 鈥 Reliability-based design optimization under stationary stochastic process loads鈥, Engineering Optimization, 2015, in press.
10. Hu, Z., Du, X., Conrad, D., Twohy, R., and Walmsley, M., 鈥淔atigue Reliability Analysis Method for Structures with known loading trend鈥, Structural and Multidisciplinary
Optimization, 2014, in press, DOI 10.1007/s00158-013-1044-0.
11. Hu, Z. and Du, X., 鈥淭ime-Dependent Reliability Analysis with Joint Upcrossing Rates,鈥 Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2013, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s00158-013-0937-2.
Awards and Recognition
鈥淧apers of Distinction鈥, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences 鈥 42th Design Automation Conference 2016
Best Paper Award, the 7th ISC Graduate Research Symposium, Missouri S&T 2013
Finalist for the best paper award, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences 鈥 38th Design Automation Conference 2012
Excellent paper award, School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, HUST 2009
Excellent graduate, CSU 2008
National scholarship of Chinese Ministry of Education, PRC 2007
Chen Xinming scholarship 2006
鈥淓xcellent student of CSU鈥 every academic year 2004-2008
Freshman scholarship of CSU 2004