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Dr.
Xiaoping Qian is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical, Materials and
Aerospace Engineering at IIT. He
received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the He
directs the Computational Design
and Manufacturing Laboratory. His research interests lie in the general
area of computational design, analysis and manufacturing. His current
research activities include: 1.
Shape and topology
optimization. His group is developing new techniques and
applications in shape and topology optimization. Research in this area
includes B-spline based shape and topology optimization. 2.
Geometric
modeling and geometry processing of massive point-cloud data: Rapid advancement of
3D sensing techniques has spurred the growing use of massive point-cloud data
in various 3D applications. Our research focuses on developing mathematical
foundation and computational techniques for effectively processing dense
point data for product development use. 3.
Nano-manipulation
and assembly: Atomic force microscopes (AFM) are capable of nanoscale imaging and
manipulation. Our research focuses on developing tools and methods for
automating nano manipulation with the eventual goal of nanoscale device
prototyping. He
teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses, including CAD/CAM, Design Optimization, Nanoscale
Imaging and Manipulation, and Machine
Element Design. Editorial Activities o Editorial Board, Computer-Aided Design (2012- present) o Associate
Editor, ASME Journal of Computing and
Information Science in Engineering (2009- present) o Editorial Board, CAD & CG (Chinese) (2010- present) o Associate
Editor, SME Journal of Manufacturing
Systems (2008-2011) o Guest
Editor, Journal Computer-Aided Design,
Special Issue on "Point-Based
Computational Techniques"
in Volume 41, Issue 4, April 2009 Curriculum Vitae (2/2009) |
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News o Position openings: 2 ~ 3 Ph.D. students and Postdoc positions are available immediately (April 2012) o ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Best Paper Award: " Isogeometric analysis and shape optimization via boundary integral" by Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian won the Best Paper Award in SIAM/ACM GD/SPM 11 in Orlando, FL. (Nov 2011). o NSF
Grant: Dr. Qian (in collaboration with Dr. Guangyong Li from PITT)
awarded an NSF grant to study Nano
assembly (September 2010) o NSF
Grant: Dr. Qian awarded an NSF grant to study direct measurement from scan
data (July 2010) o Tutorial: Dr. Qian to offer a tutorial on Isogeometric Modeling, Analysis and Optimization, covering the use of NURBS and T-splines in geometric modeling, physical analysis and design optimization in the upcoming 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE conferences in Montreal, Canada (July 2010). o ASME
Best Paper Award: "Slicing point-set surfaces with topological
guarantee," by Pinghai Yang, Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian, has been
selected as the Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD best
paper award in the upcoming 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE conferences. The award comes
with a plaque and a check for $500. (July 2010) o Research Poster Competitions awards: Arash (Ph.D. student) won Research Poster Competitions awards for his work in "Planning AFM based Nano Manipulation, " third place in the University competition, and 2nd place in the Department competition (April 2010) o Sigma Xi Award: Pinghai (Ph.D. graduate) won IIT/Sigma Xi Award, student division (April 2010). o Finalist for Best Automation Paper Award: "Adaptive Scanning in Atomic Force Microscopy" is a finalist for Best Automation Paper Award at 2009 IEEE International Conference for Robotics and Automation (ICRA09) (May 2009) o Sigma Xi Award: Dr. Qian awarded the IIT/Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in University Research, Junior Faculty category (April 2009) o NSF grant: on Variation Propagation in Periodic Structures: From Geometry to Dynamic Response (Feb 2009) o NSF grant: on Direct Digital Design and Manufacturing from Massive Point-Cloud Data (Feb 2009) o NSF Grant: on AFM imaging (June 2008) o Excellent in Research Award: Dr. Qian won the MMAE Excellence in Research award (March 2008) o Call for papers on Special issue of Computer-Aided Design on Point-based Computational Techniques (Dec 3, 2007) |
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Phone: 312-567-5855 Fax: 312-567-7230 Email: qian (at) iit.edu Mailing Address Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace
Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology 243 Engineering One Building |
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