Prof. Yuming ZHANG

Professor, University of Kentucky, USA

Biography

    Prof. YuMing Zhang has been with the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA since 1991 where he was promoted to Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2005. He received his BS and MS degrees in control major from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) where he also finished his PhD degree in welding major in 1990. His research in machine intelligence and advanced controls with application in welding has been funded, primarily by the NSF and Navy. His research in this area has brought him 180 peer-reviewed journal publications and 8 US patents. His recognitions include numerous awards from the American Welding Society (AWS), The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (United Kingdom), International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), as well as plenary speaker in numerous international conferences. Four of his PhD students won the prestigious Henry Granjon Prize on behalf of the US from the International Institute of Welding (IIW) against winners from other IIW member countries. YuMing Zhang is currently a Lead Principal Reviewer for Welding Journal, and an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes. He is also a Fellow of the AWS, the ASME, and the SME.

Pre-scheduled meetings

• IWIWM2019-LEX & IWIWM2019-SH

Presentation/Message mode

• On-the-spot speech at IWIWM2019-LEX & Video presentation at IWIWM2019-SH

Topic

    Human-Robot Collaborative Welding