2023

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• February 22, 2023: After six months of work with us, Yichuan decided to continue his Ph.D. study at iMSEL starting Fall 2023. Congratulations to Yichuan!
   

• February 2, 2023: A proposal submitted by our Ph.D. student, Junlin Ou to USC's SPARC Graduate Research Grant was selected for award. The project entitled "Autonomous Multi-Robot Cooperation and Real-time Planning for Intelligent Manufacturing and Warehousing". Congratulations to Junlin.
   

• January 5, 2023: Congratulations to Feng Guo for his paper, "Real-Time Dense Traffic Detection Using Lightweight Backbone and Improved Path Aggregation Feature Pyramid Network" was accepted for publication in Journal of Industrial Information Integration (IF = 11.718).
   

2022

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• November 17, 2022: Congratulations to Haizhou for his paper, "A Sparse Multi-fidelity Surrogate-based Optimization method with Computational Awareness" was accepted for publication in Engineering with Computers (IF = 8.083).
   

• November 5, 2022: Congratulations to Jung for his paper, “Aeroelastic Reduced Order Model with State Consistence Enforcement” was accepted for publication in the prestigious AIAA Journal. The AIAA Journal is the top journal in aerospace! Well done, Jung.
   

• October 17, 2022: Congratulations to Zhuocheng, Seong, and Ben for their paper, "A Multi-feature Fusion Network Model for Bearings Condition Assessment in Accelerated Aging Experiments" was accepted for publication in Neural Computing and Applications. This paper features a collaboration with Army Research Laboratory on non-destructive health monitoring. 
   

• September 1, 2022: Congratulations to Jung for his paper, “Analysis of the Effect of Shoulder Cleaning on Particle Migration within Ballast Based on a Coupled CFD-DEM Approach” was accepted for publication in Transportation Geotechnics.
   

• August 30, 2022: Congratulations to Seong and Junlin for their paper "Physics-guided Neural Network and GPU Accelerated Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Quadcopter" was accepted for publication in Neural Computing and Applications.
   

• August 16, 2022: One M.S. student, Yichuan Cao joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
   

• August 16, 2022: Dr. Jinhyuk Kim joined iMSEL as a postdoc research fellow. Welcome Aboard!
   

• August 10, 2022: One Ph.D. student, Md Amanullah Kabir Tonmoy joined iMSEL! Welcome aboard!
   

• August 5, 2022: Dr. Chad Sevart joined iMSEL as a postdoc research fellow. Welcome Aboard!
   

• July 31, 2022: Dr. Jaechan Lim joined iMSEL as a research assistant professor. Welcome Aboard!
   

• July 31, 2022: Congratulations to Feng Bai for his paper "DEIM-Embedded Hybrid Snapshot Simulation to Accelerate Reduced Order Model Generation" was accepted for publication in Engineering Computations.
   

• July 18, 2022: Congratulations to Zhuocheng and Ge for their paper "A deep learning framework for detecting and localizing abnormal pedestrian behaviors at grade crossing" was accepted for publication in Neural Computing and Applications.
   

• May 16, 2022: One Ph.D. student, Fatemeh Hashemian joined iMSEL! Welcome aboard!
   

• May 9, 2022: Congratulations to Haizhou for being offered a postdoc position at the University of Michigan!
   

• May 2, 2022: Congratulations to Haizhou and Seong for their paper "Multi-Fidelity Reduced-order Model for GPU-Enabled Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Design" was accepted for publication in Engineering with Computers (IF = 7.963).
   

• May 1, 2022: Congratulations to Jung I. Shu for winning the 2nd place in Postdoctoral Poster Session in the DiscoverUofSC 2022 Technology Showcase.
   

• April 22, 2022: Dr. Wang delivered an invited seminar entitled "Intelligent Multi-fidelity Surrogate-based Optimization
  Framework for Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Generator Design" at New Jersey Institute of Technology! Read more ... 
   

• April 16, 2022: Congratulations to Seong for being offered a Tenure Track Assistant Professor position at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT)! A new adventure for Seong!
   

• April 4, 2022: Dr. Wang delivered an invited seminar entitled "Parametric Aeroelastic Reduced Order Models with State Consistence Enforcement (SCE)" at the Penn State University! Check the seminar on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw558wKEDDU
   

• March 29, 2022: Congratulations to Haizhou and Seong for their paper "A Sequential Multi-Fidelity Surrogate-based Optimization Methodology based on Expected Improvement Reduction" was accepted for publication in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization.
   

• March 9, 2022: Congratulations to Feng Bai for his paper "A Reduced Order Modeling Method Based on GNAT-embedded Hybrid Snapshot Simulation " was accepted for publication in Mathematics and Computations in Simulation.
   

• March 4, 2022: Haizhou Yang successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Haizhou! 
   

• January 17, 2022: As a PI, Dr. Wang in collaboration with electric engineering professors David Matolak and Bin Zhang, computer science and engineering professor Yan Tong, and Integer Technologies was awarded a project of $4.75 M by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop reliable perception for unmanned maritime systems. This is the largest contract iMSEL has received to develop computer vision and AI-enabled sensor systems. Read more ...   
   

• January 13, 2022: Congratulations to Junlin and Seong for their paper "GPU-based Global Path Planning using Genetic Algorithm with Near Corner Initialization", was accepted by the Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. This is Junlin's first paper! Congratulations again!
   

• January 10, 2022: One Ph.D. student, Jiawei Guo and one M.S. student, Luke Bagan joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
   

2021

• December 31, 2021: Congratulations to Feng Guo and Zhuocheng for their paper "Dense Traffic Detection at Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings" was accepted for publication in Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
   

• November 13, 2021: Congratulations to Seong, Jung, and Junlin for their paper "GPU-Enabled Microfluidic Design Automation for Concentration Gradient Generators", was accepted by the prestigious journal Engineering with Computers (IF = 7.963). 
   

• November 4, 2021: Congratulations to Feng Guo for his paper "Computer vision-based approach for smart traffic condition assessment at the railroad grade crossing" was accepted for publication in Advanced Engineering Informatics.
   

• October 28, 2021: Feng Guo (Jon) successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation along with a brilliant record of publications. Congratulations to Jon!
   

• October 6, 2021: Congratulations to Zhuocheng and Feng Guo for their paper "A Deep Learning-Assisted Mathematical Model for Decongestion Time Prediction at Railroad Grade Crossings" was accepted for publication in Neural Computing and Applications.
   

• August 30, 2021: Congratulations to Haizhou for passing his Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam ! 
   

• August 10, 2021: Our paper "A Hybrid Reduced Order Modeling Approach for Rapid Transient Thermal Simulation and Signature Analysis " was bestowed the "Best Paper Award" of the Modeling Simulation & Software Technical Session in the 13th Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium organized by National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).  
   

• August 9, 2021: Two new Ph.D. students, Ge Song and Md Asfiqur Rahman joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
   

• June 17, 2021: Dr. Wang delivered a webinar "DEIM Reduced Order Model Constructed by Hybrid Snapshot Simulation" for Springer Nature's SN Applied Sciences. Read more ... 
   

• May 17, 2021: A new M.S. student, Jacob Rains joined iMSEL! Welcome aboard.
   

• May 10, 2021: Feng Bai successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Feng! 
   

• April 30, 2021: One proposal submitted by our post-doc research fellow, Dr. Jung Il Shu to USC's ASPIRE-I: Innovation Program was selected for award. The project entitled "A Framework based on Parametric Reduced Order Modeling and Large Computational Data Analytics for Hypersonic Flow Analysis " aims to extend our parametric ROM technology toward hypersonics applications. Congratulations to Jung.
   

• Tristan will become a Ph.D. student of iMSEL starting from summer 2021. Congratulations to Tristan!
   

• March 26, 2021: Dr. Wang delivered a virtual seminar "An Intelligent Framework for State-consistent Model Order Reduction and Control Synthesis of Flexible Aircraft" to the Arizona State University.
   

• Congratulations to Jung for his paper "Numerical Analysis of Temporal Effect of Ballast Shoulder Cleaning" was accepted for publication in Transportation Geotechnics, March, 2021.
   

• Congratulations to Seong and Jung for their paper "Automated Optimization of Double Heater Convective Polymerase Chain Reaction Devices based on CFD Simulation Database and Artificial Neural Network Model" was accepted for publication in Biomedical Microdevices, February, 2021. 
   

• Dr. Wang was bestowed the prestigious "2021 Breakthrough Star Award" of the University of South Carolina for his outstanding research accomplishments, February, 2021. Read more ... 
   

• Congratulations to Will and Jung for their paper "State Consistence of Data-driven Reduced Order Models for parametric Aeroelastic Analysis" was accepted for publication in SN Applied Sciences, "The first paper  of the group in 2021", January, 2021.
  
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• Congratulation to Feng Bai for his paper "DEIM Reduced Order Model Constructed by Hybrid Snapshot Simulation" was accepted for publication in SN Applied Sciences, November. 2020.
   

• Congratulations to Seong for his paper, "Optimized Artificial Neural Network Model and Compensator in Model Predictive Control for Anomaly Mitigation" was accepted for publication in the ASME's Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, October 2020.
   

• September 12, 2020: A new M.S. student, Christian Turner joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
   

• Congratulations to Jung and Seong for their paper, "Surrogate- and Possibility-based Design Optimization for Convective Polymerase Chain Reaction Devices" was accepted for publication in Microsystem Technologies (Springer), August 2020.
   

• July 16, 2020: Dr. Zhuocheng Jiang joined iMSEL as a post-doc research associate. Welcome Aboard!
   

• Our paper in collaboration with the CFD Research "Estimating and Leveraging Uncertainties in Deep Learning for Remaining Useful Life Prediction in Mechanical Systems" was selected for "Best Industry Paper Award" by the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management, Congratulations to Jackson, Blake, and Seong! June 10th, 2020.
   

• Our paper in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati, entitled "A Novel Time Step Fusion Method with Finite Volume Formulation for Accelerated Thermal Analysis of Laser Additive Manufacturing" was accepted for publication in International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, May. 2020
   

• Ben Albia was awarded the prestigious Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Student Fellowship. Congratulations, Ben! May 2020
   

• Congratulations to Seong and Haizhou for their paper, "Inverse Design of Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Generator using Deep Learning and Physics-based Component Model" was accepted for publication in Journal of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, May 2020.
   

• Congratulations to Jung for his paper, "Multi-Stage Liquid Rocket Weight Estimation and Optimization for Early Design Stages", was accepted for publication in Journal of Aerospace Engineering, May 2020.
   

• Congratulation to Feng Bai for his paper "Reduced Order Modeling based on Hybrid Snapshot Simulation" was accepted for publication in International Journal of Computational Methods, April. 2020.
   

• Our paper in collaboration with CFD Research, entitled "An Efficient Batch K-Fold Cross-Validation Voronoi Adaptive Sampling Technique for Global Surrogate Modeling", was accepted for publication in the prestigious Journal of Mechanical Design, April. 2020.
   

• Congratulation to Haizhou for his new publication "Surrogate-based optimization with adaptive sampling for microfluidic concentration gradient generator design" on RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry), April. 2020.
   

• Our paper in collaboration with the University of Alabama in Huntsville, entitled "Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring Approach Using Guided Lamb Wave Responses" was accepted for publication in Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Feb. 2020.
   

• Our paper in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati, entitled "On efficiency and effectiveness of finite volume method for thermal analysis of selective laser melting" was accepted for publication in Engineering Computations, Feb. 2020.
   

• January 17, 2020: A new Ph.D. student, Junlin Ou joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
   

• Congratulation to Seong for his new publication "Fault compensation by online updating of genetic algorithm-selected neural network model for model predictive control" on SN Applied Sciences (Springer), Nov. 2019.
   

                                                                                               2019​

• September 1, 2019: Dr. Jung Il Shu joined iMSEL as a post-doc research associate. Welcome Aboard!
   

• August 22, 2019: Two new M.S. students, Tristan Kyzer and Benjamin Albia joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
   

• August 22, 2019: A new Ph.D. student, Will krolick joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
   

• May 1, 2019: One proposal submitted by our post-doc research fellow, Dr. Seong H. Hong to USC's ASPIRE-I: Innovation Program was selected for award. The project entitled "Embedded Machine Learning Platform for Automated Fault Detection and Mitigation in Dynamic Systems" aims to further mature our embedded machine learning platform for field-deployable applications. Congratulations to Seong.
   

• April 30, 2019: Our proposal with Prof. Austin Downey at our ME department submitted to USC's ASPIRE-I: Innovation Program was selected for award. The project entitled "Real-Time Surrogate Model Updating for Structures Experiencing High-Rate Dynamics" aims to develop real-time state inference technologies for high-rate dynamic systems.
   

• October 11, 2018: Dr. Wang was invited to present "SURROGATE MODELING AND DATA ANALYTICS FOR FLIGHT LOAD ANALYSIS" at the 49th International Symposium of Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE). More information https://coastalempiresfte.org/information.
   

• August 6, 2018: Haizhou Yang joined our group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome aboard!
   

• August 1, 2018: Dr. Seong H. Hong joined our group as a post-doc research associate. Dr. Hong will bring his extensive research experience on aerospace system modeling and control to our iMSEL group. Welcome aboard!
   

• November 15, 2017: Dr. Shengwei Zhu joined our group as a research assistant professor. Dr. Zhu will bring a variety of high-fidelity multiphysics modeling and simulation expertise to our iMSEL group. Welcome aboard!
   

• September 12, 2017: Feng Bai joined our group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome aboard!
   

• July 13, 2017: Prof. Yi Wang is now recruiting highly motivated applicants in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or chemical engineering with strong background and experience in numerical computation and high-performance computing (CFD and FEM), machine learning, data mining, and system control in aerospace, energy and additive manufacturing systems, microfluidic and nanofluidic systems, etc. To apply, please send your CV/Resume, publications, etc. in a single PDF (for Ph.D. applicants, transcripts, and GRE scores are also required) to Dr. Wang (yiwang@cec.sc.edu) with the email subject “Position Application. Read More
   

• July 7, 2017: The Wang Lab of Integrated Multiphysics & Systems Engineering Laboratory (iMSEL) will officially start at the University of South Carolina in August 2017