Laboratory for Manufacturing Process Analysis & Control

Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI 53706

Phone: 608-262-9534
Fax: 608-262-8454
email: szhou@engr.wisc.edu

Ph.D	12/2000	Mechanical Engineering	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
M.S.	12/2000	Industrial and Operations Engineering	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
M.S.	07/1996	Mechanical Engineering	University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
B.S.	07/1993	Mechanical Engineering	University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

08/2002-Present	*Assistant Professor*, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
01/2001-08/2002	Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
01/2001-08/2002	*Adjunct Assistant Professor*, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
09/2000-12/2000	*Graduate Student Instructor*, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
07/1997-09/2000	*Research Assistant*, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
09/1996-05/1997	Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
09/1993-07/1996	Research Assistant, Department of Precision Instruments and Machinery, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P.R.C.

My research interests are in the area of modeling, diagnosis, and control of complex manufacturing processes.

Modeling and analysis of large complex manufacturing systems: modeling of the variation propagation in large complex manufacturing processes, especially multistage machining process, variation management and tolerance allocation, design for variation reduction.
Process control for productivity and quality improvement: active real-time control of manufacturing processes, integration of statistical process control with automatic process control.
Information technology for diagnosis of manufacturing system: model-based diagnosis and prognositics of complicated manufacturing processes using sensor fusion, feature extraction, and pattern recognition
Dynamic analysis and active real-time control for mechanical system: Dynamic modeling and analysis of rotating machinery, real-time active vibration control and balancing of rotating machinery during speed-varying period.

NSF CAREER Award, 2006.
College of Engineering Distinguished Graduate Student Award, University of Michigan, 2000.
Abel Wolman Graduate Fellowship, the Johns Hopkins University, 1996.
Hua Wei Fellowship, Guang Hua Fellowship, Bao Gang Award, Yi Lida Fellowship, Zhang Zongzhi Award, and Outstanding Student Award from University of Science and Technology of China from 89 to 96.
Distinguished Graduate of the University of Science and Technology of China, 1993

Laboratory for
Manufacturing Process and Control