School of Engineering

Zhaoyang Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
202-319-6703 phone
202-319-5173 fax
wangz@cua.edu

Education
B.S., Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1995
M.S., Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1997
Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 1999
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2003

Biography
Zhaoyang Wang’s research interests include solid mechanics, experimental techniques, optical methods, nanotechnology, computer vision, image and data processing, robot control, failure and reliability analysis etc.

Representative Publications
B. Pan, Z. Wang, and Z. Lu, “Genuine full-field deformation measurement of an object with complex shape using reliability-guided digital image correlation,” Optics Express, (Accepted, in press).

B. Pan, Z. Wang, and H. Xie, “Generalized spatial-gradient-based digital image correlation for displacement and shape measurement with sub-pixel accuracy,” Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 659-669, 2009.

Z. Wang, D. Nguyen, and John Barnes,  “Some practical considerations in fringe projection profilometry,” Optics and Lasers in Engineering, (Accepted, in press).

Z. Wang, H. Du, S. Park, and H. Xie, “Three-dimensional shape measurement with a fast and accurate approach,” (featured on cover) Applied Optics, Vol. 48, No. 6, pp. 1052-1061, 2009.

Z. Hu, H. Xie, T. Hua, and Z. Wang, “Advanced intensity correlation method for evaluating Poisson's ratio of fiber-like material,” Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 80, 013105, 2009.

Z. Wang, “Vapor pressure modeling for plastic encapsulated microelectronics subjected to lead-free solder reflow profile,” Strain - An International Journal for Experimental Mechanics, (Accepted, in press)

B. Pan, H. Xie, L. Yang, and Z. Wang, “Accurate measurement of satellite antenna surface using 3D digital image correlation technique,” Strain - An International Journal for Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 45, No. 2, 194-200, 2009.

B. Pan, H. Xie, Z. Wang, K. Qian, and Z. Wang, “Study on subset size selection in digital image correlation for speckle patterns”, Optics Express, Vol. 16, No. 10, 7037-7048, 2008.

Z. Wang, D. Nguyen, and J. Barnes, “Some practical considerations in fringe projection profilometry,” Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Vol. 48, No. 2, 218-225, 2010.

Website
http://faculty.cua.edu/wangz