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Stephen Chih-Yang Lu

Expert in K-12 science and math education, as well as in pre-college and minority engineering programs
  • Holder of the David Packard Chair in Manufacturing Engineering
  • Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
  • Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Director, Center for Automation and Manufacturing Systems
  • Director, Asia Pacific Institute for Global Industrial Leadership
Office: (213) 740-9616
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Expertise

  • artificial intelligence and knowledge-based expert systems for engineeringautomation and system integration
  • AI-based machine learning techniquesfor design and manufacturingapplications
  • intelligent software support forsystematic design methodologiesand technical inventions
  • knowledge processing technology forconcurrent product/ process design(concurrent engineering)
  • virtual teaming technology to improvedecision-making productivity ofengineering groups

Additional Information

  • Author of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Advanced Engineering Automation (1992)
  • Co-author of Knowledge-Based Expert Systems in Manufacturing (1986)
  • Concurrent Product and Process Design (1989)
  • Computer Methods for Tolerance Design (1992)
  • Winner of Presidential Young Investigator Award from National Science
  • Foundation (1987) and Humboldt Award for Senior U.S. Scientist (1993)
  • Senior Member, North American Manufacturing Research Institute (NAMRI) of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
  • Consultant to Daimler-Benz AG, Digital Equipment Corp., Telteck Inc. and others