Yuqing Zhou

Experience

Senior Scientist, Toyota Research Institute of North America, 2019-Present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering, 2018-2019
Guest Lecturer, Discrete Design Optimization (2017), Design for Manufacturability (2018), University of Michigan
Graduate Student Instructor, ME250: Design and Manufacturing I, University of Michigan, 2013, 2016-2018
Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Michigan, 2013-2016

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering, 2018
        Dissertation: Gradient-based multi-component topology optimization for manufacturability
        Committee members: Kazuhiro Saitou, Gregory Hulbert, Sridhar Kota, Joaquim Martins
M.S.E., University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering, 2014
B.Eng., Northeastern University, Mechanical Engineering and Automation, 2012

Reviewer

• ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering [link]
• ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering [link]
• ASME Journal of Mechanical Design [link]
• Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering [link]
• Engineering Optimization [link]
• Engineering Structures
• International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering [link]
• International Journal of Production Research
• IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
• IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
• Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
• Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
• Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization [link]
• Virtual and Physical Prototyping

Service

• Session co-organizer & Review coordinator, Design of Engineering Materials and Structures, Design Automation Conference (DAC), IDETC, 2020-Present
• Grad School 101 Panel on industry and entrepreneurial positions, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2022
• Judge, IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm) Virtual Student Poster, 2022
• Session chair & Panelist (Design Optimization in Practice), 14th World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO), 2021
• Judge, Engineering Research Symposium (ERS), University of Michigan, 2019
• Judge, Engineering Graduate Symposium (EGS), University of Michigan, 2018

Honor and Award

• MICDE Fellowship, Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE), 2016-17
• WCSMO-11 Congress Fellowship Award for Early Career Researchers (ECR), 2015
• Innovative Design Component Award, Lightweighting Technologies Enabling Comprehensive Automotive Redesign (LITECAR) Challenge, Local Motors and ARPA-E, 2015
• ASME DFMLC Scholar Award, Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle Committee, Design Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014-15
• Rackham Conference Travel Grant, University of Michigan, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Rackham International Student Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2013-14
• Rackham Centennial Spring/Summer Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2013
• National Scholarship, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2009