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Zheng-Dong Ma

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Research Scientist Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering

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Email: mazd@umich.edu

Degrees

Ph.D., Kyoto University, 1989
M.S., Jilin University of Technology, 1984
B.S., Jilin University of Technology, 1981

Research Interests

Computational mechanics including flexible multibody dynamics, structural optimization, structural dynamics and structural acoustics; development of numerical tools for the evaluation and analysis of rattle noise.

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2009
  • Outstanding Research Scientist Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004 - 2005
  • Best Paper Award (with Professors Noboru Kikuchi and Christophe Pierre), Vehicle Design Committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003
  • Best Paper Award, Japan Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, 1995
  • Arch T. Colwell Merit Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1991
  • Best Paper Award, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1991
  • Sawaragi Merit Award, Japan Association of Automatic Control, 1988
  • Excellent Thesis Award, Jilin Province, P.R. China, 1987

Faculty Type

Emeritus