Dr. Fuh-Gwo Yuan

Director, Integrated Systems Management Laboratory National Institute of Aerospace, Phone: (757) 325-6725

100 Exploration Way, Hampton, VA 23666 

Email: yuan@nianet.org

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering North Carolina State University, Phone: (919) 515-5947

Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695 

Email: yuan@ncsu.edu

Professional Experience and Education

• Distinguished Scholar, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, December 2021 - June 2022
• Distinguished Samuel P. Langley Professor, National Institute of Aerospace, 2011-present
• Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State Univ., 2001-present
• Visiting Fellow, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 2008
• Director, Mars Mission Research Center, NCSU, 2001-2004
• Visiting Scientist, Wright-Patterson Air Force Materials Laboratory, 1991 and 1992
• Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 1990
• Research Engineer, The National Center for Composite Materials Research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986-1989
• Visiting Researcher, Boeing Co., Seattle, May – July 1985
• Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986
• M.S. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981
• B.S.  Engineering Science. National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, 1977   

Memberships, Honors, and Awards

• Fellow of International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), January 2021.
• Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), November 2015.
• 2023 SHM Hans-Juergen Schmidt Award, The 14th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, California, September 2013.
• 2023 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, July 2023.
• 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award in Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE), International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), March 2023.
• Yushan Fellow, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2022.
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2001.
• Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship Award, North Carolina State University, 2019.
• NASA Mentoring Award, NASA Langley Research Center, August 2018.
• Outstanding Alumni Award of Engineering Science Department, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, 2013.
• Research Excellence Award, MAE, North Carolina State University, 2016.
• SHM Person of the Year Award, The 9th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, California, 2013.
• Research Outstanding Award, MAE, North Carolina State University, 2013.
• Research Excellence Award, MAE, North Carolina State University, 2011.
• Air Force Research Initiation Award, 1992.

With Students (Selected in the last seven years)

• Doctoral Student of the Year Award, MAE, NCSU, Mr. Bryce Abbott, 2023.
• The Best Paper Award from National Institute of Aerospace. Paper Title: Fatigue Damage Prognosis of Adhesively Bonded Joints via ANNs-based Surrogate Model,” by Dr. K. R. Lyathakula and F. G. Yuan, Intl Journal of Fatigue, 2021.
• The Best Paper Award from National Institute of Aerospace. Paper Title: Automated in-process cure monitoring of composite laminates using a guided wave-based system with high temperature piezoelectric transducers,” by Dr. T. Hudson and F, G. Yuan, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2018: 021008

• The Best Paper Award. Paper title: IWSHM 2017: Damage-scattered Wave Extraction in an Integral Stiffened Isotropic Plate: a Baseline-subtraction-free Approach by Drs. J. He, P. E. Leser, W. P. Leser, and F. G. Yuan, Structural Health Monitoring Journal, 2018.
• The Best PHM Application Paper Award to Dr. Patrick Leser, for his paper entitled “Probabilistic Prognosis of Non-planar Fatigue-crack Growth,” The Annual Conference of The PHM Society, Denver, Colorado, October 2016.
• Ph.D. Dissertation Award, NASA IFAR-ICAR Award for Dr. William Leser, November 2015.
• Best Paper Award with Dr. Mohammad Harb, The 10^th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, California, September 2015.

Managing Editor, International Journal of Sustainable Materials and Structural Systems, (January 2012-present).

Associate Editor, AIAA Journal, (January 2022 – present)

Associate Editor, Journal of Structural Health Monitoring, (January 2008 – present)

Associate Editor, ASCE, Journal of Energy Engineering (March 2013-present)

Editorial Board, Journal of Infrastructure Intelligence & Resilience (Aug. 2022 – present)

Editorial Board, Journal of Multifunctional Composites (Jan. 2013-present)

Editorial Board, Aerospace Journal (April 2013 – present)

Editorial Board, Transducers Journal (August 2013 – present)

Editorial Board, The Scientific World Journal (August 2013 – present)

Relevant Experience and Publications

After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Yuan worked at Boeing Co., Materials Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and NASA Langley Research Center and in the past ten years working in residence at National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). His research includes structural health monitoring/management (SHM), nondestructive inspection (NDI), condition-based maintenance (CBM), artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML), multi-functional materials and composite structures design, nano/meso scale sensors, advanced computing tools with smart sensors, damage prognosis, and energy harvesting.

• Author/co-author of more than 300 publications in machine learning, advanced composite materials and structures, nondestructive inspection (NDI), smart sensors/actuators, structural health monitoring (SHM).
• Faculty advisor 40 Ph.D., 36 M.S., and over 40 visiting scholars.