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Dr. YuMing Zhang
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Dr. Zhang is a Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He holds the James R. Boyd Professorship in Electrical Engineering and directs the Welding
Research Laboratory and the Applied Sensing and Control Laboratory at the Center for Manufacturing. He received his Ph.D. degree in
Mechanical Engineering/Welding Major, and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Electrical
Engineering/Control Major from the Harbin
Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. Dr. Zhang is a senior member of the
IEEE and the SME, and a member of the AWS and the ASME. He received The Donald Julius
Groen Prize from The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, United Kingdom; The A. F. Davis Silver Medal award
and the Adams Memorial Membership Award from the American Welding Society; and the 15th IFAC Triennial World Congress Poster Paper Prize and Application Paper Honorable Mention from the International Federation of Automatic Control.
University of Kentucky EE
307 Circuit Analysis with Applications Spring 2000 EE
422G Signals & Systems II Summer 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 2001, Summer
2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Summer 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004 EE
499 EE Design: Control System Design Fall 2001 EE
611 Deterministic Systems Fall 1999, Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007 EE
614 Adaptive Control Fall 2000 (as EE 699), Spring 2002 (as EE 699), Fall 2007 EE
599 Applied Control Spring 2001 EE/MFS/ME/MSE
699 Joining Processes Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2007 EE
699 Nonlinear Control Systems Fall 2006 EE
699 Adaptive Neurofuzzy Control Fall 1998 Dr. Zhang's research is devoted to system identification,
adaptive and predictive control, neurofuzzy modeling and control, machine vision
systems, and various sensors with applications to welding/manufacturing
automation, especially to the development of innovative electrical arc welding
processes with improved productivity/controllability. In addition to his
numerous publications,
he has been awarded five
U.S. patents for his inventions on sensors, control methods, and processes for
electrical arc welding. Dr. Zhang's research has been supported by government
agencies and industrial sponsors. Page created by John Zhang czhang86@mit.edu
College of Engineering
210E CRMS
Lexington, KY 40506-0108
Phone: (859) 257 - 6262 ext. 223
FAX: (859) 323-1035
Email: ymzhang@engr.uky.edu
