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May, 2024
May 2nd
As a PI, Dr. Wang in collaboration with electric engineering professor David Matolak , computer science and engineering professor Yan Tong, and earth ocean and environment professor George Voulgaris, and Integer Technologies was awarded a project of $7.04 M by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to continue developing reliable perception systems in littorals, a significant extension of the capabilities being developed by the team.
May 1st
Congratulations to our postdoc, Dr. Junlin Ou for wining the 2nd place in the Poster Presentation Competition in Discover USC 2024. Well Done!
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April, 2024
April 22nd
Congratulations to Fatemeh for her paper, “Parametric Dynamic Simulation and Bayesian Design Optimization of a Front-Loading Washing Machine”, was accepted for publication in the Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies.
April 18th
Congratulations to Asfiqur for his paper, “Multi-Phase Flow Simulation for Transient Analysis of Ballast Drainage Behavior and Shoulder Cleaning Effect”, was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal of Transportation Geotechnics.
April 1st
Congratulations to our former member, Jung I. Shu for his paper, “Droplet Injection for Multiphase Rainfall Simulations on Dynamically Refined Mesh for Effective Interface Capturing”, was accepted for publication in International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics.
April 1st
In collaboration with Prof. Guiren Wang in the department of mechanical engineering, our paper, "Travel Time After Photobleaching Velocimetry", was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal, Experiments in Fluids.
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January, 2024
January 8th
Postdocs and graduate students at iMSEL, Chad, Jinhyuk, Jacob, and Luke attended 2024 AIAA/SciTech conference. Our research presentations were very well received!
Jacob's bow tie is the spotlight during his entire presentation!
January 4
Congratulations to Yi for being promoted to a full professor.
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December, 2023
December 31st
iMSEL has a productive year of 2023. Several students met their career milestones!
On October 27th, Junlin passed his Ph.D. dissertation defense !
On November 10th, Fatemeh passed her Ph.D. comprehensive exam !
On October 27th, Luke passed his M.S. thesis defense !
On July 10th, Yichuan passed his M.S. thesis defense !
On October 18th, Sen was admitted by the Computer Engineering Program of the prestigious Johns Hopkins University. Sen, Wish you all the best in your future career!
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October, 2023
October 24
Congratulations to Jacob for his paper, “Constrained Optimized Dynamic Mode Decomposition with Control for Physically Stable Systems with Exogeneous Inputs” was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal: Journal of Computational Physics (JCP) - one of the highest-profile journals in computational science. this is also the 80th journal paper of iMSEL
October 18
Congratulations to our group member, undergraduate researcher Sen for being admitted by MS program of the esteemed John Hopkins University. Sen has been working with iMSEL since summer 2022 and demonstrated excellent persistence, responsibility, and dedication to our research, resulting in one journal and one conference paper (with more on the way)! Good luck to your future career, Sen
September, 2023
September 7
Congratulations to Jiawei and Sen for their paper, “An Adaptively Weighted Loss-enabled Lightweight Teacher-Student Model for Real-time Railroad Inspection on Edge Devices” was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal: Neural Computing and Applications
September 5
Congratulations to Junlin, Seong, and Ge for their paper, “Hybrid Path Planning based on Adaptive Visibility Graph Initialization and Edge Computing for Mobile Robots” was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (with an IF of 8)
September 4
Congratulations to our former group member Haizhou for his journal paper, “Neural-physics Multi-fidelity Model with Active Learning and Uncertainty Quantification for GPU-enabled Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Generator Design” was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (with an IF of 7.2)
August, 2023
August 24
As a PI, Dr. Wang in collaboration with electric engineering professor David Matolak , computer science and engineering professor Yan Tong, and earth ocean and environment professor George Voulgaris, and Integer Technologies was awarded a project of $7.2 M by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop reliable perception systems in littorals. This is the largest contract iMSEL has received so far to develop all-weather computer vision and sensor systems, a significant extension of the capabilities being developed by the team.
August 16
One MS student, Jacob Whisenant, joined iMSEL! Welcome aboard!
August 16
Graduating from iMSEL two years ago as a MS student, Tristan Kyzer joined us as a Ph.D. student! Welcome aboard!
August 2
Congratulations to Team#Fatemeh for her journal paper, “A comprehensive study of the effects of various design variables on the dynamic behavior and vibration characteristics of a front-loading washing machine” was accepted for publication in the journal of Noise & Vibration Worldwide
July, 2023
July 26
Congratulations to Ge for his journal paper, “Energy consumption auditing based on a generative adversarial network for anomaly detection of robotic manipulators” was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal of Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS with an IF of 7.5)
June, 2023
June 30
Congratulations to Fatemeh for her conference paper, “A Reduced Order Model for Static and Buckling Analysis of Thin-Walled Stiffened Plate on a Non-Conformal Mesh” was accepted for publication in the ASME/IMECE conference ! This is her first publication! Congratulations again!
June 26
Congratulations to Jacob for passing the Ph.D. qualifying exam! A new member of Ph.D. candidates
June 3rd
iMSEL and Prof. Qian's group had great fun in the summer picnic to celebrate the end of the spring semester
May, 2023
May 26
With a "Can Do" Attitude, our Ph.D. candidate, Jiawei Guo at iMSEL performed a joint field test with Prof. Yu Qian's group at ENSCO Rail, Colorado to evaluate and showcase our Autonomous Power-efficient Track Inspection System Technology. The field was very successful with "excellent and high-quality" results. Congratulations to Jiawei.
May 16th
Dr. Douglas Cahl joined iMSEL as a postdoc research fellow. Welcome Aboard!
May 2
Congratulations to Jiawei for passing the Ph.D. qualifying exam! Another new member of Ph.D. candidates
April, 2023
April 25
Congratulations to Ge for passing the Ph.D. qualifying exam! A new member of Ph.D. candidates
April 21
Undergraduate and graduate students at iMSEL (Sen, Yichuan, Jiawei, Asfiqur, Ge, Fatemeh, and Junlin) presented five posters at 2023 Discover USC to showcase our cutting-edge research and technology on computation and optimization, computer vision, robotics and autonomy!
April 17
Congratulations to Ge for his paper and presentation, “A Deep Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)-enabled Abnormal Pedestrian Behavior Detection at Grade Crossings” won the Third Place in Graduate Student Paper Competition in the IEEE Southeast Conference 2023 ! Congratulations again!
April 12
Congratulations to Ge for his paper, “Analysis of Abnormal Pedestrian Behaviors at Grade Crossings based on Semi-supervised Generative Adversarial Networks” was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal of Applied Intelligence ! This is the first first-authored paper of Ge! Congratulations again!
April 11
Congratulations to Junlin, Seong, Tristan, and Haizhou for their paper, “A Low-cost Indoor Positioning System based on Data-driven Modeling for Robotics Research and Education” was accepted for publication in the prestigious journal: Robotica from Cambridge University Press
April 4
Congratulations to Haizhou and Seong for their paper, “Multi-fidelity Surrogate-based Optimization for Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Generator Design” was accepted for publication in the journal of Engineering Computations.
April 2
Congratulations to Dr.Jung for his paper, “Genetic Algorithm-Guided Development of Parametric Aeroelastic Reduced-Order Models with State-Consistence Enforcement” was accepted for publication in the prestigious AIAA Journal. The AIAA Journal is the top journal in aerospace engineering! This is the second paper of iMSEL on AIAA Journal, Well done, Jung.
March, 2023
March 16
After one year of work with us, Luke decided to continue his Ph.D study at iMSEL starting Summer 2023. Congratulations to Luke!
March, 2023
March 3
In exciting news, Sen and Jiawei have teamed up to create a brand new web page for IMSEL. The new web page boasts a sleek and modern design, with user-friendly features that make navigating and finding the information you need easy. IMSEL is excited to launch the new web page and is confident that it will help the laboratory reach a wider audience and showcase its important work to the world. Congratulations to Sen and Jiawei on a job well done!
Feb, 2023
February 22
After six months of work with us, Yichuan decide to continue his Ph.D study at iMSEL starting Fall 2023. Congratulations to Yichuan!
February 2
A proposal submitted by our Ph.D. student, Junlin Ou to USC's SPARC Graduate Research Grant was selected for award. The project entitled "Autonomous Multi-Robot Cooperation and Real-time Planning for Intelligent Manufacturing and Warehousing". Congratulations to Junlin.
Janu, 2023
January 5
Congratulations to Feng Guo for his paper, "Real-Time Dense Traffic Detection Using Lightweight Backbone and Improved Path Aggregation Feature Pyramid Network" was accepted for publication in Journal of Industrial Information Integration (IF = 11.718).
Nov, 2022
Nov 17th
Congratulations to Haizhou for his paper, "A Sparse Multi-fidelity Surrogate-based Optimization method with Computational Awareness" was accepted for publication in Engineering with Computers (IF = 8.083).
Nov 5th
Congratulations to Jung for his paper, “Aeroelastic Reduced Order Model with State Consistence Enforcement” was accepted for publication in the prestigious AIAA Journal. The AIAA Journal is the top journal in aerospace! Well done, Jung.
Oct, 2022
Oct 17th
Congratulations to Zhuocheng, Seong, and Ben for their paper, "A Multi-feature Fusion Network Model for Bearings Condition Assessment in Accelerated Aging Experiments" was accepted for publication in Neural Computing and Applications. This paper features a collaboration with Army Research Laboratory on non-destructive health monitoring.
Sept, 2022
Sept 1st
Congratulations to Jung for his paper, “Analysis of the Effect of Shoulder Cleaning on Particle Migration within Ballast Based on a Coupled CFD-DEM Approach” was accepted for publication in Transportation Geotechnics.
Aug, 2022
Aug 30th
Congratulations to Seong and Junlin for their paper "Physics-guided Neural Network and GPU Accelerated Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Quadcopter" was accepted for publication in Neural Computing and Applications.
Aug 16th
Dr. Jinhyuk Kim joined iMSEL as a postdoc research fellow. Welcome Aboard!
Aug 10th
One Ph.D. student, Md Amanullah Kabir Tonmoy joined iMSEL! Welcome aboard!
Aug 5th
Dr. Chad Sevart joined iMSEL as a postdoc research fellow. Welcome Aboard!
July, 2022
July 31st
Dr. Jaechan Lim joined iMSEL as a research assistant professor. Welcome Aboard!
July 31st
Congratulations to Feng Bai for his paper "DEIM-Embedded Hybrid Snapshot Simulation to Accelerate Reduced Order Model Generation" was accepted for publication in Engineering Computations.
July 18th
Congratulations to Zhuocheng and Ge for their paper "A deep learning framework for detecting and localizing abnormal pedestrian behaviors at grade crossing" was accepted for publication in Neural Computing and Applications.
May, 2022
May 16th
One Ph.D. student, Fatemeh Hashemian joined iMSEL! Welcome aboard!
May 9th
Congratulations to Haizhou for being offered a postdoc position at the University of Michigan!
May 2nd
Congratulations to Haizhou and Seong for their paper "Multi-Fidelity Reduced-order Model for GPU-Enabled Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Design" was accepted for publication in Engineering with Computers (IF = 7.963).
May 1st
Congratulations to Jung I. Shu for winning the 2nd place in Postdoctoral Poster Session in the DiscoverUofSC 2022 Technology Showcase.
April, 2022
April 22th
Dr. Wang delivered an invited seminar entitled "Intelligent Multi-fidelity Surrogate-based Optimization Framework for Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Generator Design" at New Jersey Institute of Technology!
April 16th
Congratulations to Seong for being offered a Tenure Track Assistant Professor position at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT)! A new adventure for Seong!
April 4th
Dr. Wang delivered an invited seminar entitled "Parametric Aeroelastic Reduced Order Models with State Consistence Enforcement (SCE)" at the Penn State University! Check the seminar on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw558wKEDDU
March, 2022
Mar 29th
Congratulations to Haizhou and Seong for their paper "A Sequential Multi-Fidelity Surrogate-based Optimization Methodology based on Expected Improvement Reduction" was accepted for publication in Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization.
Mar 9th
Congratulations to Feng Bai for his paper "A Reduced Order Modeling Method Based on GNAT-embedded Hybrid Snapshot Simulation " was accepted for publication in Mathematics and Computations in Simulation.
Mar 4th
Haizhou Yang successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Haizhou!
January, 2022
Jan 17th
As a PI, Dr. Wang in collaboration with electric engineering professors David Matolak and Bin Zhang, computer science and engineering professor Yan Tong, and Integer Technologies was awarded a project of $4.75 M by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop reliable perception for unmanned maritime systems. This is the largest contract iMSEL has received to develop computer vision and AI-enabled sensor systems. Read More
Jan 13th
Congratulations to Junlin and Seong for their paper "GPU-based Global Path Planning using Genetic Algorithm with Near Corner Initialization", was accepted by the Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. This is Junlin's first paper! Congratulations again!
Jan 10th
One Ph.D. student, Jiawei Guo and one M.S. student, Luke Bagan joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
Dec, 2021
Dec 31st
Congratulations to Feng Guo and Zhuocheng for their paper "Dense Traffic Detection at Highway-Railroad Grade Crossings" was accepted for publication in Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Nov, 2021
Nov 13th
Congratulations to Seong, Jung, and Junlin for their paper "GPU-Enabled Microfluidic Design Automation for Concentration Gradient Generators", was accepted by the prestigious journal Engineering with Computers (IF = 7.963).
Nov 4th
Congratulations to Feng Guo for his paper "Computer vision-based approach for smart traffic condition assessment at the railroad grade crossing" was accepted for publication in Advanced Engineering Informatics.
Oct, 2021
Oct 28th
Feng Guo (Jon) successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation along with a brilliant record of publications. Congratulations to Jon!
Oct 6th
Congratulations to Zhuocheng and Feng Guo for their paper "A Deep Learning-Assisted Mathematical Model for Decongestion Time Prediction at Railroad Grade Crossings" was accepted for publication in Neural Computing and Applications.
Aug, 2021
Aug 30th
Congratulations to Haizhou for passing his Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam !
Aug 10th
Our paper "A Hybrid Reduced Order Modeling Approach for Rapid Transient Thermal Simulation and Signature Analysis " was bestowed the "Best Paper Award" of the Modeling Simulation & Software Technical Session in the 13th Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium organized by National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).
Aug 9th
Two new Ph.D. students, Ge Song and Md Asfiqur Rahman joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
Jun, 2021
Jun 17th
Dr. Wang delivered a webinar "DEIM Reduced Order Model Constructed by Hybrid Snapshot Simulation" for Springer Nature's SN Applied SciencesRead More
May, 2021
May 17th
A new M.S. student, Jacob Rains joined iMSEL! Welcome aboard.
May 10th
Feng Bai successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Feng!
April, 2021
April 30th
One proposal submitted by our post-doc research fellow, Dr. Jung Il Shu to USC's ASPIRE-I: Innovation Program was selected for award. The project entitled "A Framework based on Parametric Reduced Order Modeling and Large Computational Data Analytics for Hypersonic Flow Analysis " aims to extend our parametric ROM technology toward hypersonics applications. Congratulations to Jung.
Apirl 30th
Tristan will become a Ph.D. student of iMSEL starting from summer 2021. Congratulations to Tristan!
March, 2021
March 26th
Dr. Wang delivered a virtual seminar "An Intelligent Framework for State-consistent Model Order Reduction and Control Synthesis of Flexible Aircraft" to the Arizona State University.
Congratulations to Jung for his paper "Numerical Analysis of Temporal Effect of Ballast Shoulder Cleaning" was accepted for publication in Transportation Geotechnics, March, 2021.
Feb, 2021
February
Congratulations to Seong and Jung for their paper "Automated Optimization of Double Heater Convective Polymerase Chain Reaction Devices based on CFD Simulation Database and Artificial Neural Network Model" was accepted for publication in Biomedical Microdevices, February, 2021.
Dr. Wang was bestowed the prestigious "2021 Breakthrough Star Award" of the University of South Carolina for his outstanding research accomplishments, February, 2021.Read More
Jan, 2021
January
Congratulations to Will and Jung for their paper "State Consistence of Data-driven Reduced Order Models for parametric Aeroelastic Analysis" was accepted for publication in SN Applied Sciences, "The first paper of the group in 2021", January, 2021.
Nov, 2020
November
Congratulation to Feng Bai for his paper "DEIM Reduced Order Model Constructed by Hybrid Snapshot Simulation" was accepted for publication in SN Applied Sciences, November. 2020.
Oct, 2020
October
Congratulations to Seong for his paper, "Optimized Artificial Neural Network Model and Compensator in Model Predictive Control for Anomaly Mitigation" was accepted for publication in the ASME's Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, October 2020.
Sept, 2020
September 12
A new M.S. student, Christian Turner joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
Aug, 2020
August
Congratulations to Jung and Seong for their paper, "Surrogate- and Possibility-based Design Optimization for Convective Polymerase Chain Reaction Devices" was accepted for publication in Microsystem Technologies (Springer), August 2020.
July, 2020
July 16
July 16, 2020: Dr. Zhuocheng Jiang joined iMSEL as a post-doc research associate. Welcome Aboard!
June, 2020
June 10
Our paper in collaboration with the CFD Research "Estimating and Leveraging Uncertainties in Deep Learning for Remaining Useful Life Prediction in Mechanical Systems" was selected for "Best Industry Paper Award" by the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management, Congratulations to Jackson, Blake, and Seong! June 10th, 2020.
May, 2020
May
Our paper in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati, entitled "A Novel Time Step Fusion Method with Finite Volume Formulation for Accelerated Thermal Analysis of Laser Additive Manufacturing" was accepted for publication in International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, May. 2020
Ben Albia was awarded the prestigious Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Student Fellowship. Congratulations, Ben! May 2020
Congratulations to Seong and Haizhou for their paper, "Inverse Design of Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Generator using Deep Learning and Physics-based Component Model" was accepted for publication in Journal of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, May 2020.
Congratulations to Jung for his paper, "Multi-Stage Liquid Rocket Weight Estimation and Optimization for Early Design Stages", was accepted for publication in Journal of Aerospace Engineering, May 2020.
April, 2020
April
Congratulation to Feng Bai for his paper "Reduced Order Modeling based on Hybrid Snapshot Simulation" was accepted for publication in International Journal of Computational Methods, April. 2020.
Our paper in collaboration with CFD Research, entitled "An Efficient Batch K-Fold Cross-Validation Voronoi Adaptive Sampling Technique for Global Surrogate Modeling", was accepted for publication in the prestigious Journal of Mechanical Design, April. 2020.
Congratulation to Haizhou for his new publication "Surrogate-based optimization with adaptive sampling for microfluidic concentration gradient generator design" on RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry), April. 2020.
Feb, 2020
Feb
Our paper in collaboration with the University of Alabama in Huntsville, entitled "Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring Approach Using Guided Lamb Wave Responses" was accepted for publication in Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Feb. 2020.
Our paper in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati, entitled "On efficiency and effectiveness of finite volume method for thermal analysis of selective laser melting" was accepted for publication in Engineering Computations, Feb. 2020.
Janu, 2020
January 17
A new Ph.D. student, Junlin Ou joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
Nov, 2019
November
Congratulation to Seong for his new publication "Fault compensation by online updating of genetic algorithm-selected neural network model for model predictive control" on SN Applied Sciences (Springer), Nov. 2019.
Sep, 2019
Sep 1st
Dr. Jung Il Shu joined iMSEL as a post-doc research associate. Welcome Aboard!
Aug, 2019
Aug 22
Two new M.S. students, Tristan Kyzer and Benjamin Albia joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!
A new Ph.D. student, Will krolick joined iMSEL. Welcome Aboard!May, 2019
May 1st
One proposal submitted by our post-doc research fellow, Dr. Seong H. Hong to USC's ASPIRE-I: Innovation Program was selected for award. The project entitled "Embedded Machine Learning Platform for Automated Fault Detection and Mitigation in Dynamic Systems" aims to further mature our embedded machine learning platform for field-deployable applications. Congratulations to Seong.
Apr, 2019
Apr 30th
Our proposal with Prof. Austin Downey at our ME department submitted to USC's ASPIRE-I: Innovation Program was selected for award. The project entitled "Real-Time Surrogate Model Updating for Structures Experiencing High-Rate Dynamics" aims to develop real-time state inference technologies for high-rate dynamic systems.
Oct, 2018
Oct 11th
Dr. Wang was invited to present "SURROGATE MODELING AND DATA ANALYTICS FOR FLIGHT LOAD ANALYSIS" at the 49th International Symposium of Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE). More information https://coastalempiresfte.org/information.
Aug, 2018
Aug 6th
Haizhou Yang joined our group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome aboard!
Aug 1th
Dr. Seong H. Hong joined our group as a post-doc research associate. Dr. Hong will bring his extensive research experience on aerospace system modeling and control to our iMSEL group. Welcome aboard!
Nov, 2017
Nov 15th
Dr. Shengwei Zhu joined our group as a research assistant professor. Dr. Zhu will bring a variety of high-fidelity multiphysics modeling and simulation expertise to our iMSEL group. Welcome aboard!
Sep, 2017
Sep 12th
Feng Bai joined our group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome aboard!
July, 2017
July 13th
Prof. Yi Wang is now recruiting highly motivated applicants in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or chemical engineering with strong background and experience in numerical computation and high-performance computing (CFD and FEM), machine learning, data mining, and system control in aerospace, energy and additive manufacturing systems, microfluidic and nanofluidic systems, etc. To apply, please send your CV/Resume, publications, etc. in a single PDF (for Ph.D. applicants, transcripts, and GRE scores are also required) to Dr. Wang (yiwang@cec.sc.edu) with the email subject “Position Application. Read More
July 7th
The Wang Lab of Integrated Multiphysics & Systems Engineering Laboratory (iMSEL) will officially start at the University of South Carolina in August 2017
