Zhikun Hou
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
United States of America
Biography
Education: MS California Institute of Technology 1985 PhD California Institute of Technology 1990 It has been a great pleasure to teach at WPI, a school with motivated students from all over the world. I am teaching engineering mechanics related course such as ES2501 (Statics), ES2502 (Stress Analysis), ES2503 (Dynamics), ES3011 (Control Engineering), ME4506 (Vibrations), ME4512 (Finite Elements) at the undergraduate level and ME522 and ME593V (Mechanical Vibrations), ME593M (Numerical Methods for Engineers), ME527 (Advanced Dynamics), and ME531 (Elasticity Theory) at the graduate level. I share the happiness when the students can apply the learned knowledge in their projects and research. I understand the frustration when the students suffer in the learning process and always try my best to help. I like to challenge my students to their maximum ability. I would like to make sure that my students can get their needed apples on a tree but they must jump. I view the teaching is a control process and welcome questions from my students for the valuable feedback.
Research Interest
Engineering mechanics; Dynamics and vibration; Structural health monitoring and control; Random vibration and structural reliability; Numerical methods including finite element analysis
Publications
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Shinde, A. and Hou, Z. (2005). A Wavelet Packet Based Sifting Process and Its Application for Structural Health Monitoring, Structural Health Monitoring, 2(4), pp. 153-170.
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Stochastic Models for Disordered Periodic Processes and Their Applications - 1998
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A Computational Scheme for the Optimal Sensor/Actuator Placement of Flexible Structures Using Spatial H2 Measures - 2006
