Committees

Conference Steering Committee

Conference General Chair:

Gangbing Song, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Sponsorship & Exhibits Chair:

Li Sun, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Local Chair:

David Ma, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hawaii-Manoa, HI

Student Space Elevator System Competition Chair:

Ahad Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Student Vibration Competition Chair:

Gangbing Song, University of Houston, Houston, TX

ASCE Aerospace Division Executive Committee (ExCom) Contact:

Larry Toups, NASA Johnson Space Center (Chair, ExCom)

Post Conference Tour Contact(s):

Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanism Corporation, New York, NY

Bob Fox, University of Hawaii, HI   

Juan Agui, NASA Glenn Research Center , Cleveland, OH
Wieslaw Binienda, University of Akron, Akron, OH

Franco Bontempi, University of Rome , Rome, Italy
Brad Griffin, Gray Research ,  Houston, TX
Tai Sik Lee, Hanyang University, Ansan, Korea
Hui Li, Harbin University of Technology, China

Hongnan Li, Dalian University of Technology , China
Aup Maji, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Ramesh B. Malla, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Philip Metzger, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Y.L. Mo, University of Houston, TX

Pizhong Qiao, Washington State University , Pullman, WA
Li Sun, University of Houston , Houston, TX
Bin Xu, Hunan University, China

Technical and Scientific Committee

 

Conference General Chair:

Gangbing Song, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Symposia and Chairs: 

Symposium 1: 4th NASA/ARO/ASCE Workshop on Granular Materials in Lunar and Martian Exploration

Chair: Juan Agui, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH

Symposium 2: Advanced Materials for Sustainable Development

Co-Chair: Pizhong Qiao, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Co-Chair: Julio F. Davalos, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Symposium 3: Exploration and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Bodies

Co-Chair: Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanism Corp. New York, NY

Co-Chair: Robert Mueller, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL

Symposium 4: Intelligent Sensors and Actuators

Co-Chair: Ramesh B. Malla, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Co-Chair: Arup Maji, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Symposium 5: Advanced Issues and Challenges in Control of Aerospace Vehicles and Structures

Chair: Zhang Ren, Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University, Beijing, China

Symposium 6: Advanced Topics in Offshore Wind Turbine Research

Chair: Franco Bontempi, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Symposium 7: Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer in Challenging Environment

Co-Chair: Fengchen Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

 Co-Chair: Tomoaki Kunugi, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Symposium 8: Innovative Techniques in Structural Health Monitoring

Chair: Hui Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Symposium 9: Disaster Mitigation

Co-Chair: Y.L. Mo, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Co-Chair: Bin Xu, Hunan University, Changsha, China

Symposium 10: Structural Vibration Control

Co-Chair: H.N. Li, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

Co-Chair: Y Shi, Shenyang Architecture and Civil Engineering University, Shenyang,

                          China

Symposium 11: Nano Technology in Active Materials

Co-Chair: C.L. Chen, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX

Co-Chair: L. Sun, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Symposium 12: Advanced Construction Materials

Co-Chair: X.Y.  Jin, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Co-Chair: X.L. Gu, Tongji University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Symposium 13: Advanced Technology in Composite Material Processing

Co-Chair: J. Gou, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Co-Chair: B.M. Zhang, Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University and Harbin

                          Institute of Technology, China

Symposium 14: New Development and Challenging Issues in 21st Engineering Education in

Dynamics, Controls, and Structures

Co-Chair: Gangbing Song, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Co-Chair: Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX

Other Members:

Ashraf S. Ayoub, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Larry Bell, SICSA, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Hyam Benaroya, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Wieslaw Binienda, University of Akron, OH

Steve Cai, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Hong Chen, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhe, China

John Connolly, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

Jim Dabney, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX

Xiaojun Feng, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, China

Robert Goldberg, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH

Mehrdad N. Ghasemi Nejhad, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI

Xin Chun Guan, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Bin Huang, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

Hongwei Huang, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Jong-Seh Lee, Hanyang University, Ansan, S. Korea

Tae-Sik Lee, Hanyang University, Ansan, S. Korea

Jinsong Leng, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Jie Li, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Zongjin Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Wen-I Liao, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Chin-Hsiung Loh, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sankaran Mahadevan, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

David Ma, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii

Philip Metzger, NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL

Shinji Matsumoto, CSP, Inc., Tokyo, Japan

Greg Mungas, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

Satish Nagaragaiah, Rice University, Houston, TX

Ahad Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Lin Tze Tan, University College London, London, UK

Tang Tat (Percy) Ng, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Jinping Ou, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.

Sergio Pellegrino, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Dane Quinn, University of Akron, Akron, OH

Ghani Razaqpur, Carlton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Gary Roberts, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH

Yan Shi, Shenyang Architecture and Civil Engineering University, Shenyang, China

Bill Spencer, University of Illinois,  Urbana-Champaign, IL

Limin Sun, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Jun Teng, Harbin Institute of Technology – Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China

Mahmoud Reda Taha, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Rafiqul A. Tarefder, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Michael Tinker, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

Larry Toups, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

Hiroshi Ueno, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba, Japan

Kimihisa Usui, Fuji Engineering Co., Japan

Chuji Wang, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Tian-Bing Xu, National Institute of Aerospace. China

Hiroyuki Yamanouch, Japan Building Research Institute, Japan

Zong-Liang Yang, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Tetsuji Yoshada, Shimizu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Xiong Yu, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Robert Yuan, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Chung-Bang Yun, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Gun Jin Yun, University of Akron, Akron, OH

Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University, TX

Rong Zheng, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Hongping Zhu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Saiji Zukada, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan