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(Google scholar for Weihang Zhu’s paper citation)

Published or Accepted Papers (student names in italics):

2025

  • James Curry, Brian Craig, Weihang Zhu, Jyothi Supriya Chollangi, Saikrishna S Gubbala, Mohammad Shafayet Hossain, Wenhao Yang, Using Large Language Models to Analyze Maritime Near Miss Data, TRBAM-25-03877, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting on January 5-9, 2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

  • Venkatesh Balan, Weihang Zhu, Harish Krishnamoorthy, Driss Benhaddou, Jake Mowrer, Hasan Husain, Artin Eskandari, Challenges and Opportunities in Producing High-Quality Edible Mushrooms from Lignocellulosic Biomass in a Small-Scale, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-021-11749-2.
  • James Curry, Weihang Zhu, Brian N. Craig, Emad Mohammad Zeni, Saikrishna S Gubbala, An Investigation on the Impact of Safety Culture Surveys Questionnaire on the Results through the Correlation Analysis, 24th Annual Process Safety International Symposium, October 19-21, 2021, College Station, Texas
  • Robert Kelley Bradley, James Curry, Victor Zaloom, Brian Craig, Alberto Marquez, Xinyu Liu, Berna Tokgoz, Yueqing Li, Maryam Hamidi, Gary Yentzen, Acyut Kaneria, Weihang Zhu, Results of the First 6 Years of a 2 + 2 Online BS Industrial Engineering Degree Pathway, ASEE Annual Conference 2021
  • Ning Lou, Ezra Wari, James Curry, Kevin McSweeney, Rick Curtis, Brian Craig, Muhammad Hussain, Weihang Zhu, Identifying Safety Culture Factors for Offshore Industry, 26th SNAME Symposium, Houston, TX, Apr 6-7, 2021
  • Sandesh Risal, Weihang Zhu, Pablo Guillen, Li Sun, Improving Phase Prediction Accuracy for High Entropy Alloys with Machine Learning, Computational Materials Science, Volume 192, May 2021, 110389, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110389

2020

2019

2018

  • Weihang Zhu, Xuejun Fan, Nicholas Brake, Xinyu Liu, Xianchang Li, Jiang Zhou, Dorothy Sisk, Julia Yoo, Engineering Design and Manufacturing Education through Research Experience for High School Teachers, SME/NAMRC, June 2018, College Station, TX
  • Weihang Zhu, Xuejun Fan, Julia Yoo, Dorothy Sisk, Nicholas Brake, Xinyu Liu, Xianchang Li, Jiang Zhou, First Year Experience RET Site: Incorporating Advanced Design and Manufacturing to High School Curriculum, American Society of Engineering Education, June 2018, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Kamal Thapa, Maryam Hamidi, Weihang Zhu, Brian Craig, A GIS-based Optimization Model for Port of Beaumont Inventory Management, Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference, May 2018, Orlando, FL

2017

  • Sujay Mahale, Alberto Marquez, Weihang Zhu, A Client Server Framework for A Job Shop Scheduling System To Minimize Tardiness and Labor Overtime Costs Under Labor and Machine Constraints (Presentation Only), INFORMS 2017 Annual Conference, Houston, TX, October 22-25, 2017
  • Sujay Mahale, Ezra Wari, Alberto Marquez, Weihang Zhu, A MILP Model For Job And Labor Scheduling To Minimize Weighted Tardiness And Labor Costs for Parallel Machines (Presentation Only), INFORMS 2017 Annual Conference, Houston, TX, October 22-25, 2017
  • Mohammad Altayeb, Weihang Zhu, Port Pilotage Discrete Event Simulation with GIS in AnyLogic (Presentation Only), INFORMS 2017 Annual Conference, Houston, TX, October 22-25, 2017
  • Arash Abedi, Weihang Zhu, An Order Acceptance Model for Hybrid Production Strategy (Presentation Only), INFORMS 2017 Annual Conference, Houston, TX, October 22-25, 2017
  • Zhicheng Zhu, Yisha Xiang, Weihang Zhu, James Curry, An Opportunistic Maintenance Policy for Degradation-based Multi-unit Systems (Presentation Only), Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference, May 20 – 23, 2017, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Alem Demissie, Weihang Zhu, Daniel Kitaw, Amare Matebu, Quality Improvement in Ethiopian Garment Enterprises, Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, doi: 10.1080/21681015.2017.1362484
  • Anirudh Juloori, Yueqing Li, Weihang Zhu, Development of a Game-Based and Haptically Enhanced Application for People with Visual Impairment. In: Ahram T., Falcão C. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 608. Springer, Cham
  • Weihang Zhu, Julia Yoo, James Curry, Brian Craig, Jiang Zhou, Hsing-wei Chu, Nicholas Brake, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering Scholars with Scholarships, Career Mentoring, Outreach and Advisement, Professional Societies and Engineering Learning Community (SCOPE) S-STEM Program, American Society of Engineering Education annual conference, June 2017, Columbus, OH, USA
  • Ezra Wari, Weihang Zhu, Yisha Xiang, A Constraint Programming Model for Ice Cream Processing, Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference, May 20 – 23, 2017, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Received the Best Track Paper Award for Production Planning & Scheduling Track
  • Alem Demissie, Weihang Zhu, Chanyalew Taye Belachew, A Multi-objective Optimization Model for Natural Gas Pipeline Operations, Computers and Chemical Engineering, doi: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2017.02.017

2016

  • Zhicheng Zhu, Yisha Xiang, Weihang Zhu, Brian Craig, Preventive Maintenance for Port Equipment with Schedule Constraints (Presentaton Only), Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference, May 21 – 24, 2016, Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Ezra Wari, Weihang Zhu, Multi-week Scheduling for an Ice Cream Processing Facility (Presentaton Only), Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference, May 21 – 24, 2016, Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Weihang Zhu, Julia Yoo, Brian Craig, James Curry, Jiang Zhou, Hsing-wei Chu, SCOPE Scholarship for Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (Presentaton Only), the 2016 Lamar University Educational Conference, Beaumont, Texas, March, 2016;
  • Weihang Zhu, Julia Yoo, Alberto Marquez, “Engineering Economics Career” Mobile App for Assisting Teaching Engineering Economics Course, the 2016 Lamar University Educational Conference (Presentaton Only), Beaumont, Texas, March, 2016;
  • Arash Abedi, Weihang Zhu, An Optimization Model for Purchase, Production, and Distribution in Fish Supply Chain – A Case Study, International Journal of Production Research, doi: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1242800
  • Ge Jiang, Dingzhong Feng, Weihang Zhu, A Large and Heavy Cargo Transport System Designed for Small and Medium Ship Maintenance and Repair, Journal of Ship Production and Design, doi:10.5957/JSPD.32.2.160019; Received the Best Paper Award from the 15th Annual Meeting of China Society of Logistics
  • Julia Griffin, Weihang Zhu, Chang S. Nam, The Role of Haptic Feedback in Retinal Microsurgery Systems: A Meta-Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, doi: 10.1109/TOH.2016.2598341
  • Ezra Wari, Weihang Zhu, Multi-week Production Scheduling for an Ice Cream Processing Facility, Computers and Chemical Engineering, doi: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2016.07.025
  • Yuci Shen, Leilei Zhang, Weihang Zhu, Jiang Zhou, Xuejun Fan, A Capped-Die Flip Chip Package Design to Reduce Warpage in Packaging, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, doi: 10.1109/TCPMT.2016.2592947, Received 2016 Best Paper Award – IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology in the Advanced Packaging Technologies category
  • Ezra Wari, Weihang Zhu, A Survey on metaheuristic applications in food processing optimization, Applied Soft Computing, doi: 10.1016/j.asoc.2016.04.034
  • James Curry, Weihang Zhu, Brian Craig, An Online 2+2 Bachelor’s Degree Program Track in Industrial Engineering at Lamar University, American Society of Engineering Education annual conference, June 2016, New Orleans, LA, USA
  • Alem Demissie, Weihang Zhu, Xinyu Liu, Multi-objective Optimization of Natural Gas Pipeline Operation, Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference, May 21 – 24, 2016, Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Ezra Wari, Weihang Zhu, Energy-efficient Scheduling for an Ice Cream Processing Facility, Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference, May 21 – 24, 2016, Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Weihang Zhu, Ge Jiang, Brian Craig, Online Simulation Course and “Arena Video Tutor” Mobile App Development, Industrial and System Engineering Research Conference, May 21 – 24, 2016, Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Xinyu Liu, Weihang Zhu, Development of a Fiber Optical Occlusion Based Automatic Tool Setter for Micro Milling Machine, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, doi:10.1016/j.rcim.2016.04.002
  • Ge Jiang, Dingzhong Feng, Weihang Zhu, Efficient Shipbuilding System Based on the Lean Production Methodology, Journal of Ship Production and Design, doi:10.5957/JSPD.32.2.150042
  • Huiling Chen, Liguo Shuai, Weihang Zhu, Preliminary study on SED distribution of tactile sensation in fingertip, 2016 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (CMECE 2016), New York, January 7-9, 2016

2015

  • Weihang Zhu, Alberto Marquez, Julia Yoo, “Engineering Economics Jeopardy!” Mobile App for University Students, Engineering Economist, Vol. 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages: 291-306, DOI: 10.1080/0013791X.2015.1067343
  • Liang Diao, Liguo Shuai, Huiling Chen and Weihang Zhu, Improvement of ELM algorithm for multi-object identification in gesture interaction, The International Conference on Extreme Learning Machines (ELM 2015), Hangzhou, China, December, 2015
  • Ezra Wari, Weihang Zhu, Xinyu Liu, Genetic Algorithms Applications in the Food Process Industry, Industrial and System Engineering Annual Research Conference and Expo 2015, May 30 – June 2, 2015, Nashville, TN, USA
  • Alem Demissie, Weihang Zhu, A Survey on Gas Pipelines Operation and Design Optimization, Industrial and System Engineering Annual Research Conference and Expo 2015, May 30 – June 2, 2015, Nashville, TN, USA
  • Alem Demissie, Weihang Zhu, Daniel Kitaw, Amare Matebu, Quality Assessment on the Garment Enterprises in Ethiopia, Industrial and System Engineering Annual Research Conference and Expo 2015, May 30 – June 2, 2015, Nashville, TN, USA
  • Ge Jiang, Dingzhong Feng, Weihang Zhu, Lean Shipbuilding for Project-based Manufacturing, Industrial and System Engineering Annual Research Conference and Expo 2015, May 30 – June 2, 2015, Nashville, TN, USA
  • Weihang Zhu, Alberto Marquez, Julia Yoo, Development of “Engineering Economics Career” Mobile App, ASEE annual conference 2015, June 2015, Seattle, WA, USA

2014

  • Weihang Zhu, Alberto Marquez, Julia Yoo, Design Improvement of Mobile App for Engineering Economics and Student Satisfaction, ASEE annual conference June 2014, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  • Xinyu Liu, Weihang Zhu, Automated Toolsetter for Micromachine, FAIM Conference May 2014, San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Brian Craig, Richshalla Papallion, James Curry, Weihang Zhu, Maritime Safety Reporting, Offshore Technology Conference May 2014, Houston, TX, USA

2013

  • James Curry, Weihang Zhu, Brian Craig, Lonnie Turpin Jr., Majed Al-Bokhari, Pavan Mhasavekar, Using a Natural Language Generation Approach to Documenting Simulation Results, Winter Simulation Conference, December 2013, Washinton DC, USA
  • Shreyas Shashidhara, Xinyu Liu, Weihang Zhu, James Curry, Victor Zaloom, Experimental Investigation of the Tool Wear and Tool lLife in Micro Hard Milling, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Conference (IMECE-65607), November 2013, San Diego, USA
  • Weihang Zhu, Jiang Zhou, Md. A. Islam, Md. Shufean, Xinyu Liu, Development of a Mobile App for Learning System Dynamics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Conference (IMECE-62512), November 2013, San Diego, USA
  • Weihang Zhu, Alberto Marquez, Julia Yoo, Development of a Mobile App for Multimedia Learning of Engineering Economics, American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 2013, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Kevin McSweeney, Brian Craig, James Curry, Weihang Zhu, Are Mariner Near Misses Influencing Design?, US Transportation Research Board Conference, 92nd Annual Meeting, Jan 13-17, 2013, Washington, DC, USA

2012

  • James Curry, Weihang Zhu, Brian Caig, Victor Zaloom, Development of a Web-based Safety Survey Data Analysis System for the Maritime Industry, Industrial Engineering Research Conference (Presentation Only), May 2012, Orlando, FL, USA
  • Xinyu Liu, B. Gangineni, Weihang Zhu, Victor Zaloom, Finite Element Analysis of Micro-grinding Process, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 2012, Orlando, FL, USA

2011

  • Wen-Chyuan Chiang, Gangshu Cai, Xiaojing Xu, Ganesh Mudunuri and Weihang Zhu, Two-Stage Tabu – Particle Swarm Algorithms for the Facility Layout Problem with Size Constraints, IEEE CEC 2011, June 5~8, 2011, New Orleans, LA, USA
  • Xinyu Liu, Weihang Zhu, Victor Zaloom, Multi-objective Optimization for the Micro-milling Process with Adaptive Data Modeling, Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference MSEC2011 June 13-17, 2011, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
  • Weihang Zhu, Haptic-augmented Learning Tools for Dynamics, the 2011 Lamar Univeristy Educational Conference, Beaumont, Texas, March 24 – 25, 2011;
  • Weihang Zhu, Kendrick Aung, Jiang Zhou, Haptic-augmented Learning Tools for Dynamics (invited only, poster), the 2011 CCLI/TUES PI Conference in Washington, D.C. on January 26 – 28, 2011;
  • Weihang Zhu, Ashraf Yaseen, Yaohang Li, DEMCMC-GPU: An Efficient Multi-Objective Optimization Method with GPU Acceleration on the Fermi Architecture, Journal of New Generation Computing;

2010

  • Weihang Zhu, Massively Parallel Differential Evolution with Graphics Hardware Acceleration: an Investigation on Bound Constrained Optimization Problems, Journal of Global Optimization, doi: 10.1007/s10898-010-9590-0;
  • Weihang Zhu, James Curry, Victor Zaloom, A Framework of GPU-accelerated Evolutionary Algorithms for Global Optimization, INFORMS 2010, Austin, TX (Presentation Only);
  • Weihang Zhu, James Curry, Massively Parallel Genetic Algorithm for Nonlinear Optimization with GPU Computing, the 13th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization (MAO) Conference,13-15 September 2010, Fort Worth, Texas, co-located with the 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference;
  • Weihang Zhu, Nonlinear Optimization with a Massively Parallel Evolution Strategy Algorithm on Graphics Hardware, Applied Soft Computing Journal, doi: 10.1016/j.asoc.2010.05.020;
  • Carol Schulte, James Curry, Victor Zaloom, Weihang Zhu, Helen Lou, Alberto Marquez, Scheduling Hazardous Waste Incinerators Using a SA-LP Heuristic, Journal of Environmental Engineering Science, July 2010, 27(7): 569-575. doi:10.1089/ees.2009.0380;
  • Weihang Zhu, Parallel Biogeography -based Optimization with GPU Acceleration for Nonlinear Optimization, ASME IDETC/CIE Conference, August 15- 18, Montreal, Canada
  • Weihang Zhu, James Curry, Anjali Mishra, Alberto Marquez, Victor Zaloom, An Experimental Study of GPU-accelerated Ant Colony Optimization for Sequence Dependent Parallel Machine Scheduling, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 5-9, 2010
  • James Curry, Alberto Marquez, Weihang Zhu, Setting Gate Prices with Intermediate Actors and Transportation Costs, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 5-9, 2010
  • Weihang Zhu, Yaohang Li, GPU-Accelerated Differential Evolutionary Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method for Multi-Objective Optimization over Continuous Space, 2nd Workshop on Bio-Inspired Algorithms for Distributed Systems, BADS 2010, held in conjunction with 7th International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC 2010), Washington DC, USA, June 7-11, 2010;
  • Weihang Zhu, Kendrick Aung, Jiang Zhou, Design Improvement and Analysis on 3D Haptic-augmented Learning Tools for Dynamics Course, American Society of Engineering Education 2010 annual conference, Louisville, KY, USA, June 2010
  • Yaohang Li, Weihang Zhu, GPU-accelerated Multi-scoring Function Protein Loop Structure Sampling, Ninth IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology, Atlanta, GA, April 19, 2010, held in conjunction with International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS);
  • Hani Almufti, Kody Duplechin, Brent Trasher, Weihang Zhu, A Simulation Study of Medical Office Practice, IIE Regional Conference 2010, held at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX, Feb 26~27, 2010 (Undergraduate student paper)

2009

2008

 

2007

  • Weihang Zhu, Haptic Guided Rigid Body Dynamic Study for Virtual Assembly in Mainstream CAD Systems, Proceedings of ASME IMECE, Seattle, WA, USA, IMECE2007-41513
  • Xianchang Li, Weihang Zhu, Paul Corder, Numerical Study on Heat Transfer of Inclined Jet Impingement with Explicit Crossflow, Proceedings of ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, HT2007-32478
  • Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, An Infrastructure Towards Haptic Virtual Assembly with Native 3D Models in Mainstream CAD Systems, Transactions of SME/NAMRC 2007

2006

  • Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Haptic Manipulation of Native 3D CAD Models in Mainstream CAD/CAM Systems, Proceedings of ASME IMECE 2006
  • Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Constructing Polyhedral Models from Dexel Models with Marching Algorithm for Haptic Virtual Sculpting, Proceedings of ASME MSEC 2006
  • Yongfu Ren, Weihang Zhu and Yuan-Shin Lee, Pencil-cut Machining with Material Side Tracing and Curve Refinement for Complex Polyhedral Models, Transactions of SME/NAMRC 2006

2005

2004

2003

  • Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Haptic Sculpting and Machining Planning with 5-DOF Haptic Interface for Virtual Prototyping and Manufacturing, Proceedings of The International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, Oct 2003
  • Weihang Zhu, Yuan-Shin Lee, Haptic Sculpting and Pencil-cut Planning in Virtual Prototyping and Manufacturing, Proceedings of The ASME IMECE (International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition), Washington DC, USA, Nov, 2003, IMECE2003-42489

2000

  • Deren Sheng, Haoren Ren, J. Chen, W. Li, Weihang Zhu, Optimization of Main Steam Pressure of Steam Turbine Unit under Cycling Loading, Power Engineering, (in Chinese), Vol 20, No. 5, 2000
  • Weihang Zhu, Haoren Ren, Deren Sheng etc, Power Plant Management Information System for Production Based on MS SQL Server, Zhejiang Electric Power, (in Chinese), Vol 19, No. 1, 2000

1999

  • Deren Sheng, Weihang Zhu, etc, Power Plant Reporting By OLE, Thermal Power Generation, (in Chinese), No.173, P35-38, 1999
  • Haoren Ren, W. Li, D. Sheng, J. Chen, J. Li, X. Lu, Weihang Zhu, The Analysis of Operation Index for the Power Unit under Different Loads, Transaction of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering, (in Chinese), Vol.19, No.9, P50-53, 1999