Faculty
Dr. Gangbing Song
Moores Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Office Location W210 Engineering Building 2
Phone 713-743-4525
Fax 713-743-4503
Email gsong [at] uh.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, 1991 – 1995, Dissertation Title: "Robust Control and Adaptive-Robust Control of Uncertain Robot Manipulators"
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, 1989 – 1991
B.S. in Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, P.R. China, 1985 – 1989
Professional Experience
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 1995
Assistant Professor University of Akron, 1998 – 2002, Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in April 2002
Associate Professor with Tenure, University of Houston, 2002 – 2008
Full Professor with Tenure, University of Houston, 2008 – present
Outstanding Technical Contribution Award, Aerospace Division of ASCE, 2008
Graduated 13 Ph.D. students and 31 M.S. students
Delivered 10 keynote speeches and 82 invited talks, seminars, and short courses
Secured External Funding: $3,230,000 (including 13 NSF awards as PI or Co-PI)
Published 96 peer-reviewed journal papers and 191 conference papers
Inventor or Co-Inventor: 3 U.S. patents
Established Smart Materials and Structures curriculum, including two graduate courses, one undergraduate course, Smart Materials and Structures Laboratory, a remote laboratory extension, postdoctoral training, graduate student training, and Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program
Associate Editor, Smart Materials and Structures and International Journal of Instrumentation Technology (IJIT)
Professional and Scientific Affiliations
Member, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Member, ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)
Member, SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering)
Member, ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education)
Research Interests
Structural health monitoring and inspection, non-destructive testing, wind energy, upcycling of decommissioned wind turbine blades, structural vibration control, structural resilience, transducers, intelligent materials, signal processing, machine learning
Awards & Honors
Outstanding Technical Contribution Award, Aerospace Division of ASCE, 2008
Best Paper Award, co-author, Intelligent Sensor and Actuator Symposium at the Earth and Space’08 conference
CAREER Award, NSF, 2001
General Chair, ASCE Earth and Space Conference, 2010
America Science and Engineering Who’s Who, 1999
Naval Special Act Award, 1998.
Selected Publications
- Song, H., Lv, Y., Yuan, R., Yang, X., Song, G. (2024). Amplitude-based multiscale reverse dispersion entropy: a novel approach to bearing fault diagnosis. Structural Health Monitoring.
- Lv, Y., Wu, H., Yuan, R., Dang, Z., Song, G. (2023). Generalized Synchroextracting-Based Stepwise Demodulation Transform and Its Application to Fault Diagnosis of Rotating Machinery. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23(5), 5045–5060.
- Xie, J., Xu, C., Wu, C., Li, G., Song, G. (2023). Visualization of defects in CFRP-reinforced steel structures using improved eddy current pulsed thermography. Automation in Construction, 145, 104643.
- Tong, T., Yue, S., Li, R., Wang, Z., Bao, J. (2022). Microfluidic Pumps with Laser Streaming from Tips of Optical Fibers and Sewing Needles. Advanced Optical Materials, 10(24), 2201534.
- Xie, J., Xu, C., Chen, G., Huang, W., Song, G. (2022). Automated identification of front/rear surface cracks in ferromagnetic metals based on eddy current pulsed thermography. Infrared Physics and Technology, 126, 104345.
- Chen, D., Huo, L., Song, G. (2022). High resolution bolt pre-load looseness monitoring using coda wave interferometry. Structural Health Monitoring, 21(5), 1959–1972.
Books / Book Chapters
- Chen, J., Li, P., Chen, X., & Song, G. (2010). Force tracking control of a testing device I: System modeling and identification. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments - Earth and Space 2010, pp. 3753-3763.
- Song, G., Li, H., Gajic, B., Zhou, W., Chen, P., & Gu, H. (2010). Piezoceramic-based wireless sensor network system for health monitoring of wind turbine blades - An experimental study. In Proceedings of the Fifth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, Tokyo, Japan, July 12-24, 2010. (Keynote)
- Li, L. Y., Song, G., & Ou, J. P. (2010). Nonlinear fault tolerant control of nonlinear structures with MR dampers. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments - Earth and Space 2010, pp. 3294-3301. (Invited Paper)
- Song, G., Gu, H., Mo, Y. L., & Wang, R. (2010). Health monitoring of concrete piles using piezoceramic-based smart aggregates. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7650(1), Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2010.
- Li, P., Olmi, C., & Song, G. (2010). Energy efficient wireless sensor network for structural health monitoring using distributed embedded piezoelectric transducers. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7647, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010.
- Kilicarslan, A., Song, G., & Grigoriadis, K. M. (2010). LPV gain scheduling control of hysteresis on an SMA wire system. In Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference 2009 (DSCC2009), Part A, pp. 419-426. (Published in 2010)
- Moslehy, Y., Gu, H., Belarbi, A., Mo, Y. L., & Song, G. (2010). Smart aggregate-based damage detection of circular RC columns under cyclic combined loading. In Proceedings of the 19th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference, pp. 140-158.
- Chen, X., Song, G., & Zhang, Y. (2010). Virtual and remote laboratory development: A review. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments - Earth and Space 2010, pp. 3843-3852.
- Singla, M., Wu, J., Song, G., & Shieh, L. S. (2010). Tracking control of a piezo positioning stage with scalar sign function and digital redesign technique. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments - Earth and Space 2010, pp. 1729-1753.