Zhenghui Sha
PhD, Assistant Professor
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology
Minors
- Graduate Minor in Applied Statistics, Purdue University
- Undergraduate Minor in Computer Science, Xi’an University of Technology
Academic Appointment
- Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2021 – Present
- Assistant Professor, The University of Arkansas, Jan. 2017 – Aug. 2021
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2016
Research Interests
- Decision-making in Engineering Systems Design
- Complex Systems and Complex Networks
- Game Theory and Behavioral Experimentation
- Decision-based Enterprise-driven Design
- Artificial Intelligence in Design
- Crowd-sourced Design
- Open-source Product Design and Development
Awards and Honors
- Young Engineer Award, Computers and Information in Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022.
- Outstanding Faculty Members of the Year Award, Associated Student Government and the Graduate Professional Students Congress, University of Arkansas, 2021.
- 2020 Journal of Mechanical Design Reviewer With Distinction Award, 2021
- Technical Committee Leadership Award, Computers and Information in Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, 2020
- ASME Robert E. Fulton Best Paper Award, Computers and Information in Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019
- Best PhD Dissertation of the Year Award, Computers and Information in Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017
- Open Education Resources (OER) Award, the University of Arkansas Libraries and the Global Campus, 2017.
- ASME Robert E. Fulton Best Paper Award, Computers and Information in Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013
Review Service
- Journal of Mechanical Design
- Journal for Computing and Information Science in Engineering
- IIE Transactions
- Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing
- Systems Engineering
- 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
- Research in Transportation Economics
- IEEE Access
- IEEE System, Man and Cybernetics – Systems
- Journal of Operational Research Society
- Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
- Technology in Society
- IEEE Transaction on Automation Science and Engineering
- Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
- Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
- AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Conference on Systems Engineering Research
- Design Computing and Cognition Conference
- ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
- Design Automation Conference
- International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
- IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
- ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
Selected Academic Service
- Organizing Committee Co-Chair, “ASME-CIE Hackathon at IDETC/CIE 2021”, the 41st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2021.
- Symposium Organizer, “Intelligence Augmentation for Human Systems Integration”, a Special Joint Session between SEIKM and DTM Technical Committees at the 41th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2021.
- Organizing Committee Chair, “ASME-CIE Hackathon at IMECE 2020”, at The International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 2020.
- Symposium Organizer, “Systems Engineering Information Knowledge Management (SEIKM)”, CIE–29, at 40th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2020.
- Symposium Organizer, “SEIKM: Complex Systems Engineering and Design”, CIE–16, at 40th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2020.
- Program committee member, “DCC 20 Workshop: Accelerating Design with Human-Machine Teaming”, Atlanta, GA (Virtually), December 12-13, 2020.
- Advisory Board Member, The Ninth International Conference On Design Computing and Cognition (DCC 20), Atlanta, GA, June 27-28, 2020.
- Organizing Committee Chair, “ASME-CIE Hackathon at IDETC/CIE 2020”, the 40th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2020.
- Award Chair, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Computer and Information in Engineering Division (CIE), Systems Engineering, Information and Knowledge Management (SEIKM) Technical Committee, 2019 – 2020.
- Panel Organizer, “SEIKM Panel: The recent advances and future direction of model-based systems engineering”, at the 39th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2019.
- Symposium Organizer, “Human Behavior in Design”, DTM–6, at the 31st International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM), 2019.
- Symposium Organizer, “Systems Engineering Information Knowledge Management (SEIKM)”, CIE–4, at 39th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2019.
- Symposium Organizer, “SEIKM: Design Informatics”, CIE–15, at 39th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2019.
- Symposium Organizer, “SEIKM: Complex Systems Engineering and Design”, CIE–19, at 39th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2019.
- Chair, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Computer and Information in Engineering Division (CIE), Systems Engineering, Information and Knowledge Management (SEIKM) Technical Committee, 2018 – 2019.
- Program Committee Member, the 33rd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2019.
- Program Committee Member, Design Science Research (DSR) 2018, Workshop on Data Driven Design and Learning, August 23-25, 2018, Montreal, Canada.
- Vice Chair, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), Computer and Information in Engineering Division (CIE), Systems Engineering, Information and Knowledge Management (SEIKM) Technical Committee, 2017 – 2018.
- Symposium Chair, “Design Informatics”, CIE–2-13 at the 38th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2018.
- Symposium Co-Chair, “Design of Complex Systems”, CIE–2-17 at the 38th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2018.
- Symposium Co-Chair, “Systems Engineering Information Knowledge Management”, CIE–2-12 at the 38th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), 2018.
- Session Organizer, “Evaluations and Assessment in Design Education”, DEC–4 at the 14th International Conference on Design Education (DEC), 2017.
- Organizer, “Lab Experiments on Individual and Interactive Decision Making in Design” workshop at the 37th Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference, 2017.
- Conference Coordinator, the 7th International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), 2016.