Yunfeng Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: ATLSS Research Center, Room B-208
Phone: (610) 758-6978
Email: yuz8@lehigh.edu
Homepage: http://www.lehigh.edu/~yuz8

Education
Ph.D., Department of Applied Mechanics & Civil Engineering, 2001
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
M.S., Department of Civil Engineering, 1996
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
B.S., School of Civil Engineering, 1993
Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Research Interests
Dr. Zhang’s research interests are in an integrated engineering field of smart structures echnology. His current research projects are on the following specific topics:
Sensor Technology (piezoelectric paint sensor, sensor data compression)
Informatics (vibration-based system ID method for damage detection, integrated structural health monitoring system)
Structural Control Technologies (self-centering friction damping brace for seismic hazard mitigation of civil engineering structures)

Honors and Awards
NSF CAREER Award 2006

Recent Publications
Zhang, Y. and Iwan, W. D. (2002). "Active interaction control of civil structures. Part 2: MDOF systems." Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 31: 179-194.

Zhang, Y., and Li, J. (2006). "A wavelet-based sensor data compression technique for civil infrastructure condition monitoring," ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, in press (to appear in the November, 2006 issue).

Zhang, Y. (2006). "In-situ fatigue crack detection using piezoelectric paint sensor," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, in press.

Zhang, Y., and Li, J. (2006). "Linear predictor-based lossless compression of vibration sensor data: a systems approach," ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, accepted for publication.

Zhang, Y. and Li, J. (2006). “An Integrated Structural Health Monitoring System Considering the Interaction of Sensor Data Compression and System Identification,” Proc. 4th World Conf. Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego, CA, July 11-13, 2006.

Zhang, Y. and Zhu, S. (2006). “Seismic behavior of framed structure with self-centering damping braces.” Proc. 4th World Conf. Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego, CA, July 11-13, 2006.

Zhang, Y. and Li, J. (2006). "Sensor data compression techniques for efficient transmission and retrieval of seismic data" Proc. 8th Nat'l Conf. Earthquake Engr., San Francisco, CA, April 18-21, 2006.