
Doctoral Seminar (Fall 2011, Spring 2012).ATI Technologies Inc. Coordinate Graduate Research Seminar (Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, newly developed course). Multi-method Simulation (Summer 2017, newly developed course): AnyLogic, agent-based simulation, system dynamics, discrete event simulation. Statistical Decision Making (Probability and Statistics II) (Spring 2011). Multi-objective Optimization (Spring 2010, Spring 2012, newly developed course). Introduction to Robotics (Spring 2008, 2009, Summer II 2010, Summer II 2011, newly developed course). Computational Methods in Research (Fall 2007, Fall 2008): research tools in Industrial Engineering including C++, Object-oriented programming, COIN-OR and Computer Graphics. Advanced Manufacturing (Summer II 2006, newly developed course): Flexible Manufacturing System, Automation, Six-Sigma, Pro/Manufacturing and Pro/Mechanica. Engineering Database Design (Summer I 2006, 2007, Fall 2009, Summer II 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011): Database design, SQL, Visual Basic. Engineering Materials and Manufacturing Processes (Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Summer III 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Summer III 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018): Engineering Material, Manufacturing Processes, Process Planning, Machining Lab. Automated Systems Engineering (Spring 2006, Summer I 2007, Summer II 2011, Summer I 2012, Summer I 2013, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, newly developed course): Control system, Sensor and Actuators, PLC, Assembly, Flexible Manufacturing System, Automated Inspection. Virtual Reality and Computer Haptics (Fall 2005, Summer I 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, newly developed course): Haptics and Virtual reality research, OpenHaptics programming. Quality Improvement / Statistical Quality Control (Fall 2005, Fall 2006): Control charts, Process capability analysis, Acceptance sampling. Computer Simulation of Industrial Systems (Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017): Computer Simulation with Rockwell Arena. Graduate Advisor (Fall 2006~Summer 2018): advise hundreds of graduate students of Industrial Engineering each semester advise new and transfer students graduate students admission. Zhu has created 9 new courses and lectured the following courses (most of them have labs): Materials and Manufacturing Processes (Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021): engineering materials, manufacturing processesĪs Professor and Graduate Program Advisor at Department of Industrial Engineering, Lamar University (2005~2018), Dr.
Automated Manufacturing Systems (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021): sensors and actuators, PLC, CNC, Robotics, Material Handling, RFID, Automation, Manufacturing Systems. Computer Aided Design I (Spring 2019): machine design I, SolidWorks Simulation, Finite Element Analysis. Dynamics of Mechanism (Fall 2018, Fall 2019): kinematics, dynamics, mechanism, SolidWorks Motion. Graduate Co-Advisor (Fall 2018 to Spring 2019). MS-MET Graduate Program Coordinator (Since Fall 2019). Zhu has lectured the following courses (most of them have labs): Machines include CNC mill (Intelitek and HAAS), CNC lathe (Intelitek and HAAS), PLC (Allen Bradley), and Fanuc robots. Mechanical Engineering Technology program at UH uses Simio simulation software under a grant from Simio LLC to simulation of manufacturing systems and digital twin.Īs Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator at Mechanical Engineering Technology Program, Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston (2018~), Dr. SOLIDWORKS 2005 SOFTWARE SOFTWARE
Zhu has utilized multiple popular software and machines in his teaching. For example, SolidWorks is used for computer-aided design, manufacturing, and simulation, AnSys is used for finite element simulation, and RoboDK is used for robotic simulation and offline programming.