Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- PhD, Ohio State University
- MS, University of Rhode Island
- BS, National Taiwan University
Ming Huang, PhD, is a professor of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of San Diego. His teaching and research focuses in areas of mechanical design with emphasis on mechanism and machine design, robotics and manufacturing automation and computer-aided design.
He received his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island in 1984, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in 1988. He is also a registered Professional Engineer.
Scholarly Work
- "Parametric Dimension Synthesis and Optimizations of Planar 5R Parallel Robots" in Robotic Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. 2020, pp. 340-354.
- With Rick Olson, Susan M Lord, and Michelle M Camacho, "Board 118: Developing Changemaking Engineers – Year Four ," ASEE Computers in Education Journal, 2019.
- With Elizabeth Reddy, "Board 97: Robots at Your Service: An Entrepreneurial and Socio-Technical ACL Course Module ," ASEE Computers in Education Journal, 2019.
- "On Dimension Synthesis of Hart’s Inversor III Straight-Line Mechanism As a Precision Robotic End-of-Arm To," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2019.
- "Performance Analysis and Design Optimization of 5R Planar Parallel Robots." Proc. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Houston, TX, November 2012.
- With Buckley, J., "A Study on Dimension Synthesis for the Peaucellier Mechanism," Journal of Mechanics Engineering and Automation, vol. 2, 5, pp. 271-278, 2012.
- "Design of a Planar Parallel Robot for Optimal Workspace and Dexterity," International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, vol. 8, 4, pp. 176-183, 2011.
- With Thebert, J., "A Study of Workspace and Singularity Characteristics for Design of 3 DOF Planar Parallel Robots," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 51, 5, pp. 789-797, 2010.
- With Malicky, D. and Kohl, J., "Integrating a Machine Shop Class into the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: Experimental and Inductive Learning," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, vol. 38, 2, pp. 135-146, 2010.
- With Malicky, D. and Lord, S., "A Design Methodology for Choosing an Optimal Pedagogy: the Pedagogy Decision Matrix," International Journal of Engineering Education (IJEE), vol. 23, 2, pp. 325-337, 2007.