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Daning Huang

Assistant Professor

Affiliation(s):

Aerospace Engineering

Center for Acoustics and Vibration

375 ECoRE Building

daning@psu.edu

814-865-2569

Research Website

Google Scholar Profile

Research Areas:

Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics; Structural Dynamics and Adaptive Structures; Vehicle Systems Engineering

Interest Areas:

Aeroelasticity and aerothermoelasticity, multidisciplinary design and optimization, reduced-order modeling, uncertainty quantification

Education

BE, Aircraft Design and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2013
ME, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2014
Ph D, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2019

Publications

Books

Peretz P. Friedmann, George Lesieutre and Daning Huang, 2023, Structural Dynamics: Theory and Applications to Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Research Projects

March 2024 - February 2029, "CAREER: Physics-Infused Reduced-Order Modeling for Control Co-Design of Morphing Aerial Autonomous Systems," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

Honors and Awards

Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2019

NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, March 2024

Service

Service to Penn State:

Committee Work, Chairperson, Lead, Center for Acoustics and Vibration, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technical Group, February 2021

Service to External Organizations:

Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Committee Member, ASME Structures and Materials Technical Committee, August 2023

Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Committee Member, AIAA Structural Dynamics Technical Committee, June 2022

About

The Penn State Department of Aerospace Engineering, established in 1961 and the only aerospace engineering department in Pennsylvania, is consistently recognized as one of the top aerospace engineering departments in the nation, and is also an international leader in aerospace education, research, and engagement. Our undergraduate program is ranked 15^th and our graduate programs are ranked 15^th nationally by U.S. News & World Report, while one in 25 holders of a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering in the U.S. earned it from Penn State. Our students are consistently among the most highly recruited by industry, government, and graduate schools nationwide.

The department is built upon the fundamentals of academic integrity, innovation in research, and commitment to the advancement of industry. Through an innovative curriculum and world-class instruction that reflects current industry practice and embraces future trends, Penn State Aerospace Engineering graduates emerge as broadly educated, technically sound aerospace engineers who will become future leaders in a critical industry