Degrees
with Fields, Institutions and Date:
Ph.D., The University of
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1984
M.S, The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana,
1980
B.S, National Taiwan Inst. of Technology,
Taiwan, 1975
Number of Years Service
of this Faculty, Date of Original Appointments
and Dates of Advancement in Rank:
18 Years
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Department, FIU, August 1995- Present
Acting Chairman, Mechanical Engineering
Department, FIU, 1996
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Department, FIU, 1990-1995
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Department, FIU, 1984-1990
Other Related Experience:
Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., Research
Fellow, 1989-1991, 1997
Manufacturing Engineer, Taiwan, 1972-1985
Consulting, Patents,
etc.:
Consultant, Kenyon & Kenyon
Law Office, NY, 1997
Consultant, Cordis Corp., Miami, FL,
1985-1995
" Fiber-Reinforced Airplane Skin," inventors: Wu and Torres, Docket No: 29181/36280A
(patent filed through FIU DSRT)
State in which
registered: Florida
Principal Publications
(Last five years):
F. Yang, J. L. Ma, Z. J.
Pu and K. H. Wu, Nanophase Crystallization
of Amorphous Ribbon in NiTi-Cu Shape
Memory Alloy, Phase Transformations and
System Driven Far from Equilibrium, Material
Research Society Symposium Proceedings,
Vo. 481, 1998, p. 459-464.
Porter, G.A.; Liaw, P.K.;
Tiegs, T.N.; Wu, K.H.,Particle size reduction
of NiTi shape-memory alloy powders, Scripta
Materialia, vol.43, no.12 p. 1111-17,
December 2000.
Porter,
G A ; Liaw,
P K ; Tiegs,
T N ; Wu,
K H , Fatigue
and fracture behavior of nickel-titanium
shape- memory alloy reinforced aluminum
composites<, Journal of
Materials science & engineering.
A. Structural materials: properties,
microstructure and processing. 314,
no. 1, (2001): 186 (8 pages).
Porter, G.A.; Liaw, P.K.;
Tiegs, T.N.; Wu, K.H., Ni-Ti
SMA-reinforced Al composites,
Journal of Materials, vol.52, no.10
p. 52-6, October 2000.
J. D. Shi, Z. J. Pu, K.
H. Wu, and G. Larkins, Composite
Materials with Adjustable Thermal Expansion
Coefficient for Electronic Packaging
Applications, Electronic Packaging
Materials Science, Materials Research
Society Sym. Proc., Dec., 1996, Boston,
MA.
F. Yang, K. Wu, and G.
Larkins, The
Characterization of Thermal Cycling Behavior
of Si/YSZ/YBCO High-Temperature Superconductor
Thin Films, Proceedings of
ASC Conference 2000.
J. D. Shi, J.L.Ma,
Y.Gao, and Z.Pu,
Times">Fabrication of Fine Grain Size SMA through Crystallization of Amorphous
Ribbon, Metastable Phase & Microstructures,
Materials Research Society Sym. Proc.,
1996, V400, p221.
J. Ma and K. Wu, CNT-Foam
Ultra Light-Weignt Composites, SMEC
Conference, March 2001, Miami, FL.
J. Ma and K. Wu, Constitutional
phases and transformation characteristics
of Ni44Ti39Ta20 alloy,
Materials Science Forum, v 327, 2000,
p155 - 158.
Membership in Scientific
and Professional Societies:
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
Materials Research Society
Honors and Awards:
FIU Teaching Incentive
Program Award, 1994
FIU Outstanding Research Award, 1993
FIU Outstanding Teaching Award, 1991
FIU Outstanding Achievement Award, 1990
Institutional and Professional
Services (Last five years):
Int. Advisory Board, Int.
J of Iron & Steel Research, and China.,
1994-Present
Int. Advisory Board, 2000 Int. Sym. on
Materials Science and Tech, China, 2000
Int. Advisory Committee, Int. Sym on
Shape Memory Alloys, Japan. 1999
Chairman, College Tenure and Promotion
Committee, FIU, 1998
Chairman, College of Engineering and
Design Curriculum Committee, FIU, 1990
Member, Florida International University
Undergraduate Council, 1993
Professional Development
Activities (Last five years): Same
as above
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