Harry H. Cheng
Education
Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989
Research Interest
Extending C/C++ for ubiquitous computing and embedded scripting, mobile agent based computing, grid computing, script computing, engineering software design, agile manufacturing, intelligent mechatronic and embedded systems, robotics, real-time sensor fusion, sensor network, factory automation, creative design, Web technology and its applications in design and manufacturing, Web-based computational kinematics and mechanical design, distance learning, information infrastructure systems for intelligent transportation systems.
Honors and Awards
- Fellow of the ASME, 2006
- The Best Paper Award at the 2006
IEEE/ASME International Conference
on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications.
- The Waldron Award,
for significant contributions to the science
and technology of mechanisms and robotics,
the 4th National Applied Mechanisms and
Robotics Conference, 1995.
- The Research Initiation Award, the National
Science Foundation, 1993.
- The Procter
and Gamble Best Paper Award,
the 3rd National Applied Mechanisms and
Robotics Conference, 1993.
- The Junior Faculty Research Fellowship,
University of California, Davis, 1993.
- The Outstanding Contribution Award, United Parcel Service, Inc.,
1990.
- The University Fellowships,
University of Illinois at Chicago, 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1988-1989.
Services
- Conference Chair,
the 2008 4th IEEE/ASME International Conference
on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA08),
October 12-15, 2008, Beijing, China.
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Publicity Chair,
The 11th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, Beijing, China, October 12-15, 2008.
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Interview with
Design News
on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems, October, 2007.
- Chair, Technical Committee on
Mechatronic and Embedded Systems in ITS of
the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, 2006-present.
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Chair, Technical Area of Computers in Electronmechanical Systems,
ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division, 2003 - 2007.
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Editorial Board, international journal of
Computer Applications in Engineering Education,
2006 - present.
- Guest Editor for a special October 2007 issue of
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
focused on
Intelligent Mechatronic and Embedded Systems.
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Keynote Speaker
at
the 2007 ASME/IEEE International Conference
on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA07),
Las Vegas, Nevada, September 4-7, 2007.
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Member of International Editorial
Advisory Board of
Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering (CJME)
-English Edition, 2002 - present.
- General Co-Chair,
the 3rd ASME/IEEE International Conference
on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA07),
September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Instructor of the tutorial, "Real-Time Linux
for Control of Mechatronic Systems", at the ASME
International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers
and Information in Engineering Conference,
Salt Lake City, Utah,
September 28 - October 2, 2004;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
September 10-13, 2006.
- Keynote Speaker at
the 2006 Annual Computer Education and Research
Conference of the Zhejiang Province, August 17-20, Lisui, China.
- Program Chair,
the 2nd IEEE/ASME International Conference
on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA06),
August 13-16, 2006, Beijing, China.
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Member of the Advisory Committee of the
2006 International Mechanisms and Machine Science Conference, Yinchuan, China, August 14-17, 2006.
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Member of Editorial
Advisory Board,
Journal of Applied Mechanisms and Robotics,
2001 - 2002.
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Associate Editor,
ASME Trans, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 2000 - 2001.
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Chair, Technical Area of Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing,
ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division, 1997 - 2003.
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Publication Chair of the 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences.
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Program Track Chair on
Industrial Automation of the 1997 6th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation.
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Member of the ASME Mechanisms Subcommittee on Robotics and
Manipulators --- Dynamics and Controls, 1995-1996.
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Chair, the Subcommittee on Programming Environments
and Languages of the ASME Design Automation Committee, 1994 - 1995.
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Member of
the Advisory Board on Programming Languages, University Extension,
University of California, Davis, 1994 - 1999.
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Member of the
Design Automation Committee, ASME Design Engineering Division,
1992 - 2000
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Member of Organizing and Program Committees of numerous international conferences.
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Session Chairs of numerous international conferences.
Professional Membership
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Senior Member of IEEE
- Senior Member of IEEE Computer Society
- Senior Member of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Publications
Dr. Cheng has published
over 120 articles
in journals and conference proceedings.
Patent
Non-Intrusive Laser-Based System for Detecting Objects
Moving Across a Planar Surface,
US Patent No. 6,404,506, June 11, 2002.
Phone : (530) 752-5020
Fax: (530) 752-4158
Email:
hhcheng (at) ucdavis.edu
Office : 2018 Bainer Hall
Integration Engineering Lab: 1067 Bainer Hall
Mail: Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616