DONG QIAN
dong.qian@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4890
Mailstop: ECW 31
Office: ECSW 3.110C
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
PROFESSOR
ASSOCIATE DEPARTMENT HEAD for Graduate Studies, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2002
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998
BS, Bridge Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 1994
Research Interests
Computational mechanics, multiscale methods and applications, surface engineering.
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- C. Park, S. Saha, J. Guo, H. Zhang, X. Xie, M. A. Bessa, D. Qian, W. Chen, G. J. Wanger, J. Cao, T. J. R. Hughes, and W. K. Liu, “Unifying machine learning and interpolation theory via interpolating neural networks,” Nature Communications, vol. 16, p. 8753, 2025/10/01 2025.
- J. Guo, G. Domel, C. Park, H. Zhang, O. C. Gumus, Y. Lu, G. J. Wagner, D. Qian, J. Cao, T. J. R. Hughes, and W. K. Liu, “Tensor-decomposition-based A Priori Surrogate (TAPS) modeling for ultra large-scale simulations,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 444, p. 118101, 2025/09/01/ 2025.
- K. M. Nagaraja, L. Budde, N. Schwarz, J. Hermsdorf, D. Qian, and W. Li, “Multiphysics modelling of wire-based directed energy deposition process with experimental validation,” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 136, pp. 925–935, 2025/01/01 2025.
- R. Zhang, Y. Liu, T. Zheng, S. Eddin, S. Nolet, Y.-L. Liang, S. Rezazadeh, J. Wilson, H. Lu, and D. Qian, “A fast spatio-temporal temperature predictor for vacuum assisted resin infusion molding process based on deep machine learning modeling,” Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 35, pp. 1737–1764, 2024/04/01 2024.
- Y. Liu, C. Park, Y. Lu, S. Mojumder, W. K. Liu, and D. Qian, “HiDeNN-FEM: a seamless machine learning approach to nonlinear finite element analysis,” Computational Mechanics, vol. 72, pp. 173–194, 2023/07/01 2023
Major Honors and Awards
- ASME Fellow
- College of Engineering ,University of Cincinnati Distinguished Researcher Award, 2012.
- ICACM Young Investigator award at 3rd International Symposium on Computational Mechanics, 2011.
- Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship (ASEE), 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012.
- Summer Visiting Faculty Scholar, Peking University, 2010.
- Distinguished Researcher Award, College of Engineering ,University of Cincinnati, 2010.