Qiang Zou

Qiang Zou

Mechanical Engineer + Computer Scientist

Design and Manufacturing Automation Lab (DMA Lab)

In DMA Lab, we are interested in questions like: Which parts are computerizable in design and manufacturing processes, especially for those form-related tasks? What are general computational principles underlying design and manufacturing? How can we apply the principles and build tools to automate the processes? These are the sort of stuff we are trying to understand in shaping what it means to design by the computer and manufacture in the computer.

In the short term, we are working on the following “form-process-property” problems:

  1. Basic research on geometric and physical modeling of surfaces, solids, and structures:
    1. NURBS/B-rep computing, learning, and optimization
    2. Generative/Direct solid modeling
    3. Microgeometry modeling (microstructure and microsurfaces)
  2. With applied research on:
    1. Intelligent and intuitive CAD
    2. Virtual manufacturing (tool path planning, machining/3D printing simulation and optimization)

Funding:

  1. 3D CAD Modeler for Intelligent Engineering Design, 2024.1 - 2026.12, Key R&D Program of Zhenjiang Province, China
  2. Intelligent 3D CAD Modeling, 2023.1 - 2024.12, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China
  3. Robust direct modeling for complex products, 2022.1 - 2024.12, NSF of China
  4. Intelligent direct modeling for computer-aided design, 2022.1 - 2024.12, NSF of Zhejiang Province
  5. Geometric modeling and constraint solving kernels, 2022.1 - 2023.6, Key R&D Program of Zhenjiang Province

Students:

Some must-knows before working in our group.

Ph.D. Students

  1. Sifan Chen, 2022.2 - , Research topic: micro-geometry modeling
  2. Guoyue Luo, 2022.9 - , Research topic: micro-geometry modeling

MASc Students

  1. Lizhen Zhu, 2023.9 - , Research topic: AI + NURBS/B-rep modeling
  2. Yunzhu Gao, 2022.9 - , Research topic: GPU-based solid modeling
  3. Jianan Wang, 2022.9 - , Research topic: CAD software testing
  4. Qitong Dong, 2022.3 - , Research topic: NURBS modeling
  5. Ziheng Bao, 2021.9 - , Research topic: GPU-based NURBS modeling