Prof. Fu-Kuo Chang
Professor, SACL, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Office: Durand Building, Room 385
Phone: (650) 723-3466 | Fax: (650) 725-3377
Email: fkchang [AT] stanford.edu
Degrees
| PhD | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983. |
Research Interests
- Structural health monitoring
- Design of integrated structures
- Smart structures
- Design and damage tolerance of composites structures
- Multi-functional materials
Current Research
- Structural health monitoring: sensor system networking, sensor/actuator design, digital imaging, design of built-in diagnostic systems for damage detection, condition monitoring, residual life prediction;
- Multifunctional materials: design and characterization of materials with embedded micro- and nano- sensors and actuators, piezoelectric materials, Shape Memory Alloys, etc.;
- Composite structures: crashworthiness and energy absorption, damage tolerance, design of composite joints, etc.
Awards and Achievements
- 2010 - SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Life-Time Achievement Award
- 2009 - Best Paper Award at the 7th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, CA
- 2006 - Best Paper Award at the 3rd European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Spain.
- 2004 - SHM Life-Time Achievement Award sponsored by the Boeing Company
- 1999 - Best Paper of Polymer Composites in the American Society for Composite Materials
- 1989 - Best Paper by a SAMPE Member Award
- 1989 - Alcoa Foundation Award
- 1988 - Presidential Young Investigator Award of National Science Foundation
- 1986 - Charles Lee Powell Research Foundation Award
- Fellow of ASME
- Fellow of AIAA