Structures And Composites Laboratory



	Fu-Kuo Chang Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor, (courtsey appointment) Mechanical Engineering Director, Structures and Composites Laboratory Phone: 650-723-3466 \| Fax: 650-725-3377 \| Email:fkchang@stanford.edu
Degrees Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1983) Research Interests Structural health monitoring, design of integrated structures, smart structures, design and damage tolerance of composites structures, multi-functional materials Dr. Chang's current research focuses: - 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. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Structural Health Monitoring, an international Journal, an recipient of the 1989 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, the 1990 Alcoa Foundation Award, and the 1986 Charles Lee Powell Foundation Award. He is also the director of the Smart Structures Research Center in the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan (April 2001- April 2003).

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Fu-Kuo Chang Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor, (courtsey appointment) Mechanical Engineering Director, Structures and Composites Laboratory Phone: 650-723-3466 | Fax: 650-725-3377 | Email:fkchang@stanford.edu

Fu-Kuo Chang
Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professor, (courtsey appointment) Mechanical Engineering
Director, Structures and Composites Laboratory
Phone: 650-723-3466 | Fax: 650-725-3377 | Email:fkchang@stanford.edu