08/2020-Present     - Professor – Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Lamar University

08/2013 – 08/2020 - Associate Professor - Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Lamar University

07/2007 - 08/2013 - Assistant Professor - Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Lamar University

01/2007 - 08/2007 - Postdoctorate Fellow - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

06/2006 - 01/2007 - Research Engineer - Microlution Inc.

08/1999 - 05/2006 - Research Assistant - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

09/1997 - 07/1999 - Research Assistant - Tsinghua University

Professional Service

Editorial Board Member - International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufactuing Systems - 2009 - Present

Symposium Organizer - ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference - 2010

Reviewer 

• International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
• International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems
• ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
• International Journal of Nano-Manufacturing
• ASME International Conference of Manufacturing Science and Engineering
• Panel Reviewer - National Science Foundation - 2008
  
  

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Institute of Industrial Engineers
• American Society for Quality

Honors and Awards

• University Merit Award, Lamar University, 2011 (one of the three awardees campus wide)
• Several Journal articles were ranked as top 10 most downloaded articles in the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering; one of them ranked 1st for three consecutive months.
• Research Grant “Non-contact Metrology System for Quantitative Characterization of Surface Roughness and Dimension Accuracy of Deep Holes”,  Schlumberger Research Center, 2008;
• Research Enhancement Grand Award, Lamar University, 2008;
• Panel reviewer for the National Science Foundation in the Manufacturing Machines and Equipment Program, 2008
• Reviewer for the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering;
• Reviewer for the International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture;
• Reviewer for the International Journal of Nano Manufacturing;
• Reviewer for the ASME International Conference of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 2007;
• Several publications listed in Top 10 most downloaded articles in the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering; one of them ranked 1st for three consecutive months;
• Excellent Graduate, awarded by Tsinghua University, 1997
• Award in National Mathematics Olympics and Physics Olympics, China, 1991.
• PI, “Development of a Non-Contact Metrology System for Dimension Measurement and Surface Characterization of Deep-Holes”, Schlumberger Research Center, 2008-2010.
• Co-PI, Texas Department of Transportation, “Hydraulic performance of Rectangular Deck Drains” , PI, Dr. Qin Qian, Co-PIs, Dr. Mark Bourland; Dr. Xinyu Liu; Dr. Randall Charbeneau, Dr. Michael Barrett, Sept. 2010~ Aug.2012.
• PI, “Nanolubricant based Minimum Quantity Lubrication Machining for Sustainable Manufacturing”, Lamar Research Enhancement Grant,2010~2011.
• PI, “Exploratory Study of Cost-Effective Hybrid Micromanufacturing Processes for Bipolar Plates of Miniature Fuel Cell”, Lamar Research Enhancement Grant, 2008-2009.