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Fu-Kuo Chang

 
Title:Professor
Department(s):Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering by courtesy
Affiliation(s):Director, Structures and Composites Laboratory
Location:Durand 385
Mail Code:4035
Phone:650.723.3466       
Fax:650.725.3377
E-mail: fkchang@stanford.edu
URL: http://structure.stanford.edu/People/faculty/fkchang/fkchang.html
Administrator: Grace Fontanilla

Research Statement

Professor Chang's primary research interest is in the area of advanced fiber-reinforced composite materials with applications that range from aircraft and spacecraft structures to bio-engineering medical devices. His specialties include damage tolerance, failure analysis, and fracture mechanics for composite materials, and advanced numerical methods for structural analysis. Most of his work involves both analysis and experiments. His recent research topics include: damage in composites under static or impact loading; damage tolerance of notched composites; compression failure and delamination growth; bolted composite joints; and design of composite hip prosthesis. He is presently also involved in smart-structure design on developing technologies for health-monitoring of composite structures and actively controlling the response of the structures.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD 1983 Michigan
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
Detection of bolt loosening in C-C composite thermal protection panels: II. Experimental verification Yang, JK; Chang, FK
Detection of bolt loosening in C-C composite thermal protection panels: I. Diagnostic principle Yang, JY; Chang, FK
Scattering of plate waves by a cylindrical inhomogeneity Chang, FK, et. al.
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Academic Honors & Awards

2006 the Best Paper Award at 3rd European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, 2004 Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Lifetime Achievement Award, The Boeing Company, 1988 Presidential Young Investigator Award, Editor in Chief of Int. J. of Structural Health Monitoring, Fellows of AIAA and ASME