Chintien Huang

| Email: chuangncku@gmail.com

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 1992, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1988, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1984, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Professional Experience

• Professor, ME Department, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 2000-2015

• Visiting Professor, ME Department, University of California at Davis, CA, USA, 2005-06, 2010

• Visiting Professor, ME Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA, 2002      

• Visiting Scholar, Engineering School, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA, 1997

• Associate Professor, ME Department, NCKU, 1992-1999

Professional Organizations

• Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992-2015

  • Member of the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, 2006-2012

• Member of the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science, 1992-present

  • Member of the IFToMM Computational Kinematics Committee, 2006-2015

  • Member of the IFToMM Transportation Machinery Committee, 2006-2015

Professional Services

• Associate Editor, Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, 2012-2014

• Organizer, Symposium of Theoretical and Computational Kinematics, the 31st, 32nd,  33rd, 34th, 36th, 37th, and 38th ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2007-10, 2012-14

• International Participation Co-Chair, 2010 ASME DETC & CIE Conferences, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 15-18, 2010

• Program Co-Chair, the 1st and 2nd IFToMM Asian Conferences on Mechanism and Machine Science, 2010, 2012

Expertise

• Kinematic/Dynamic Analysis/Synthesis of Mechanisms

• Screw Theory, Spatial Linkages, and Robotics

• Theoretical and Computational Kinematics

• Theory of Gearing and Design of Chain Mechanisms

• Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems

Recent Awards

• NCKU Engineering School OutstandingTeaching Award, 2010

• Multiple NCKU Mechanical Engineering Department Teaching Awards

• Recipient of A. T. Yang Memorial Award in Theoretical Kinematics, August 2008, ASME Design Engineering Division

Recent Publications

• Huang, C., Tseng, R., and Kong, X., 2010, “Design and Kinematic Analysis of a Multiple-Mode 5R2P Closed-Loop Linkage,” New Trends in Mechanism Science, edited by Pisla, D., et al., Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 3-10.

• Huang, C., Kuo, W., and Ravani, B., 2010, “on the Regulus Associated with the General Displacement of a Line and Its Application in Determining Displacement Screws,” Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Trans. ASME, Vol. 2.

• Huang, C. and Lai, C. L., 2012, “Spatial Generalizations of Planar Point-Angle and Path Generation Problems,” Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Trans. ASME. 

• Huang, C., Huang, W. C., and Kiper, G., 2013, “A Closed-Form Solution of Spatial Sliders for Rigid-Body Guidance,” Computational Kinematics, edited by Thomas, F. and  Perez Gracia, A.,  Springer, Dordrecht.

• Pfurner, M., Kong, X., and Huang, C., 2014, “Complete Kinematic Analysis of Single-Loop Multiple-Mode 7-Link Mechanisms Based on Bennett and Overconstrained RPRP Mechanisms,” Mechanism and Machine Theory.

Recent Presentations

• Huang, C. and Lai, C. L., 2010, “Spatial Generalizations of Planar Point-Angle and Path Generation Problems,” Proceedings of the 2010 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 15-18.

• Huang, C., Tseng, R., and Kong X., 2010, “Design and Kinematic Analysis of a Multiple-Mode 5R2P Closed-Loop Linkage,” Proceedings of the third European Conference on Mechanism Science, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, September 14-18.

• Huang, C., Wu, Y. S., and Chen, J. L., 2010, “Derivation of the Parametric Equations of Ellipses Traced Out in the Cardan Motion,” Proceedings of the First IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, Taipei, Taiwan, October 21 – 25.     

• Chung, C. and Huang, C., 2011, “On the Rotation Curves of Stephenson III Six-Bar Linkage,” Proceedings of the 13th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science, Guanajuato, Mexico, June 19-25.

• Huang, C. and Hsing, T. C., 2011, “A Line Geometric Foundation for Finite Screw Systems Associated with Spatial Linkages,” Proceedings of the 2011 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Washington, DC, USA, August 29-31.

• Huang, C., Hung, C., and Tien, K. , 2012, “Numerical Solutions of Polynomial Equations for the Eight-Position Synthesis of the Cylindrical-Spherical Dyad,” Proceedings of the 2012 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, August 12-15.

• Kiper, G., Huang, C., and Soylemez, E., 2012, “Numerical Analysis of Planar Cam Follower Mechanisms,” Proceedings of the Second IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 7-10.

• Huang, C., Huang, W. C., and Kiper, G., 2013, “A Closed-Form Solution of Spatial Sliders for Rigid-Body Guidance,” Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Computational Kinematics, Barcelona, Spain, May 12-15.