PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Dan Feng (鳳眈), Ph.D., ASME Member

Contact Information

Email: Dan.Feng@howard.edu
Office: Lewis K. Downing Hall (LKD) 3030B
Office Phone: 202-806-6633
Lab Space: LKD G044 (inside room)

and Howard H. Mackey Building B40A

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Research Interests

Design, Fabrication, and Metrology
Advanced Manufacturing
Vibrations and Dynamics
Signal Processing
Computer Vision
Robotics

Research Applications

Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing for Scale-up of Flexible Electronics
3D Printing
Biology Diagnostic Platforms
5G/6G Communication Devices
Renewable Energy
Self-assembly Processes

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor 08/ 2024 -

Department of Mechanical EngineeringCollege of Engineering and Architecture, Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA

Assistant Professor (by Courtesy) 08/ 2024 - 12/2025

Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Department of Multidisciplinary EngineeringCollege of Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Instructional Assistant Professor, 08/ 2022 - 08/ 2024

Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial DistributionDepartment of Multidisciplinary Engineering (by Courtesy)College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 06/ 2021 - 07/ 2022

School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, 05/ 2021, GPA 3.9/4.0
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, 12/ 2012, GPA 4.0/4.0
B.Eng., Machine Design, Manufacturing, and Automation, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China, 06/ 2009

Awards and Honors

Estus H. and Vashti L. Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Engineering, Purdue University, 04/ 2020
Excellent Bachelor Thesis, 6 (0467), Hubei Province, China (peer-reviewed), 12/ 2009
Graduation with Honors, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 06/ 2009
Excellent Bachelor Thesis, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 06/ 2009

A Male Chinese Phoenix (鳳)

Origami Phoenixby Yangyuan LiM.S. ME 2024 @ TAMU

Dr. Feng's surname, Feng (鳳), signifies the Male Chinese Phoenix with three-tailed feathers and a crown, while the Female Chinese Phoenix is called Huang (凰), distinguished by its two-tailed feathers and lack of a crown. The given name, Dan (眈), carries the meaning of "gazing intently like a tiger". Dr. Feng belongs to the 35th generation of the family, with the generation name Wei (维). The use of generation names began during the Song (宋) dynasty, around 960 AD. The history of the Feng (鳳) family traces back to the Han (漢) dynasty and original derived from the imperial family name Liu (劉) around 100 BC.

Etymology Character Feng (鳳, or 凤):

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