Fuh-Gwo Yuan
Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professor

- 919-515-5947
- yuan@ncsu.edu
- Engineering Building III (EB3) 3306
Dr. Yuan’s long-term goal is to create new and unique innovations in the area of smart structures and to bring these advances into the classroom.
At the graduate level, Dr. Yuan teaches Structural Health Monitoring (MAE 589). This class exposes students to state-of-the-art sensors and signal processing methods for in in-situ, continual monitoring of the health of structural systems.
At the undergraduate level, Dr. Yuan teaches the Bio-flight option of Aerospace Senior Design (MAE 478 and 479). In this year-long course, students study the different flight principles of birds. They select the feature(s) that can best be translated into human flight, and then build working prototype aircraft that utilize the selected feature(s). The class is also unique in that it brings in the latest research in bio-flight, in particular, understanding of bi-flight resulting from recent studies, and new methods of actuation and sensing tailored to aircraft morphing.
In his research, Dr. Yuan looks for graduate students with a multi-disciplinary background. He trains his students to methodically solve challenging technical problems and his students are drawn to Dr. Yuan’s research, in large part, because his research involves making advancements to multi-disciplinary problems that are both challenging and of high societal impact.
Outside of work, Dr. Yuan enjoys travel and chatting with students and friends.
Education
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Engineering Science
National Cheng-Kung University
Research Description
Dr. Yuan is interested in structural health monitoring, damage tolerance of composite structures, smart materials and structures, and fracture and life prediction of advanced materials and structures. Dr. Yuan is currently developing methods for structural diagnosis and prognosis (involves evaluating remaining life of structures using failure/statistical analysis tools), is developing a wireless sensor that monitors structural integrity, is developing methods for in-situ, mount-ed/embedded sensors for multi-functional composite structures, and is studying bio-inspired morphing technologies for civil, mechanical, and aerospace structures. Within MAE, Dr. Yuan collaborates with Dr. Peters and Dr. Wu.
Publications
- Augmented reality for enhanced visual inspection through knowledge-based deep learning
- Wang, S., Zargar, S. A., & Yuan, F.-G. (2021), STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 20(1), 426–442. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475921720976986
- Adaptive signal decomposition and dispersion removal based on the matching pursuit algorithm using dispersion-based dictionary for enhancing damage imaging
- Kim, H., & Yuan, F.-G. (2020), ULTRASONICS, 103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106087
- Impact diagnosis in stiffened structural panels using a deep learning approach
- Zargar, S. A., & Yuan, F.-G. (2020), STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475921720925044
- Machine Learning for Structural Health Monitoring: Challenges and Opportunities
- Yuan, F.-G., Zargar, S. A., Chen, Q., & Wang, S. (2020), SENSORS AND SMART STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGIES FOR CIVIL, MECHANICAL, AND AEROSPACE SYSTEMS 2020. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561610
- 3D printing of electroactive PVDF thin films with high beta-phase content
- Chen, C., Cai, F., Zhu, Y., Liao, L., Qian, J., Yuan, F.-G., & Zhang, N. (2019), SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 28(6). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ab15b7
- Damage Detection and Localization using Random Decrement Technique on Metallic Plates
- Chang, Y. S., & Yuan, F.-G. (2019), SENSORS AND SMART STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGIES FOR CIVIL, MECHANICAL, AND AEROSPACE SYSTEMS 2019. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2519313
- Energy-absorption performance of composite corrugated plates with corrugated-shape ditch plug initiator
- Liu, Z., Jiang, H., Ren, Y., Qian, Z., & Yuan, F.-G. (2019), POLYMER COMPOSITES, 40(5), 1708–1717. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.24924
- Guided wave-based system for real-time cure monitoring of composites using piezoelectric discs and phase-shifted fiber Bragg gratings
- Hudson, T. B., Auwaijan, N., & Yuan, F.-G. (2019), JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS, 53(7), 969–979. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998318793512
- Hygro-thermal wave propagation in functionally graded double-layered nanotubes systems
- She, G.-L., Ren, Y.-R., & Yuan, F.-G. (2019), STEEL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, 31(6), 641–653. https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2019.31.6.641
- On nonlinear bending behavior of FG porous curved nanotubes
- She, G.-L., Yuan, F.-G., Karami, B., Ren, Y.-R., & Xiao, W.-S. (2019), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 135, 58–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2018.11.005
Grants
- Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professor Program – FY21
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)(10/01/20 - 9/30/21)
- Visualization of Hidden Damage in Composites from Full-Field Vibration Measurement Using a Stereo High-Speed Camera System
- NCSU NC Space Grant Consortium(6/15/20 - 5/31/21)
- Multifunctional Boron Nitride Nanotube (BNNT) Materials and Applications for Structural Health Monitoring
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)(6/01/20 - 12/31/20)
- Multifunctional Boron Nitride Nanotube (BNNT) Materials and Applications (Dongwon Lee)
- Rice University (William Marsh Rice University)(7/01/19 - 6/30/21)
- NIA Graduate Research Assistantship for Mr. Dongwon Lee - Investigating the Structural and Mechanical Properties of Boron Nitride Nanotubes and their Polymer Nanocomposites
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)(8/16/18 - 7/31/19)
- Augmented Analysis and Data Collection for Materials Design and Evaluation
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)(10/01/18 - 9/30/20)
- Structural Health Monitoring of Persistent Platforms
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)(8/01/18 - 12/31/20)
- Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professor Program (LaP) – FY18
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)(10/01/17 - 12/31/20)
- Real-time Cure Monitoring of Composites Using Piezoelectric Wafers and Fiber Bragg Gratings/Phase-Shifted Fiber Bragg Gratings
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)(8/15/17 - 8/14/18)
- In-Processing Cure Monitoring of Composites
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)(8/18/16 - 10/14/17)