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Waileung Chan,

Office: EBU I 2114

Curriculum Vitae: PDF file

Advisor | Research Interests | Education | Academic Experience | Publications | Professional Experience | Other Interests

Advisor

• Robert E. Skelton

Research Interests

• Linear Control
• Systems Design

• Theoretical and numerical analysis of deployable structures

• Experimental design and construction of structures for active vibration isolation and deployment

• Left-handed material design and analysis

Education

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California USA 

• C.Phil., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,  2002.
  • Advisor: Robert E. Skelton
• M.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, May 2002.
• M.S., Physics, 1999.  (Qualified - not official)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

• B.S., Physics, 1997.

Awards

• Dissertation Fellowship,  Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego. 2004
• Tuition Award, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1997-1998.
• Madam Wong Ming-Yeun Scholarships, Hong Kong, 1996-1997.

Academic Experience

University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California USA

• Research Assistant/Graduate Student, Structural Systems and Control Lab, 1999 - present

  • Static and dynamics analysis of deployable structures, experimental design and construction of tendon controlled structures using piezoelectric sensors/actuators, microprocessors and motors for active damping and deployment.

• Teaching Assistant, Physics Department 1997 - 1999
  • Discussion sections and problem sessions, grading quizes and exams.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

• Research Assistant/Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics, 1995-1997

  • Micro-Fabrication of semiconductor for optical devices, material characterization, random network (coaxial cables) setup and data acquisitions for microwave propagation (Energy localization).

Publications

• Skelton, R.E.,Helton, J.W., Adhikari, R., Pinaud, J.P., Chan, W., An Introduction to the Mechanics of Tensegrity Structures. The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modeling, Measurement, and Control, CRC Press, 2001.

• T.T.H. Eng, J.Y.L. Ho, P.W.L. Chan, S.C. Kan, G.K.L.Wong, Large Core(»60 um) SOI MultimodeWaveguides for Optical Interconnect. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Vol, 8, No. 9, September 1996.

Conference Papers

• Chan, W.,  Arbelaez, D., Bossens, F.,  Skleton, R.E., Active vibration control of a three-stage tensegrity structure.  SPIE 11th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, USA, March 2004.

• Chan, W., Skelton, R.E., Equilibria and Stiffness of Planar Tensegrity Structures. AAS /AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January 2002.

• Skelton, R.E., Helton, J.W., Adhikari, R., Pinaud, J.P., Chan, W., An Introduction to the Mechanics of  Tensegrity Structures. Proceedings of 40th IEEE, Conference on Decision and Control, 2001.

Professional Experience

Yasuda Reinsurance Company Ltd.

• Clerk 1995-1997

  • General office work, data entry, part-time.

Other Interests

• Weight lifting
• Basketball