Feng Zhu, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI)
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Str, Baltimore, MD 21218
Prof. Feng Zhu performs research and teaching in the areas of impact mechanics, trauma biomechanics and injury prevention, safety of transportation systems, and AI in mechanical design. He is holding adjunct appointments with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Ralph S. O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute. Prof. Zhu is an author of 1 book and over 120 technical papers, including 90 peer-reviewed journal papers. He serves as an editorial board member or guest editor for several international journals. His research has been funded by government agencies as well as defense and automotive industry.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
- Ralph S. O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI), Johns Hopkins University
- Structure/material behavior under extreme loading conditions
- Trauma biomechanics and injury prevention
- Safety of transportation systems
- AI in mechanical design
- B.Eng. (2001), Central South University, Changsha, China
- M.Phil. (2004), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Ph.D. (2008), Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
| FROM | TO | POSITION | ORGANIZATION |
| Sep. 2003 | Dec. 2004 | Tutor; Research Assistant | Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China |
| May 2005 | May 2008 | Tutor; Research Assistant |
Structural Impact Lab
Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| May 2008 | Feb. 2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow | |
| Mar. 2009 | Dec. 2012 | Research Fellow |
Automotive Safety Center
Wayne State University Detroit, MI, USA |
| Jan. 2013 | Aug. 2015 | Assistant Professor – Research | |
| Aug. 2015 | Dec. 2019 | Assistant Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, FL, USA |
| Jun. 2017 | Sep. 2020 | Visiting Researcher | Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Dec. 2019 | Now | Associate Research Professor | Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA |
| Feb. 2020 | Now | Associate Research Professor (adjunct appointment) |
Department of Mechanical Engineering Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA |
- Member – SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
- Member – SAE Occupant Protection Committee
- Member – ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- Member – International Society of Impact Engineering
- 2018 SAE World Congress Outstanding Presentation Award
- 2019 SAE Forest R. McFarland Award
- Member (2018-2019), Academic Standards and Admissions Committee, ERAU
- Member (2018-2019), Curriculum Development Committee, ERAU College of Engineering
| COURSES | LEVEL | DUTY | FROM | TO | UNIVERSITY |
| Introduction to Solid Mechanics | UG | Tutorial | 2006 | 2008 |
Swinburne University of Technology (Australia)
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| CAD/CAM | UG | Lab | 2007 | 2007 | |
| Experimental Stress Analysis and Finite Element Method | UG | Lab | 2006 | 2008 | |
| Introduction to Biomechanics | UG | Lecture/Tutorial | 2013 | 2015 |
Wayne State University
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| Introduction to Blast Injuries | PG | Lecture/Lab | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Dynamics | UG | Lecture | 2015 | 2019 |
Embry-Riddle Aero. University
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| Engineering Materials Science | UG | Lecture | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Structural Crashworthiness and Impact Mechanics | PG | Lecture | 2015 | 2019 | |
| Vehicle Safety Design & Occupant Protection | PG | Lecture | 2016 | 2019 |
Journal editorial services
- Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue “Computational Modeling of Trauma Injury”, In: Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2015.
- Guest Editor, Special Issue “Design, Analysis and Assessment of Energy Absorbers”, In: Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016.
- Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue “Smart Materials and Structures for Energy Absorption”, In: Shock and Vibration, 2018.
- Editorial board member, Energies, 2021-.
Technical paper review services
- Advanced Composite Materials
- Advances in Structural Engineering
- AIMS Materials Science
- Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
- BioResearch • Chinese Journal of Traumatology (English Edition)
- Composites Science and Technology
- Composites, Part B: Engineering
- Composite Structures
- Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
- Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
- Concussion
- Defense Technology 3
- Energies
- Engineering computations
- Engineering Structures
- Explosion and Shock Waves
- International Journal of Energy Research
- International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
- International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems
- International Journal of Impact Engineering
- International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
- International Journal of Protective Structures
- International Journal of Vehicle Design
- International Journal of Vehicle Safety
- Journal of Automobile Engineering, Proc. IMechE, Part D
- Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, ASME Transactions
- Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Proc. IMechE, Part H
- Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE Transactions
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
- Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
- Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
- Key Engineering Materials
- Knowledge-Based Systems
- Materials
- Materials & Design
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
- Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
- Medical Science Monitor
- Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures
- Natural hazards (NHAZ)
- SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) technical papers
- SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing
- Safety
- Science and Engineering of Composite Materials
- Sensors
- Shock and Vibration
- Shock waves
- The Scientific World Journal
- Traffic Injury Prevention
- Chair, Safety Test Methodology Session, the SAE 2012 World Congress and Exhibition. April 24-26, 2012, Detroit, MI, USA.
- Chair, Damage, Fracture and Fatigue Session, the 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Engineering Plasticity and its Applications (AEPA2012), December 5-7, 2012, Singapore.
- Chair, Lightweight metals and foams, Integrated Automotive Safety Workshop, April 7, 2014, Detroit, MI, USA.
- Chair, Integrated Active and Passive Safety Session, the SAE 2016 World Congress and Exhibition. April 11-14, 2016, Detroit, MI, USA.
- Organizer and Chair, Safety Test Methodology Session, the SAE 2017 World Congress and Exhibition. April 5-7, 2017, Detroit, MI, USA.
- Scientific committee member, 6th International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures (DAPS 2017), November 29-December 1, 2017, Melbourne, Australia.
- Organizer and Chair, Safety Test and Simulation Methods and Applications Session, the SAE 2018 World Congress and Exhibition. April 10-12, 2018, Detroit, MI, USA. 4
- Scientific committee member, 4th International Conference on Design Engineering and Science (ICDES 2019), February 22-24, 2019, Nice, France.
- Organizer and Chair, Safety Test and Simulation Methods and Applications Session, SAE 2019 World Congress and Exhibition. April 9-11, 2019, Detroit, MI, USA.
- Organizer and Chair, Safety Test and Simulation Methods and Applications Session, SAE WCX 2020 World Congress Experience, April 21-23, 2020 (Virtual).