From left to rignt: Shaoqiang Tang, Bingqing Wei, Michael H. Santare, and Keivan Ghoseiri

After Cross Cultural Design for Services’ (CCDS) kicking off on June 27, another four Globex Summer courses started on July 16, 2012.

Students from Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Delaware, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yokohama National University, and 4 Chile Universities attended these four new courses given by international professors, namely, Shaoqiang Tang, Bingqing Wei, Michael H. Santare, and Keivan Ghoseiri. The four courses are Applied Numerical Methods, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Orthopedic Biomechanics and Engineering System Analysis.

Professor Shaoqiang Tang, instructor of Applied Numerical Methods, is associate dean of College of Engineering and deputy director for Center for Applied Physics and Technology at Peking University. The course includes methods for solution of algebraic equations, linear equations, ordinary and partial differential equations and curve fitting techniques. Basic computational tools for generating numerical solutions were covered as well.

Professor Bingqing Wei, instructor for Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, is a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware. His research interest lies in nanomaterials and nanotechnology. His recent research focuses on controllable synthesis of macroscale nanotube architectures with 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensions; physical, chemical, electrochemical and mechanical property characterizations of nanotubes; and nanotube device applications. The course will cover advanced topics which include nanostructure, nanomaterial synthesis, properties, characterizations and applications. It aims to introduce students to the science of building blocks of nanostructure materials, material behavior when they are assembled, and technology for building nanoscale structures and features, and so on.

Prof. Michael H. Santare, instructor of Orthopedic Biomechanics, is professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware. He was Director of the Orthopedic and Biomechanical Engineering Center (now called the Center for Biomedical Engineering Research) from 1993-98 and was a founding faculty member of the Biomechanics and Movement Science Program at the University. He has been elected to the grade of Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The unifying theme to his research is the mechanics of complex material systems in which microstructure is a key element. In natural systems, the load-response behavior of materials is important for the understanding of natural phenomena such as fracture and orthopedic disease. The course will include Anatomy and physiology & mechanical modeling of the body which contains microanatomy and mechanics of bone, cartilage, tendon, muscle, joint loads, motion analysis, muscle forces and interactions with orthopaedic devices.

The fourth course, Engineering System Analysis, introduces senior undergraduate engineering students to systems analysis, modeling, optimization, and the quantitative techniques that are used in problems solving and decision making. Professor Keivan Ghoseiri, instructor of this course, is an adjunct professor from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland.

“I believe these courses will deepen the growing partnership between COE at PKU and the engineering departments from the other Universities, by providing a platform of free communication between exceptional students and faculties from different backgrounds,” said Professor Pingchou Han, assistant dean for global education in the College of Engineering, and director of the Globex Summer.