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Yong Hoon Lee presented at the Wind Energy Science Conference 2021 about the CCD framework for integrating interdisciplinary models of floating offshore vertical-axis wind turbines

Publication Information Presented by: Yong Hoon Lee Authors: Yong Hoon Lee, Sung-Youn Boo, and James T. Allison Title: A framework for integrating hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, and rigid-body dynamics for the control co-design of floating offshore vertical-axis wind turbine systems Conference: Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC 2021) Links: [BIBTEX], [ABSTRACT] Abstract Offshore wind at deep-water regions is a large energy source that has not yet been developed in the United States. The major challenges in extracting this large amount of potential wind …

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A collaborative work on the CCD with a reduced-order horizontal-axis FOWT model is presented at the Wind Energy Science Conference 2021

Publication Information Abstract Floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) design involves many physics disciplines, including structural dynamics, aerodynamics, mooring system dynamics, hydrodynamics, and controls. In traditional engineering design practices, control design is generally left for a later stage of the design process, while plant design decisions, including geometrical shapes and sizes, are made with simple control assumptions. However, when there is a strong design coupling between plant and control designs, this sequential approach may not produce system-optimal solutions. To account for …

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A collaborative article on the process-driven manufacturability constraints is published in the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.

Dr. Yong Hoon Lee and his collaborators published an article titled “Generation and enforcement of process-driven manufacturability constraints: A survey of methods and perspectives for product design” in the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. Albert Patterson, Yong Hoon Lee and James T. Allison, “Generation and enforcement of process-driven manufacturability constraints: A survey of methods and perspectives for product design”, Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(11), April 2021, pp. 110801. [bibtex] [pdf] [doi]  [google] Abstract Design-for-manufacturing (DFM) concepts have traditionally focused on design simplification; this is highly …

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Yong Hoon Lee received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering

Yong Hoon Lee received the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering with the dissertation titled “Methods for the integrated design of viscoelastic materials and structural geometry.” Date: August 10, 2020 Dissertation: Methods for the integrated design of viscoelastic materials and structural geometry Doctoral Committee: Dr. Randy H. Ewoldt, Chair Dr. James T. Allison, Director of Research Dr. Pingfeng Wang Dr. Mattia Gazzola [LINK], [BIBTEX], [FULL TEXT] Table of Contents PART 0. Introduction PART I. Methodologies for Surface Texture …

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Yong Hoon Lee has been selected as a 2019-2020 Mavis Future Faculty Fellow

Information Receipient: Yong Hoon Lee Award Period: August 2019 – May 2020 Award Granted By: Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Official Website: https://publish.illinois.edu/engr-mavis/ What is Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship Program? The Mavis Future Faculty Fellows (MF3) Academy is a one-year program for senior PhD students to facilitate the training of the next generation of engineering faculty in research, teaching, and mentoring. During the fellowship period of one year, fellows participate in a series of workshops, seminars, …

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Yong Hoon Lee and co-authors were presented with the Honorable Mention of the 2017 Journal of Mechanical Design Editor’s Choice Award.

Yong Hoon Lee and co-authors were presented with the Honorable Mentionof the 2017 Journal of Mechanical Design Editor’s Choice Award for the paper“Enhancing Full-Film Lubrication Performance Via Arbitrary Surface Texture Design”, ASME J. Mech. Des.,139(5), p. 053401. In the official announcement, Dr. Wei Chen (Editor in Chief) stated that “The selection criteria for the award include(i) fundamental value of the contribution,(ii) expectation of archival value (e.g., expected number of citations),(iii) practical relevance to mechanical design, and(iv) quality of presentation. The …

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A collaborative article on the nonstandard thrust observed in textured sliding surface is published in the Tribology Letters

An article authored by Yong Hoon Lee and his collaborators titled “Design-driven modeling of surface-textured full-film lubricated sliding: Validation and rationale of nonstandard thrust observations” is published in the Tribology Letters. Jonathon K. Schuh, Yong Hoon Lee, James T. Allison, Randy H. Ewoldt, “Design-driven modeling of surface-textured full-film lubricated sliding: Validation and rationale of nonstandard thrust observations”, Tribology Letters, 65(2), June 2017, pp. 35.[bibtex] [pdf] [doi]  [google] Abstract: Our recent experimental work showed that asymmetry is needed for surface textures to decrease friction in …

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