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Marvin H. Cheng

Assistant professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
PO Box 6101
Morgantown, WV 26506-6106

Phone: 304-293-6732
Fax: 304-293-6689
Email: marvin.cheng@mail.wvu.edu

Brief Biography

Dr. Cheng’s research interests span the fields of mechatronics, dynamic systems and control, and sensor and measurement, including but not limited to: integrated design and control of electro-mechanical systems, controller implementation with the limitation of finite wordlength, precision motion control, and adaptive sampling and measurement of atomic force microscopy. In 2006, he has worked at the Indiana Research Institute as a Senior Control Engineer, where he conducted research on the diagnosis and monitoring system of fuel pump systems for heavy duty diesel engines. For his Ph.D. dissertation, Dr. Cheng worked on experimental and theoretical study of sampled-data systems. This involved developing new algorithms to estimate required resolution for digital controllers in mechatronic systems and an innovative sampling method to accelerate the scanning scheme of atomic force microscopes. Prior to his Ph.D. study, Dr. Cheng worked at Industrial Technology Research Institute from 1996 till 1997 as a research engineer and a project leader, where he developed a networked embedded system of HVAC control system and transferred technology from laboratory to production scale. From 1997 till 1999, he worked in Synchronous Radiation Research Center as a Research Engineer, where he was a group leader for integrating control network of cooling systems, designing monitoring devices for power equipments, and controlling the stability of clean room environments. Dr. Cheng is a member of the IEEE, ASME, and ASEE.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2005, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
MS in Mechanical Engineering, 1996, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
BS in Mechanical Engineering, 1996, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Experience

Assistant Professor, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 08/2010 – present time.
Assistant Professor, Director of Mechatronics and Measurement Research Laboratory, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 08/2006 – 07/2010.
Senior Control Engineer, Indiana Research Institute, Columbus, Indiana, 01/2006 – 06/2006.
Research Engineer, Synchronous Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 09/1997 – 07/1999.
Research Engineer, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 08/1996 – 09/1997.