Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:
Dr. Byeng Dong Youn
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
System risk assessment and design (multiphysics, multicomponent, and multiscale systems); prognostic health monitoring; Verification & Validation (V&V); Bayesian Information Toolkit (BIT); Bayesian reliability analysis and design
(301) 405-7004 | bdyoun@umd.edu | website | Room 0158, Building 088, Glenn L. Martin Hall
Vita
Dr. Youn's current research includes risk-based design, prognostics, stochastic defect
mechanics, and Bioinspired design and has led to several notable awards
including an ASME DETC Black & Decker Best Paper Award (2001) and ISSMO/Springer Prize for a Young Scientist (2004).
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2001
Recent Publications
• Xie, K., Wells, L., Camelio, J.A., and Youn, Byeng D., “Variation Propagation Analysis on Compliant Assemblies Considering Contact Interaction,” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, ASME, In Print, 2007
• Xie, K., Wells, L., Camelio, J.A., and Youn, Byeng D., “Variation Propagation Analysis on Compliant Assemblies Considering Contact Interaction,” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, ASME, In Print, 2007
• Choi, J.H., Lee, W.H., Park, J.J., Lee, S.Y., and, Youn, Byeng D., and Wang, P.F., “A Study on Robust Design Optimization of Layered Plates Bonding Process Considering Process Uncertainties,” Structural Multidisciplinary Optimization, In Print, 2007
• Youn, Byeng D., and Wang, P.F., “Bayesian Reliability-Based Design Optimization Using Eigenvector Dimension Reduction (EDR) Method,” Structural Multidisciplinary Optimization, In Print, 2007
• Youn, Byeng D., Choi, K. K., and Du, L., “Enriched Performance Measure Approach (PMA+) for Reliability-Based Design Optimization,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 874-884, 2005 (ISSMO/Springer Best Young Scientist)
• Youn, Byeng D., Choi, K. K., and Park, Y. H., "Hybrid Analysis Method for Reliability-Based Design Optimization," Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME, Vol. 125, No. 2, pp. 221-232, 2003 & Proceedings of 2001 ASME Design Automation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001 (Black and Decker Best Paper Award)
• Youn, Byeng D., Choi, K. K., Yi, K. Y., “Probabilistic Moment Integration for Probabilistic Robust Design,” Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, Vol. 33, pp. 874-884, 2005
• Youn, Byeng D., Choi, K. K., and Du, L., “Adaptive Probability Analysis Using An Enhanced Hybrid Mean Value (HMV+) Method,” Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 134-148, 2005
Scientific and Professional Membership
International ASME 2004 DETC/CIE Session Co-organizer & Review Coordinator; 10th AIAA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Reviewer to AIAA NDA (Non-determinstic Analysis) Committee; Member Journal of Mechanical Design; SMO (Structural and Multidisciplinary
Optimization) Journal; AIAA Journal; Computers & Structures; SAE Transactions; Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines; Journal of Risk and Reliability, Reviewer; Society of Automotive Engineers, G-11 Committee Member
Honors and Awards
• ISSMO/Springer Prize for a Young Scientist (The Best Young Scientist in the Largest International Design Optimization Society) 2004
• A Young Investigator Fellowship, 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM), Travel Grant ($1,000) 2003
• Silver Prize Award, 8th Samsung Humantech Thesis Prize (The Second Best Prize Among 633 Theses in Engineering and Science) 2002
• Black and Decker Best Paper Awards, IDETC, ASME International 2001
ME Home | Faculty Listing | Staff Listing
