Loc Vu-Quoc

• Ph.D., 1986, University of California at Berkeley

Professor: Mechanics: Theory and computation.
Current research interests: Fracture mechanics, composite materials; computational electromagnetics, power-electronic simulation; solid-shell formulation for adaptive materials.
Other research interests: Finite elements, meshfree/particle methods, dynamics of flexible structures, optimization and control.

CONTACT:

• Email Address: vu-quoc AT ufl.edu
• Postal address: 231 MAE-A Building, P.O. Box 116250, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
• Office: 135 NEB (New Engineering Building)
• Office Phone: (352) 392-6227
• Fax Number: (352) 392-7303
• Office Hours: See the web page of the course that I am teaching.

See also my meeting schedule and meeting conflicts.
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• Fall 2006
• EML 4500 Finite Element Anslysis and Design
• EGM 6352 Advanced Finite Element Methods
• Teaching schedule in previous semesters
• Grade inflation: Interesting reading
  Issues related to higher education

• Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD)

About the IPPD program:

2005-2006: Die Forging Design Process (General Dynamics)

2004-2005: Medical-sponge automatic packaging system

• 2005 ASME Manufacturing Design Contest finalist. WINNER OF FIRST PRIZE in the final oral competition at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Orlando, FL, Nov 2005.

2003-2004: Embedded MEMS Sensor Projectile (EMSP)
• Student-built Projectile Could Help Soldiers Detect Bombs, Chemicals (ScienceDaily, 29 Apr 2004)
  (scienceblog.com, 28 Apr 2004) (UF Press release, 28 Apr 2004)
• A student-built projectile at the University of Florida (UPI, 29 Apr 2004) Washington Times
• UF invention could aid military: Engineering students designed a device that may help sense danger
  (Gainesville Sun, 2 May 2004)
• Warning shot: A sticky pellet fitted with chemical sensors... ( The Engineer online, London, UK 14 May 2004)
• Letter from a US Congressman, 18 May 2004.
• Sticky Dart Could Save Lives (my.chemistry.org, enthusiasts, 24 May 2004)
• Sticky sensor may keep troops out of harm's way (Frontpage) (EE Times, 24 May 2004)
  (Embedded.com, 24 May 2004)
• 'Smart bullet' reports back wirelessly (NewScientist.com, UK, 28 May 2004)
• Shooting Spies Prototype 'Sticky Bullets' Fire Target Data Back to Shooter, (abc NEWS Sci/Tech, 6 Jul 2004)
  Sticky Bullets Act as Distant Spies, Military & Aerospace Electronics.
• Prototype bullet has eyes and ears (UPI NewsTrack, Washington Times, 7 Jul 2004)
• Smart Bullet Sniffs Out Explosives, (IEEE Distributed Systems Online, Vol.5, No.7, Jul 2004, pdf toc)
• Bomb-Detection Businesses Booming (Forbes, Technology, 3 Aug 2004)
• Brainy Bullet ( video in wmv format, 5.8 MB ) a television feature story in the NEXT@CNN PRogram on the CNN channel, 14-15 Aug 2004.

2002-2003: Telescopic Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (UAV) wing
• UF News & Public Affairs, 21 Apr 2003: At UF, undergraduates help design newest smart weapons.
• Gainesville Sun, 22 Apr 2003: UF students work to make safer weapons
• PalmBeach Post, 22 Apr 2003: Mortarboards and mortars

Miscellaneous
• Feedback from an IPPD alumna, class of 2003
• Feedback from an IPPD alumnus, class of 2000
• The Air Force and IPPD, Oct 1996

Projects:

• Die Forging Design Process, General Dynamics, 2005-2006.
• Medical-sponge automatic packaging system, Metronic Xomed, 2004-2005.
• Embedded MEMS Sensor Projectile (EMSP), Lockheed-Martin, 2003-2004.
• Telescopic Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (UAV) wing, Lockheed-Martin, 2002-2003.
• Artificial eyelid MEMS devices, Lockheed-Martin, 2001-2002
  
• Projects in previous academic years.

• Computational Laboratory for Electromagnetics and Solid Mechanics (CLESM) 
• Research projects
• Final report to NSF: PYI 1990-1997(Postscript, 264KB)
• PoP (Pile of PCs, Linux cluster) project
• Symposium: Computational Methods for Adaptive Structures and MEMS, 6th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, 1-4 Aug 2001, Dearborn, Michigan.
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• Symposium: Smart material & structural systems: Composites, International Conferences on Computational Engineering & Sciences, 31 Jul - 2 Aug Aug 2002, Reno, Nevada.

• Archival journal papers
• By topics + chronological order
• Book chapters

• The Top American Research Universities: A UF study
• 'Best' List for Colleges by U.S. News Under Fire: New York Times, 20 Aug 01.
• Crisis in Scholarly Publishing: A Stanford study (18 May 99)
• Drowning in a Sea of Refereed Publications (C. Reed, UC Riverside, Jan 01)
• Eli Sternberg's Timoshenko medal speech, Florida, 1985.
• Leo Franca's Finite Element People
• Technology without humanity is dangerous. Amnesty International: Please support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (50th Anniversary)
• PCs with Linux and Windows in dual boot

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