Dr. Shi is an assistant professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) at North Dakota State University. He received his BS degree in Engineering in 1992, and a Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering in 1998, both from University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. He earned his second Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University (West Lafayette) and joined the faculty of industrial and manufacturing engineering department at NDSU in 2004. He also had one year experience as a co-op research engineer at a major steel maker in China from 1996-1997, and his research led to the development and stable production in 1million tons/year of a new-generation steel sheet. His major responsibilities at NDSU include teaching courses in computer aided design, computer integrated manufacturing, composite materials; and conducting cutting-edge research in the basic and applied engineering science. He also serves as the coordinator of the IME Automation and Control lab, as well as the joint Mechanical Engineering (ME)/IME Composite Materials lab.

RESEARCH Interests

RFID applications,

Healthcare engineering,

Nanomanufacturing,

Multiscale modeling,

Composite materials design and processing,

Microelectronics manufacturing,

Advanced production and manufacturing systems,

Numerical modeling of material processing,
         Mechatronics,

Material removal processes.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

Materials Research Society (MRS)

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

REVIEWER FOR TECHNICAL CONFERENCES AND JOURNALS

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture,

ASME Transactions Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering,

International Journal of Modelling and Simulation,

IEEE Transactions on Automaton Science and Engineering,

North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC),

ASME Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition,

ASEE Annual Conference.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  (35+ journal papers, conference papers, book chapters)

1. Erdem, E., Zeng, H., Wells, D., and Shi, J., "Application of RFID Technology for Improving Frozen Food Quality Management," to appear in Handbook of RFID Technologies in Operations and Supply Chain Management: Research and Applications.

2. Zeng, H., Erdem, E., Shi, J., and Wells, D., "Application of RFID Technology to Loss Management in Pharmaceutical Distribution." to appear in Handbook of RFID Technologies in Operations and Supply Chain Management: Research and Applications.

3. Shi, J. “Effect of tool surface roughness on cutting performances in atomistic machining – a molecular dynamic simulation study,” Nanotechnology, under review, 2006.

4. Shi, J. and Grow, D. “Effect of double constraints on the optimization of two-component armor systems,” Composite Structures, in press, 2006.

5. Shi, J., Wang, JY., and Liu, C.R. “Modeling White Layer Thickness Based on the Cutting Parameters of Hard Machining,” Journal of Engineering Manufacture, vol. 220(2), pp.119-128, 2006.

6. Shi, J. and Liu, C.R., “On predicting material softening effect in hard turning –Part I Construction of material softening model,” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 127(3), pp.476-483, 2005.

7. Shi, J. and Liu, C.R., “On predicting material softening effect in hard turning –Part II Finite element modeling and verification,” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 127(3), pp. 484-491, 2005.

8. Shi, J., “Role of nano-scale TiC particles in batch annealing of Ti stabilized interstitial free steels,” Materials Science and Technology, vol. 20, pp.1192-1198, 2004.

9. Shi, J. and Liu, C.R., “Decomposition of thermal and mechanical effects on the microstructure and hardness of hard turned surface,” Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 126(3), pp.264-273, 2004.