Y. Lawrence Yao
248 S. W. Mudd, Mail Code: 4703
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Y. Lawrence Yao is professor and chair of mechanical engineering at Columbia University, where he also serves as director of Manufacturing Research Laboratory (MRL). Before joining Columbia in 1994, he served as a senior lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. He is interested in multidisciplinary research in manufacturing and design, nontraditional manufacturing, laser materials processing, laser assisted material removal, shaping, and surface modification, laser applications in industry and art restoration, robotics in industry and health care industry.
Publications
Di Pietro, P., and Yao, Y. L., "An Investigation into Characterizing and Optimizing Laser Cutting Quality - A Review," Int. J. Machine Tools & Manufacture, Pergamon, Vol. 34, No. 3, 1994, pp. 225-243.
Korayem, M. H., Yao, Y. L., and Basu, A., "Application of Symbolic Manipulation to Inverse Dynamics and Kinematics of Elastic Robots,” Int. J. Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 9, No. 5, 1994, pp. 343-350.
Di Pietro, P., and Yao, Y. L., "A Numerical Investigation into Cutting Front Mobility in CO2 laser Cutting," Int. J. Machine Tools & Manufacture, Pergamon, Vol. 35, No. 5, 1995, pp. 673-688.
Di Pietro, P., and Yao, Y. L., "Improving Laser Cutting Quality for Two-Dimensional Contoured Paths," ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 120, No. 3, 1998, pp. 590-599.
Soltz, M., Yao, Y. L., and Ish-Shalom, J., “Investigation of a 2-D Planar Motor Based Machine Tool Motion System,” Int. J. Machine Tools & Manufacture, Pergamon, Vol. 39, 1999, pp. 1157-1169.
Huang, Z., and Yao, Y. L., “A New Closed-Form Kinematics of the Generalized 3-DOF Spherical Parallel Manipulator,” Robotica, Cambridge Univ. Press, Vol. 17, 1999, pp. 475-485.
Chen, K, and Yao, Y. L., “Striation Formation and Melt Removal in Laser Cutting Process,” J. Manufacturing Processes, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1999, pp. 43-53.
Yao, Y. L., and Cheng, W., "Model based Motion Planning of Robot Assembly of Non-Cylindrical Parts," Int. J. Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 15, 1999, pp. 683-691.
Chen, K, Yao, Y. L., and Modi, V., “Numerical Simulation of Oxidation Effects in Laser Cutting Process,” Int. J. Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 15, 1999, pp. 835-842.
Chen, K., and Yao, Y. L., “Process Optimization of Pulsed Laser Micromachining with Applications in Medical Device Manufacturing,” Int. J. Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 16, 2000, pp.243-249.
Chen, K., Yao, Y. L., and Modi, V., “Gas Jet - Workpiece Interactions in Laser Machining,” ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 122, No. 3, 2000, pp. 429-438.
Li, W., and Yao, Y. L., "Numerical and Experimental Study of Strain Rate Effects in Laser Forming," ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 122, No. 3, 2000, pp. 445-451.
Abdul Majid, M. Z., Huang, Z., and Yao, Y. L., “Workspace Analysis of a Six-DOF, Three-PPSR Parallel Manipulator,” Int. J. Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Pergamon, Vol. 16, 2000, pp. 441-449.
Bao, J., and Yao, Y. L., "Analysis and Prediction of Edge Effects in Laser Bending," ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 123, No. 1, 2001, pp. 53-61.
Cheng, J., and Yao, Y. L., “Cooling Effects in Multiscan Laser Forming," SME J. of Manufacturing Processes, Vol.3, No.1, 2001, pp. 60-72.
Li, W., and Yao, Y. L., "Laser Bending of Tubes: Mechanism, Analysis, and Prediction," ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 123, No. 4, 2001, pp. 674-681.
Zhang, W., Yao, Y. L., and Chen, K., “Modeling and Analysis of UV Laser Micromachining of Copper,” Int. J. Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Pergamon, Vol. 18, 2001, pp.323-331.
Zhang, W., and Yao, Y. L., “Micro-scale Laser Shock Processing: Modeling, Testing, and Microstructure Characterization,” SME J. of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 3, No.2, 2001, pp. 128-143.
Lu, X., Yao, Y. L., and Chen, K., "Experimental Investigation of Polymer Material Removal by Low Diffraction Laser Beam," ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 124, No. 2, May 2002, pp. 475-480.
Cheng, J., and Yao, Y. L., “Microstructure Integrated Modeling of Multiscan Laser Forming," ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 124, No. 2, May 2002, pp. 379-388.
Zhang, W., Yao, Y. L., and I. C. Noyan, “Microscale Laser Shock Peening of Thin Films, Part I: Experiment, Modeling and Simulation,” ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 1, Feb 2004, pp. 10-17.
Zhang, W., Yao, Y. L., and I. C. Noyan, “Microscale Laser Shock Peening of Thin films, Part II: High Spatial Resolution Material Characterization,” ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 1, Feb 2004, pp. 18-24.
Cheng, J., and Yao, Y. L., “Process Design of Laser Forming for Three Dimensional Thin Plates," ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 2, May 2004, pp.217-225.
Chen, H., Yao, Y. L., and Kysar, J., “Spatially Resolved Characterization of Residual Stress Induced by Micro Scale Laser Shock Peening,” ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 2, May 2004, pp.226-236.
Cheng, J., and Yao, Y. L., “Process Synthesis of Laser Forming by Genetic Algorithms," Int. J. of Machine Tools and Manufacture, UK, Vol. 44, No.15, 2004, pp.1619-1628.
Chen, H. and Yao, Y. L., “Modeling Schemes, Transiency, and Strain Measurement for Microscale Laser Shock Processing,” SME J. of Manufacturing Processes, Vol.6, No.2, 2004, pp.155-169.
Chen, H., Kysar, J., and Yao, Y. L., “Characterization of Plastic Deformation Induced by Micro Scale Laser Shock Peening,” ASME Trans. J. of Applied Mechanics, Vol.71, No.3, 2004, pp.713-723.
Chen, H., Wang, Y., Kysar, J. W., Yao, Y. L., “Systematical Characterization of Material Response to Micro Scale Laser Shock Peening,” Special Issue on Micro/Meso Manufacturing, ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol.26, No.4, Nov. 2004, pp.740-749.
Chen, H., Yao, Y. L., Kysar, J. W., Noyan, I. C., and Wang, Y., “Fourier Analysis of X-ray Microdiffraction Profiles to Characterize Laser Shock Peened Metals,” Int. J. of Solids and Structures, Vol. 42, 2005, pp.3471-3485.
Yao, Y. L., Cheng, G. J., Rajurkar , K. P., Kovacevic, R., Feiner, S., and Zhang, W., “A Web based Curriculum Development on Non Traditional Manufacturing with Interactive Features,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 21(3), pp. 546-553.
Yao, Y. L., Cheng, G. J., Rajurkar , K. P., Kovacevic, R., Feiner, S., and Zhang, W., “Combined Research and Curriculum Development of Nontraditional Manufacturing,” European J. Engineering Education, Vol. 30-3, pp. 363-376.
Long, X., Cleveland, W. L., and Yao, Y. L., “A New Preprocessing Approach to Cell Recognition,” IEEE Trans. on Information Technology in Biomedicine, Vol.9, No.3, 2005, pp.407-412.
Fan, Y., Wang, Y., Vukelic, S., and Yao, Y. L., “Wave-solid interactions in shock induced deformation processes,” J. Appl. Physi., 98, 2005.
Zhang, J., Cheng, P., Zhang, W., Graham, M., Jones, J., Jones, M., Yao, Y. L., “Effect of Scanning Schemes on Laser Tube Bending,” ASME Trans. J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 128, 2006, pp. 20-33.
Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Cheng, P., and Yao, Y.L., “Effect of Pulsing Parameters on Laser Ablative Cleaning of Copper Oxides,” J. Applied Physics, vol. 99, 2006.
Long, X., Cleveland, W. L., and Yao, Y. L., “Automatic Detection of Unstained Viable Cells in Bright Field Images Using a Support Vector Machine with an Improved Training Procedure,” Computers in Biology and Medicine 36, 2006, pp. 339-362.
Long, X., Cleveland, W. L., and Yao, Y. L., “Effective Automatic Recognition of Cultured Cells in Bright Field Images Using Fisher’s Linear Discriminant Preprocessing,” Image and Vision Computing, vol.23, 2005, pp.1203-1213.