Faculty Profile for Dr. Heping Chen

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Dr. Heping Chen
Associate Professor — Ingram School of Engineering
IGRM 2203
phone: (512) 245-1826
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Sarker, S., & Chen, H. (2023). High accuracy keyway angle identification using VGG16-based learning method. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2023.04.019
  • Yu, R., & Chen, H. (2023). Deep learning based real-time and in-situ monitoring of weld penetration: Where we are and what are needed revolutionary solutions? Journal of Manufacturing Processes. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2023.03.011
  • Wang, W., & Chen, H. (2023). Polymeric Composites in Road and Bridge Engineering: Characterization, Production and Application. Polymers. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15040874
  • Chen, H., & Yaseer, A. (2022). Top Surface Roughness Modeling for Robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing.
  • Chen, H., & Okeke, H. (2022). Development of an Economical 3D Sensor for Weld Seam Tracking in Robotic Welding.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best paper award finalist, The IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technologies on Automation, Control and Robotics. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award, IEEE Int. Conf. on CYBER Technol. in Autom., Control and Intell. Syst. for “Robotic Welding Parameter Optimization Based on Weld Quality Evaluation”. 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: A person at Texas State University who made contributions to their academic career. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: A person at Texas State University who made contributions to their academic career. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2015

Selected Grants

  • Ameri, Farhad, Khaleghian, Seyedmeysam (Co-Principal), Tate, Jitendra S (Supporting), Trueba, Luis (Supporting), You, Byoung Hee (Supporting), Song, In-Hyouk (Supporting), Jimenez, Jesus (Supporting), Chen, Heping (Supporting), Emami, Anahita (Supporting). REU Site: Multidisciplinary Research Experience in Advance Manufacturing for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal, $396737. (Funded: May 1, 2021 - August 1, 2024). Grant.
  • Chen, Heping (Principal). Automatic Transmission and Torque Converters, $30000. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
  • Chen, Heping (Principal). Supplement to exploring robotic applications in Oil&Gas, ABB Inc., $15000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
  • Chen, Heping (Principal). Supplement to exploring robotic applications in Oil&Gas, ABB Inc., $15000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
  • Chen, Heping (Principal). Exploring robotic applications in Oil&Gas, ABB Inc., $59000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Associate Editor
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2021-Present
Member
Department Research Committee
2020-Present
Member
IT representative of MFGE
September 2019-Present
Member
Presidential Award Nomination Committee
January 2019-Present
Reviewer / Referee
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
2018-Present