Lab

Aerospace Structural Dynamics Laboratory

Research Interests

Aeroelasticity and Fluid Structure Interaction

Model Order Reduction

Nonlinear System Identification

Nonlinear Dynamics & Vibrations

Time-Delay System

Structural Health Monitoring

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=48yvlX8AAAAJ&hl=en

Honors and Awards

Roush Award, NMSU COE, 2024

Outstanding Professor Award, NMSU MAE Academy, 2014, 2024

Research Achievement Award, NMSU President and VPR, 2014

the Institution’s 2011 Thomas Bernard Hall Prize, Vakakis et al., Instn Mech. Engrs, Part C: J. of Mechanical Engineering Science, 225 (11), 2497–2515, 2011.

2008 Professional Engineering (PE) Publishing Award, Lee et al., Proc. Instn Mech. Engrs, Part K: J. Multi-body Dynamics 2007, 222(K2), 77–134, 2009.

Mavis Memorial Fund Fellowship, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005–2006.

Publications

Archival Journals

(h-Index Total-23; ISI Citation Total-3693)

  1. Nankali, A., Lee, Y.S., and Kalm´ar-Nagy, T., ‘Targeted energy transfers for suppressing regenerative machine tool vibrations,’ ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 12 (1), 011010- 1–11, 2016 (IF: 1.315; ISI citation: 1).
  2. Pak, C.H., and Lee, Y.S., ‘Bifurcation of coupled-mode responses by modal coupling in cubic nonlinear systems,’ Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, LXXIV(1), 1–26, 2016 (IF: 0.730; ISI citation: 0).
  3. Xu, M., Wei, M., Yang, T., and Lee, Y.S., ‘An embedded boundary approach for the simulation of a flexible flapping wing at different density ratio,’ European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, 55, 146–156, 2016 (IF: 1.687; ISI citation: 2).
  4. Chen, H., Kurt, M., Lee, Y.S., McFarland, D.M., Bergman, L.A., and Vakakis, A.F., ‘Experimental system identification of the dynamics of a vibro-impact beam with a view towards structural health monitoring and damage detection,’ Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 46, 91–113, 2014 (IF: 3.418; ISI citation: 25).
  5. Kurt, M., Chen, H., Lee, Y.S., McFarland, D.M., Bergman, L.A., and Vakakis, A.F., ‘Nonlinear system identification of the dynamics of a vibro-impact beam: Numerical results,’ Archive of Applied Mechanics, 82 (10), 1461–1479, 2012 (IF: 1.103; ISI citation: 13).

Conference Papers

  1. Chen, H., Lee, Y.S., Kurt, M., McFarland, D.M.,Bergman, L.A., and Vakakis, A.F., ‘Experimental System Identification of the Vibro-Impact Dynamics towards Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection (DETC2013-13534),’ ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), Portland, OR, August 4–7, 2013.
  2. Chen, H., Medina, C., and Lee, Y.S., ‘Suppression of Aeroelastic Instabilities due to Freeplay Nonlinearity (DETC2013-13518),’ ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), Portland, OR, August 4–7, 2013.
  3. Nankali, A., Lee, Y.S., and Kalm´ar-Nagy, T., ‘Targeted Energy Transfer for Suppressing Regenerative Instabilities in a 2-DOF Machine Tool Model (DETC2013-13510),’ ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), Portland, OR, August 4–7, 2013.
  4. Hubbard, S.A., Lee, Y.S., McFarland, D.M.,Bergman, L.A., and Vakakis, A.F., ‘An NNM-based ROM of a Wing in Transonic Flow,’ The 13th Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics (PACAM XIII), Houston, TX, May 22–24, 2013
  5. Lee, Y.S., McFarland, D.M.,Bergman, L.A., and Vakakis, A.F., ‘Empirical Slow-Flow Identification for Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection,’ IMAC XXXI A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, Garden Grove, CA, February 11–14, 2013.

Funded Research Projects

  1. ‘Acquisition of an Integrated System for Laser-Assisted Non-Intrusive Experimentation and Data- Driven Reduced-Order Modeling,’ DoD HBCU/MSI Equipment, 02/01/2014–01/31/2015, $493,567 (PI; and Drs. Shu and Wei² in Mechanical and Aerosapce Engineering, NMSU, as Co-PIs).
  2. ‘Data-Driven Dynamical Systems Approach to Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Modeling,’ Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG), NMSU Vice President for Research, 09/01/2012–08/31/2013, $39,966 (PI; and Dr. Bae³ in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, NMSU, as Co-PI).
  3. ‘Nonlinear System Identification towards Aerospace Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection,’ Graduate Research Enhancement Grant (GREG), NMSU Vice President for Research, Fall 2012–Spring 2014, $22,111 (PI).
  4. ‘Collaborative Research: Global / Local System Identification of Strongly Nonlinear Dynamical Systems,’ NSF (Contract No. CMMI-0928062), 08/01/2009–07/31/2012, $145,709 (PI).