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• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, China

• Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor, University of Georgia, 2019 – present
• Vice President for Research, University of Michigan,  2014 – 2019
• J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing, University of Michigan, 2011 – 2019

Membership in Professional Organizations

• Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, elected 2023.
• Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), elected 2018.
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering, elected 2017.
• Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), elected 2015.
• Fellow, International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), elected 2012.
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), elected 2003.

Awards and Recognitions

• DeVor/Kapoor Manufacturing Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2024. The Medal recognizes an individual or a team of researchers for a body of impactful achievements in the field of manufacturing.
• 20 Most Influential Academics in Smart Manufacturing, SME Smart Manufacturing Magazine, 2021.
• Best Paper Award, ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC), June, Chenhui Shao, Jionghua (Judy) Jin and S. Jack Hu, “Dynamic sampling design for characterizing spatiotemporal processes in manufacturing.”
• ASME Blackall Machine Tool & Gage Award, H. Nguyen, H. Wang, B. Tai, J. Ren, S. J. Hu, and A. Shih, “High definition metrology enabled surface variation control by cutting load rebalancing,” ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. This award is the ASME Manufacturing Division’s annual literature award.
• Best Applications Paper, IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering, 2017. Suriano, H. Wang, C. Shao, S. J. Hu and P. Sekhar, “Progressive measurement and monitoring for multi-resolution data in surface manufacturing considering spatial and cross correlations.”
• SME Gold Medal. 2017. In recognition of intellectual leadership in inventing novel algorithms and practical methodologies for multi-station assembly systems and their implementation in industry, as well as influential service to government and the manufacturing profession.
• SME/NAMRI S. M. Wu Research Implementation Award, 2014. This award recognizes outstanding original research presented as a paper at the annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) and subsequently, upon implementation, had a significant commercial and/or societal impact. I was recognized for contribution in developing Principal Component Analysis based method for systematically identifying sources of quality variation in assembly systems.
• ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award, 2012. The award recognizes an individual or a team of individuals for developing or contributing significantly to an innovative manufacturing technology, the implementation of which has resulted in substantial economic and/or societal benefits. I was recognized for “developing innovative methods for predicting and diagnosing quality variation in multi-stage assembly systems and methods for designing manufacturing system configurations, and their implementation in automotive assembly and battery manufacturing.”
• Best Paper Award, ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC), June 2012, Tai, H. Wang, H. Nguyen, S. J. Hu, and A. Shih, “Surface variation reduction for face milling based on high definition metrology.”
• Best Paper Award, International Conference in Frontiers of Design and Manufacturing, Chongqing, China, June, 2012, Sha Li, Yhu-Tin Lin, Hui Wang, Sheng Yang, Ci Chen, S. Jack Hu, Jeffrey Abell, “An assembly system configurator for automotive battery packs.”
• Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing, The University of Michigan, September 2011 – June 2019.
• Selected as a Big 10 Academic Alliance fellow of Academic Leadership Programs, 2010. (organized by Big 10 + universities in the US for emerging academic leaders.)
• Best Paper Award, 9^th International Conference on Frontiers of Design and Manufacturing, Changsha, China, July, 2010. Suriano, H. Wang, S. J. Hu, “Sequential monitoring of surface spatial variation in automotive machining processes based on high definition metrology”. Also recognized for outstanding contributions to the conference series.
• Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering, The University of Michigan, January 2009 – August 2011.
• General Motors Technical Education Program, “Partnership Excellence Award”, March, 2008.
• College of Engineering Research Excellence Award, The University of Michigan, 2006.
• Robert Caddell Faculty/Graduate Student Team Award (with Ph.D. student Guosong Lin), Sept. 2005. University of Michigan.
• Mechanical Engineering Teaching Incentive Award, 2001, 2003, University of Michigan.
• Best Paper Award, ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference/6^th Design for Manufacturing Conference, September, 2001. Camelio, D. Ceglarek, S. J. Hu,  “Modeling variation propagation in multi-station assembly systems with compliant parts.”
• Faculty Achievement Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan, 2000
• Recognized by Society of Automotive Engineers International for Developing the Body-in-White Certificate Program with General Motors, Feb. 1999.
• Robert Caddell Faculty Research Achievement Award, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1997.
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1996.
• Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1993.

• Stream of Variation for Multi-stage Assembly
• Smart manufacturing
• Assembly systems

Research Summary

Google Scholar Page

• Peers Committee, National Academy of Engineering, 2020 – 2022
• Strategic Planning Committee, National Academy of Engineering, 2020
• Member of Executive Committee, Transportation Research Board, 2016 – 2022
• Member, National Materials and Manufacturing Board Committee, May 2015 – 2018
• Member, Operations Committee, Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. Developed recommendations for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation and the Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. 2011 – 2014.
• Co-Chair, National Science Foundation Workshop on “Innovation and Operations of Manufacturing Systems”, May 12 – 14, 2010, Ann Arbor.
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Jan. 2008 – June 2014.
• Associate Editor, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 2013 – 2023.
• Founding Editor in Chief, Procedia Manufacturing. 2014 – August 2019

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