Zhenghui Sha, assistant professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded the 2024 Associate Editor of the Year Award by the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.
Since 1880, the The American Society of Mechanical Engineer's Journal Program has upheld a tradition of rigorous, peer-reviewed scholarship to publish the highest quality research—research that empowers engineering professionals around the world to drive innovation and progress. The associate editor’s role is critical to the peer-review process of journal papers. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding Associate Editors who have gone above and beyond to ensure quality research contributions are published.
Before joining UT in 2021, Sha was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas from 2017 to 2020 and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University in 2016. Dr. Sha received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics and an undergraduate minor in Computer Science. Dr. Sha’s research focuses on system science and design science as well as the intersection between these two areas. He aims to build the decision-centric science foundation for complex systems engineering and design. Such a foundation will facilitate the integration of complex systems and amplify the data-driven power in engineering design and design research. In particular, his research projects span across design theory, artificial intelligence (AI) for design, human-machine interaction, swarm manufacturing, and complex sociotechnical systems, such as transportation systems and electric vehicle (EV) charging networks. He is a core faculty member in the Advanced Manufacturing and Design Area, a faculty member of the Center for Additive Manufacturing and Design Innovation (CAMDI), and an affiliated faculty member of the Oden Institute of Computational Engineering and Sciences.
