Gabor Stepan Delivering lecture
During his lecture, Academician Stepan discussed vibration control and stability analysis in high-speed milling. He covered historical backgrounds, the challenges of machining vibrations, and the application of the delayed Mathieu equation. He also highlighted the use of Semi-Discretization Method (SDM) and Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing to enhance milling stability. His insights underscored the importance of mathematical models in improving manufacturing precision and efficiency.
After lecture, Director Luo awarded Academician Stepan the "Hsue-Shen Tsien Professorship for Engineering Sciences Lecture" certificate, followed by a commemorative photo session. Additionally, Academician Stepan also toured Hsue-Shen Tsien's Office, the IMECH’s Exhibition Hall, the Explosion Pit Exhibition Hall, the Impact Dynamics Laboratory, and the Large Flume for Modeling Ocean Wave/Current-Structure-Seabed Interactions. He engaged in thorough discussions with local researchers during these visits.
Issuing Certificate
Takeing Photo at Building No.1 of IMECH
About Academician Gabor Stepan:
Gabor Stepan received the MSc and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Hungary, he is currently Professor Emeritus of Applied Mechanics there. He is an elected fellow of CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering) and SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics), received the Delay Systems Lifetime Achievements Award of IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control), the Caughey Dynamics Award, and the Lyapunov Award of ASME, and the Jiangsu Friendship Award. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Europe, and foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, also honorary professor of NUAA (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics). Prof Stepan works in the leading committees and panels of IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), CISM (International Centre for Mechanical Sciences), and Euro Mech (European Mechanics Society), he was the recipient of an Advanced Grant, and a Proof-of-Concept Grant of ERC (European Research Council). Among others, he had long-term visiting positions at Cal Tech (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena) and at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK).
His research interests include nonlinear vibrations in delayed dynamical systems with applications in mechanical engineering such as wheel dynamics, robotic force control, machine tool vibrations, traffic dynamics, and human balancing.