Dr. Qianmei (May) Feng, Associate Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering
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Areas of expertise
- Quality and reliability engineering
- Economic optimization in manufacturing
- Applied probability and statistics
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Awards
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Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award, College of Engineering, UH, 2011
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Outstanding Teacher Award, Cullen College of Engineering, UH, 2009, 2011
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Provost Research Assistant Award, Office of the Provost and Cullen College of Engineering, UH, 2011, 2012
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Three articles published in IIE Transactions were featured in the IE Magazine, 2006, 2009, 2010
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Highly Commended Award Winner, Emerald Literati Network, 2009
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Who’s Who in America, 2010
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Madison Who’s Who in Professionals, 2009
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Publications
- Hu, L., Zhou, M., Xiang, F., Feng, Q., Modeling and Recognition of Steel-Plate Surface Defects Based on a New Backward Boosting Algorithm, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. (In Print)
- Xiang, Y. Coit, D.W., Feng, Q., Zhu, Z., Condition-based Maintenance under Performance-based Contracting. Computers & Industrial Engineering. (In Print)
- Rafiee, K., Feng, Q., Coit, D.W., Reliability Analysis and Condition-based Maintenance for Failure Processes under Degradation-Dependent Hard Failure Threshold. Quality and Reliability Engineering International. (Published online)
- M. Zhou, L. Kong, L. Xie, T. Fu, G. Jiang, Q. Feng, Design and Optimization of Non-circular Mortar Nozzles Using Finite Volume Method and Taguchi Method. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 90(9), 3543-3553, 2017.
- Rafiee, K., Feng, Q., Coit, D.W., Reliability Assessment of Dependent Competing Risks with Generalized Mixed Shock Model. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 159:1-11, 2017.
- Shu, Y., Feng, Q., Kao, E., Liu, H., Levy Driven Non-Gaussian Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes for Degradation-Based Reliability Analysis. IIE Transactions, 48(11), 993-1003, 2016.
- Feng, Q., Jiang, L., Coit, D.W., Reliability Analysis and Condition-based Maintenance of Systems with Dependent Degrading Components based on Thermodynamic Physics-of-Failure. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 86(1), 913-923, 2016.
- Song, S., Coit, D.W., Feng, Q., Reliability Analysis of Multiple-Component Series Systems Subject to Hard and Soft Failures with Dependent Shock Effects. IIE Transactions, 48(8), 720-735, 2016.
- Kheirkhah, P., Feng, Q., Travis, L.M., et. al, Prevalence, Predictors and Economic Consequences of No-shows, BMC Health Services Research, , 16(13): 1-6, 2016.
- Shu, Y., Feng, Q., Coit, D.W., Life Distribution Analysis Based on Lévy Subordinators for Degradation with Random Jumps. Naval Research Logistics, 62(6):483-492, 2015.
- Rafiee, K., Feng, Q., Coit, D.W., Condition-Based Maintenance for Repairable Deteriorating Systems subject to Generalized Mixed Shock Model. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. (In Press)
- Feng, Q., Rafiee, K., Keedy, E., Arab, A., Coit, D.W., Song, S., Reliability and Condition-Based Maintenance for Multi-Stent Systems with Stochastic Dependent Competing Risk Processes. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 80(9): 2027-2040, 2015.
- Jiang, L., Feng, Q., Coit, D.W., Modeling Zoned Shock Effects on Stochastic Degradation in Dependent Failure Processes. IIE Transactions, 47(5):460-470, 2015.
- For a more complete list, visit Dr. Feng's research group page: http://www.uh.edu/~qfeng/index.htm
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Patents
- None available
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Grants and Funded Research
- Dr. Feng has received an NSF grant ($348,077) for “Maintenance Planning for Complex Systems in Dynamic Environments” from NSF/CMMI/OE, which will be used to support her research in exploring stochastic degradation-based reliability models and unified maintenance decision-making for heterogeneous complex systems in dynamic environments. July 2017.
- Principal Investigator of “Stent Reliability and Maintenance: Integrating Probabilistic and Physics-of-Failure Models,” (sole PI) Texas Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 07/01/2010-08/31/2013, $98,610 (100%).
- Dr. Feng received an additional $20,000 in research assistant support from the Provost’s Office for 2012-2013. This funding is to grant additional resources to faculty who are currently supporting graduate students on external research contracts and grants.
- Dr. Feng received an $20,000 in research assistant support from the Provost’s Office for 2011-2012. This funding is to grant additional resources to faculty who are currently supporting graduate students on external research contracts and grants. 2011.
- Dr. Feng has received a NSF grant ($230,000) for “Integrated Methodology for Quality and Reliability Modeling and Improvement for Advanced and Evolving Technologies” from NSF/CMMI/MES.
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Curriculum Vitae
Not available.
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