Ping He
Assistant Professor at Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolPing He is an Assistant Professor at Iowa State University with a decade of experience developing numerical tools for vehicle multidisciplinary design optimization. Trained at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, he has progressed through research and postdoctoral roles at Duke, NC State, and the University of Michigan, blending deep computational mechanics with applied vehicle design. His work centers on creating robust optimization frameworks that bridge simulation fidelity and design tractability, enabling practical trade-off studies across disciplines. Known for translating academic rigor into tools usable by engineers, he brings a rare combination of long-term research continuity and hands-on code-focused development to multidisciplinary engineering problems.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mechanical Engineering at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
English, Chinese
Github Skills (52)
portable10
nonlinear10
constrained-optimization10
fenics10
openfoam10
mathematical-programming10
modeling-tool10
optimization-methods10
mach10
open-source10
vehicle-routing-problem10
geometric10
gurobi10
snl-applications10
simulated-annealing10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
DAFoam/workshops
May 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:34 commits, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
DAFoam/OpenFOAM-v1812-AD
Nov 2020 - Sep 2021
Automatic differentiation of OpenFOAM source code in forward and reverse modes
Contributions:13 releases, 161 commits, 6 PRs in 9 months
openfoamautomatic-differentiationdifferentiationmodesforward
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