Shaoping Xiong

EDUCATION

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 2010-2014

Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering-Fluid Power, August 2014

China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 2008-2010

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, July 2010

China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 2004-2008

B.S. in Agricultural Engineering, July 2008

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China 2018.1-Present

Research Interests: Digital hydraulic systems, 3D Bio-printing, Hydraulic robots.

Principle Engineer of Fluid Dynamics Lab, Midea Group, Foshan, China 2017-2018

Developed a dynamic balancing ring and its water injection system for front-load washing machine and a related patent application has been filed.

Advanced Development Engineer, Helgesen Industries, Hartford, WI, 2014-2017

Developed hydraulic fluid conditioning devices for the industrial OEMs using advanced analyzing tools such as CFD &FEA;

Developed fluid power research/development laboratory using NI LabView and wireless sensing system to complete the testing of various parameters such as hydraulic efficiency & aeration rate;

Cooperate with customers to conduct field tests and validate reliability performance;

Develop and guide Helgesen’s intellectual properties-one patent related to high performance Regenerative Reservoir has been published.

GRADUATE EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University, 2010-2014

Developed and investigated a magneto-rheological (MR) fluid based, valve actuation system using a 3D finite element, electromagnetic-mechanical-fluid multi-physics coupled model.

Developed a data acquisition system based on dSPACE and Matlab/Simulink for an experimental test stand of a 500Hz, MR fluid based valve actuator.

and Matlab/Simulink based data acquisition system of an actively valve controlled, 3-piston digital pump/motor.

Designed and compared hydrostatic transmission (HST) and power split transmission (PST) for a wheel loader using Matlab/Simulink.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

CCEFP REU Fluid Power Bootcamp Instructor, Purdue University, 2012

“Hydraulic Circuit Assembling & Troubleshooting” at the fluid power lab of Purdue University.

SURF Program Mentor, Purdue University, 2013

Directed undergraduate students in Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow (SURF) program engaged in research of MR fluid valve system and supervised the completion of their posters.

AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power (CCEFP), NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC)

Member of SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers)

PATENT

Shaoping Xiong and Robert Quandt. Regenerative Reservoir. United States Patent No.: US 20160273555 A1

PUBLICATIONS

1. Shaoping Xiong, Gabriel Wilfong and John Lumkes. “Components Sizing and Performance Analysis of Hydro-Mechanical Power Split Transmission Applied to a Wheel Loader” Energies. April, 2019 

2. Shaoping Xiong, Gabriel Wilfong and John Lumkes. “Development Of A Novel High Speed Actuation Mechanism using a MR Fluid Clutch and its Application to A Fluid Control Valve”. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 2019. (Accepted).

3. Shaoping Xiong and John Lumkes. “Coupled Physics Modeling for Bi-Directional Check Valve System”. International Journal of Fluid Power. April 2014

4. Daniel Skelton, Shaoping Xiong, John Lumkes and Farid Breidi.“High Performance

Actuation Systems Enabled by Energy Coupling Mechanisms”,SAE Technical Paper. September, 201

5. Jing Liu, Shaoping Xiong, Hongwen Li,Yang Xu and Gang Ling. “Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification on Water impinging Jet Quenching Process of No-till Planter Disc Opener”.Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 30(22):21-29, 2014.

6. Daniel Skelton, Shaoping Xiong and John Lumkes. “Design of High Performance ActuationSystemfor High Speed Valves”,The 9th International Fluid Power Conference, Aachen Germany, 2014.

Digital Hydraulic Systems & Components, Electro-Hydraulic Hybrid, Micro fluidic system

The software works Patent