Soyoung S. Cha, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Contact
Building & Room:
2017 ERF
Address:
842 West Taylor Street, MC 251, Chicago, IL 60607
Office Phone:
Email:
About
Research Interests
Dr. Cha’s research interests cover a broad scope of multidisciplinary practices involving the latest advances in optical diagnostic techniques. These include quantitative/qualitative visualization of fluid and heat transfer fields, combustion/emission nondestructive testing. Not only is he in a unique position to develop these cutting-edge techniques, but to also apply them in characterizing various mechanical phenomena. Current activities are concentrated on laser experimentation and instrumentation for fluid flow, heat/mass transfer,and combustion three-dimensional multi-component velocimetry; holography/interferometry-based techniques; light scattering, spectroscopy, radiative heat transfer and laser machining/processing. Photomechanics including nondestructive evaluation. Numerical investigation of experimental phenomena. The tasks require investigations in computational tomography, digital image processing, signal processing, and optics as well as appropriate hardware developments.
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan, 1980
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Michigan State University, 1976
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Seoul National University, 1967