Dr. Jenn-Terng Gau, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Dr. Jenn-Terng Gau
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Building -Room 120
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115, U.S.A.
Phone: (815) 753-1261, Fax: (815) 753-0416
E-mail: jgau@niu.edu
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1999
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1994
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Taipei, 1990
Work Experience
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Northern Illinois University, August 16, 2008 -- present
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Northern Illinois University, January, 2004-August 15, 2008
Technical Staff Engineer, Styled Surface Department, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Wauwatosa, WI, 2002-2003
Stamping Engineer, Aluminum Technology (Stamping), Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, 2000-2002
Stamping Engineer, C3P development/implementation/training and Stamping Engineering Support, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, 1996-2000
Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1995-1996
Manufacturing Engineer (Machining), DeMaTec, Rolla, MO, 1993-1994
Automation Engineer, Taiwan Development Company, Taipei, Taiwan, 1991-1992
Automation Engineer, Forward Electric Company, Taipei County, Taiwan, 1990
Professional Societies
Member and NIU chapter advisor, ASME
Member, SME
Areas of Research
Sheet Metal Forming, Forging, Microforming, High Velocity Adiabatic Impact Net-shape Forming and Powder Forming, Solid Mechanics, Machine Design and Manufacturing
Selected Journal Papers:
1. Chen, C.-H., R.S. Lee, and J.-T. Gau, “Size Effect and Forming Limit Strain Prediction for Micro Sheet Metal Forming of Stainless Steel 304,” The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, Vol. 45 No. 4, pp. 283 -299, 2010
2. Gau, J.-T., P. Paritala, and M.-S. Wu, “Using FEA Simulation to Design Multi-stage Micro Dies to Form Stainless Steel 304 Micro Tubes,” Transactions of the NAMRI/SME, Vol. 38, pp. 507-514, 2010
3. Chen, C.-H., J.-T. Gau, and R. Lee, “An Experimental and Analytical Study on the Limit Drawing Ratio of Stainless Steel 304 Foils for Micro Sheet Forming,” Journal of Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Volume 24 Issue 12, pp. 1256 -1265, 2009
4. Gau, J.-T., C.-H. Chen, and Z. Yang, “Studying Micro Deep Drawing Process Through Drawing Brass Micro Cups,” Transactions of the NAMRI/SME, Vol. 37, pp. 301-308, 2009
5. Wang J., A. Goel, F. Yang, and J.-T. Gau, “Blank Optimization for Sheet Metal Forming Using Multi-stage Finite Element Simulations,” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Vol. 40, No. 7-8, pp. 709-720, 2009
6. Chen, C.-H., J.-T. Gau, M. Yu, and Z. Yang, “A Study on Forming Micro Aluminum Pins by using a Micro Forward-Backward Extrusion Die,” Transactions of the NAMRI/SME, Vol. 36, pp. 49-55, 2008
7. Wang, J., S. Verma, R. Alexander, and J.-T. Gau, “Springback Control of Sheet Metal Air Bending Process,” Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 21-27, 2008
8. Gau, J.-T., C. Principe, and M. Yu, “Springback Behavior of Brass in Micro Sheet Forming,” Journal of Material Processing Technology, Vol. 191, No. 1 - 3, pp. 7 - 10, 2007
9. Gau, J.-T., C. Principe, and J. Wang, “An Experimental Study on Size Effects on Flow Stress and Formability of Aluminum and Brass for Microforming,” Journal of Material Processing Technology, Vol. 184, No. 1 - 3, pp. 42 - 46, 2007
10. Gau, J.-T., A. D. Dye, Y. Gaddam, and C. Arciuch, “Applying Forming Simulation to Process and Tooling Designs for Minimizing Springback in Split Dowel Manufacturing,” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Vol. 35, No. 5-6, pp. 423-433, 2007
11. Gau, J.-T. and G. Kinzel, "A New Model for Springback Prediction for Aluminum Sheet Forming," Transactions of the ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 127, No. 3, pp. 279 - 288, 2005
12. Gau, J.-T. and G. Kinzel, "An Experimental Investigation of the Influence of the Bauschinger Effect on Springback Predictions," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 108, pp. 369 - 375, 2001
13. Gau, J.-T. and G. Kinzel, "A New Model for Springback Prediction in Which the Bauschinger Effect is Considered," International Journal of Mechanical Science, Vol. 43, pp. 1813 - 1832, 2001
Selected Conference Papers:
1. Chen, C.-H., J.-T. Gau, and R. Lee, “Tensile and Micro Stretch Bending Experiments for Studying Stainless Steel 304 Foil for Micro Sheet Forming,” 2008 ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering, MSEC_ICMP2008-72273, October 7 - 10, Evanston, IL, 2008
2. Lee R.S., C.-H. Chen, and J. Gau, “Effect of Thickness to Grain Size Ratio on Drawability for Micro Deep Drawing of AISI 304 Stainless Steel,” ICTP, 2008
3. Gau, J.-T., C. Principe, and F. Yang, “An Experimental Study on Influence of Size Effect on Springback of Micro Sheet Forming,” 2006 ASME International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering, MSEC2006-21037, October 8 - 11, Ypsilanti, MI, 2006
4. Gau, J.-T., C. Principe, and M. Yu, “Springback Behavior of Brass in Micro Sheet Forming,” Proceedings of AMPT 2006, Jul30 - Aug 3, Las Vegas, USA, 2006
5. Chang, H., J.-T. Gau, and W.F. Lu, “Design of a self-organizing fuzzy logic controller for two dimensional end milling operations,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, pp. 271 - 281, 1997
6. Gau, J.-T., J.K. Lee, and G. Kinzel, "Simulation Benchmark (LDH)" NUMISHEET'96, SB1.26, 1996
7. Gau, J.-T. and W. Lu “Application of Self-Organizing Fuzzy Logic Controller in 2-D Motion Tracking Control,” Proceedings of the Third IEEE Conference on Fuzzy Systems. IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (Cat. No.94CH3430-6), pp. 1660 - 1665, 1994
Funded Projects
External Funds:
''Micro Scale Tests on Behalf of General Motors'', General Motors Company, 3/2011-9/2011
''Design for Manufacturability,'' , Caterpillar Inc., 9/2010-5/2011
''Collaborative Research: Modern Manufacturing Education - A Collaborative Teaching and Learning Experiment'', NSF/CCLI, 7/2010-6/2012
“The Harley-Davidson R&D Fund in Mechanical Engineering”, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, 7/2008-6/2010
“Research and Development of Micro-assembly Systems”, MIRDC, 7/2007-6/2011
“Progressive Die Design”, PI, Hoffman Tool & Die, 9/13/2005-9/12/2006
“Micro Forming Program Phase 123b”, Alion Science and Technology, 8/1/2005-2/28/2006
“Optimal Grooving Chisel Points”, Driv-Lok, 6/1/2005-12/31/2006
“FEA Analysis of Split Dowels”, Driv-Lok, 1/1/2005-12/31/2005
Internal Funds:
“High Velocity Micro Net Shape Forming”, NIU Graduate School, 5/16/2008-8/15/2008
“To Study Size Effects in Micro Sheet Metal Forming”, NIU Graduate School, 5/16/2007-8/15/2007
“To Build a Micro Forming Press for Micro Forming Research and Education at NIU”, NIU Graduate School, 5/16/2006-8/15/2006