Ping He
Assistant Professor at Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, United States
Summary
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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.
10 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 (31)
constrained-optimization10
openfoam10
mach10
open-source10
gradient10
geometric10
aerodynamics10
configurations9
aircraft9
automatic-differentiation9
optimization9
openmdao9
mesh-processing8
python8
snl-applications8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DAFoam/DAFoam.github.io
Jul 2020 - Jul 2026
Documentation website for DAFoam
Contributions:1 release, 72 PRs, 808 pushes in 6 years
documentation-website
DAFoam/tutorials
Jul 2020 - Oct 2022
DAFoam tutorials
Contributions:4 releases, 2 reviews, 169 commits in 2 years 3 months
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