Address: University of Southern California Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Los Angeles, California 90089-1453 Office: OHE 400D Tel. (213) 740-9574 Fax. (213) 740-8071 email: yjin@usc.edu

Academic rank: Professor

Education:

1988 Ph.D, Naval Engineering, University of Tokyo
1985 MSc., Naval Architecture, Tokyo Marine University
1982 BSc., Engineering, Dalian Marine University

USC Academic Positions:

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Director of IMPACT Research Laboratory

Other Professional Positions:

None

Research Interests:

Collaborative engineering, design theory and methods, knowledge-based design and manufacturing systems, intelligent agents for engineering support

Selected Publications:

Y. Ishino and Y. Jin, ''Estimate design intent: A multiple genetic programming and multivariate analysis based approach,'' 16, pp. 107-125, 2002.
Y. Ishino and Y. Jin, ''Acquiring engineering knowledge from engineering processes,'' J. AI in Eng. Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 16, pp. 73-91, 2002.
M. Danesh and Y. Jin, ''An agent-based decision network for concurrent engineering,'' J. of Concurrent Engineering Research and Application 9, pp. 37-47, 2001.
Y. Jin and W. Zhou, ''Agent-based knowledge management for collaborative engineering,'' in Proceedings of 19th ASME Computers in Engineering Conference, DETC99/CIE-9022, 1999.
R. E. Levitt, J. Thomsen, T. R. Christiansen, J. C. Kunz, Y. Jin, and C. Nass, ''Simulating project work processes and organizations: Toward a micro-contingency theory of organizational design,'' Management Science 45, pp. 1479-1495, 1999.
Y. Jin and S. C.-Y. Lu, ''An agent supported approach to collaborative design,'' CIRP Annals 47, pp. 107-110, 1998.

Professional Societies:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Association of Artificial Intelligence
Institute for Operation Research and Management Science

Honors and Awards:

2002: Xerox Best Paper Award, ASME 14th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
2001: Best Paper in Human-Information Systems, 5th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
2001: TRW Excellent Teaching Award, University of Southern California
1998: NSF Faculty CAREER Award, National Science Foundation

Courses Taught:

AME 409, Senior Design Project
AME 410, Engineering Design Theory and Methodology
AME 505, Engineering Information Modeling

Recent Professional Development Activities:

2002-: Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Advanced Engineering Informatics
2002: Conference Chair Elect, ASME 17th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
2001-2003: Vice-Chair, ASME Design Theory and Methodology Committee

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