ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Gang Sheng Chen is the J. Robert Fletcher Associate Professor of

Engineering at Marshall University, West Virginia, USA. He received his
B.S. and M.S. from Shanghai JiaoTong University, P.R., China, and his
Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore. He is a
fellow of SAE and ASME. He has written over 100 journal papers, 7 book
chapters and 3 books. Gang has had many years’ industry experience as a
principal engineer and research scientist at DSI Singapore, Sony Singapore
Research Lab, IBM Corp. Technical Division, California and Gates Corp.
Technological Center in Michigan, USA.
Xiandong Liu is a Professor of Automotive Engineering at the School of
Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, P.R.
China. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Jilin University and his
Ph.D. from Beihang University, P.R. China. He teaches noise and vibra-
tion control of vehicles and his research interests include mechanical system
dynamics, noise and vibration control, strength analysis and lightweight
design of structure. He has published 104 journal papers and 1 book, and is
a recipient of 5 patents.

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