Prof. Song Zhang
Professor at Purdue Univ
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Program Committee | Conference Chair | Editor | Author
Area of Expertise:
high-speed 3D sensing , 3D optical metrology , 3D data analysis , high-speed 3D imaging , 3D video compression
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Profile Summary

Prof. Song Zhang is a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University. Previously, he was an assistant and associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University from 2008 to 2014. He received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Stony Brook University in 2005. His major research interests are high-speed 3D optical metrology, 3D optical sensing, 3D video processing, human and computer interaction, and virtual reality. Dr. Zhang has published over 200 research articles including more than 100 journal papers; two book; and holds 3 US patents. A number of his journal articles have been featured on their covers or highlighted by the journal societies. Dr. Zhang received the NSF CAREER award, Stony Brook University's 40 under Forty Alumni Awards, Iowa State University's Early Career Engineering Faculty Research Award, Purdue University's Early Career Research Excellence Award, Discovery in Mechanical Engineering Award, along with others. He serves as an associate editor for Journal of Optics and Lasers in Engineering, and a Technical Editor for IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. He is a fellow of SPIE and OSA.
Publications (85)

Proceedings Article | 30 September 2024 Presentation + Paper
Liming Chen, Yuchen Yang, Song Zhang
Proceedings Volume 13135, 131350F (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3029868
KEYWORDS: 3D metrology, Fringe analysis, 3D image reconstruction, 3D modeling, 3D image processing, Imaging systems

Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12900, 1290007 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3005047
KEYWORDS: Depth of field, Focus stacking, Imaging systems, 3D image processing, 3D metrology, 3D image reconstruction

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2023 Presentation
Proceedings Volume 12524, 1252405 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665965
KEYWORDS: Calibration, Structured light, Mathematical modeling, 3D modeling, 3D acquisition, Systems modeling, Projection systems, Optical testing, Industry, Detection and tracking algorithms

Proceedings Article | 16 June 2023 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12524, 1252408 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2666567
KEYWORDS: LIDAR, RGB color model, Cameras, Sensors, Image resolution, Imaging systems, Point clouds, Statistical analysis, Matrices, Interpolation

Proceedings Article | 16 June 2023 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12524, 125240F (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2667819
KEYWORDS: Sensors, 3D image processing, Phase unwrapping, Fringe analysis

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Proceedings Volume Editor (16)

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Conference Committee Involvement (46)
Applied Optical Metrology VI
3 August 2025 | San Diego, California, United States
Optical Technology and Measurement for Industrial Applications Conference
21 April 2025 | Yokohama, Japan
Dimensional Optical Metrology and Inspection for Practical Applications XIV
16 April 2025 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Emerging Digital Micromirror Device Based Systems and Applications XVII
28 January 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States
Interferometry and Structured Light 2024
21 August 2024 | San Diego, California, United States
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