Research

Ground transportation technology; off-road vehicle engineering; planetary rover mobility; road vehicle dynamics; applications of advanced technologies to vehicle engineering; air cushion technology; magnetic levitation systems.

Activities

• Member of Editorial Boards – Vehicle System Dynamics, International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, and Journal of Terramechanics
• Past President of International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems

Journal Articles

J.Y. Wong (2008), “Development of High-Mobility Tracked Vehicles for over Snow Operations,” Journal of Terramechanics 45(1).
Note: DOI:10.1016/j.jterra.2008.03.002

J.Y. Wong, and V. M. Asnani (2008), “Study of the Correlation between the Performances of Lunar Vehicle Wheels Predicted by the Simulation Model NWVPM and Test Data,” Journal of Automobile Engineering, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D. 222(D11) (publication pending).
Note: This is a joint publication with a staff researcher of the Glenn Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

J.Y. Wong, and W. Huang (2008), “Approaches to Improving the Mobility of Military Tracked Vehicles on Soft Terrain,” International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems 15(3) (publication pending).

Books

J.Y. Wong (2009), Terramechanics and Off-Road Vehicles, 2nd ed., Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands (publication pending).

J.Y. Wong (2008), Theory of Ground Vehicles, 4th ed., John Wiley, New York, U.S.A..