Yonggang Huang#
| Membership Number: | 4463 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007 - present W.P. Murphy Professor (2015-present); J. Cummings Professor (2007-2015), Northwestern University, USA
- 2005 - 2006 Clark Millikan Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology, USA
- 2005 Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute of Metals Research, Germany
- 2001 - 2004 Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Metals Research, Germany
- 1998 - 2007 S.L. Soo Professor (2004-2007); G.W. Gauthier Professor (2003-2004); Professor (2001-2003); Associate Professor (1998-2001), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
- 1995 - 1998 Associate Professor, Michigan Technological University, USA
- 1991 - 1995 Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, USA
- 1990 - 1991 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Mechanics of materials: micro-scale plasticity theory based on dislocation models
- Nanomechanics: continuum mechanics theory for nanostructures based on interatomic potentials
- Stretchable/flexible electronics: using mechanics principles to design/fabricate silicon-based stretchable electronics
- Applications of stretchable electronics: integration with humanbody for health monitoring
- Deterministic 3D assembly: using buckling to fabricate 3D structures from 2D platforms
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Honorary Professor, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- 2017 Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Sciences (highest award from this society)
- 2017 Election to the US National Academy of Engineering
- 2016 Nadai Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (highest award in materials science from this society)
- 2016 Honorary Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- 2016 Honorary Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- 2016 Honorary Professor, Nanjing Tech University
- 2015 Honorary Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University
- 2014 Honorary Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University
- 2013 Drucker Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (one of three highest awards in mechanics from this society)
- 2010 Election to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2010 Richards Award, Am. Soc. Mechanical Engineers (highest award in mechanical engineering for 20+ years from graduation)
- 2009 Honorary Professor, Nanjing University Posts and Telecommunications
- 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation (one award each year for engineering in USA and Canada)
- 2007 International Journal of Plasticity Award (for achievement in engineering plasticity)
- 2006 Young Investigator Medal, Society of Engineering Sciences
- 2004 Melville Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2003 Larson Award, Am. Soc. Mechanical Engineers (highest award in mechanical engineering for 10~20 years from graduation)
- 2001 - 2004 Research Award for USA Scientists and Scholars, Humboldt Foundation
