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Yongagng Huang
Joseph Cummings Professor

Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, Rm. A116
Evanston, IL 60208-3109, USA

TEL: 847-467-3165
FAX: 847-467-3165

y-huang@northwestern.edu

Curriculum Vitae

B.S., Peking University, Major: Mechanics
S.M., Harvard University, Major: Engineering Science
Ph.D., Harvard University, Major: Engineering Science
Yonggang Huang

Research:

Mechanics of materials and structures; fracture mechanics; composite materials; micromechanics; atomistic-based continuum mechanics; mechanics of stretchable electronics.

Honors and awards

  • Outstanding Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation of China, 2000.
  • Research Award for US Scientists and Scholars, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2001.
  • Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.
  • On the "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students", University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2007.
  • Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003. Young Investigator Medal, Society of Engineering Science, 2006.
  • Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.
  • International Journal of Plasticity Medal, 2007.
  • Melville Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2004.

Selected Publications

  • Gao H, Huang Y, Nix WD, and Hutchinson JW, "Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity. I. - Theory," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v 47, pp 1239-1263, 1999
  • Huang Y, Gao H, Nix WD, and Hutchinson JW, "Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity. II. - Analysis," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, v 48, pp 99-128, 2000.
  • Zhang P, Huang Y, Geubelle PH, Klein PA, and Hwang KC, "The elastic modulus of single-wall carbon nanotubes: A continuum analysis incorporating interatomic potentials," International Journal of Solids and Structures, v 39, pp 3893-3906, 2002.
  • Huang Y, Qu S, Hwang KC, Li M, and Gao H, "A conventional theory of mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity," International Journal of Plasticity, v 20, pp 753-782, 2004.
  • Khang D-Y, Jiang H, Huang Y, and Rogers JA, "A stretchable form of single crystal silicon for high performance electronics on rubber substrates," Science, v 311, pp 208-212, 2006.
  • Meitl MA, Zhu Z, Kumar V, Lee KJ, Feng X, Huang Y, Adesida I, Nuzzo RG, and Rogers JA, "Transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastometric stamp," Nature Materials, v 5, pp 33-38, 2006.
  • Sun Y, Choi WM, Jiang H, Huang Y, and Rogers JA, "Controlled buckling structures in semiconductor nanoribbons with application examples in stretchable electronics," Nature Nanotechnology, v 1, pp 201-206, 2006.
  • Choi WM, Song J, Khang D-Y, Jiang H, Huang Y, and Rogers JA, "Biaxially stretchable 'wavy' silicon nanomembranes," Nano Letters, v 7, pp 1655-1663, 2007.
  • Jiang H, Khang D-Y, Song J, Sun Y, Huang Y, and Rogers, "Finite deformation mechanics in buckled thin films on compliant supports," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science v 104, pp 15607-15612, 2007.