Prof. Yihui ZHANG
Professor
Tsinghua University
- yihuizhang@tsinghua.edu.cn
- Mechanically-guided 3D assembly, Unusual soft materials, Stretchable and flexible electronics
簡歷
Yihui ZHANG is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at Tsinghua University. His group (http://yihuizhang.org/) is dedicated to addressing the grand challenges in the frontiers of science and technologies through creative uses of mechanics principles and cross-fertilization among diverse disciplines, which drives the development of new mechanics theories and computational models of advanced materials/structures, as well as novel designs and fabrication approaches of materials/devices/systems with unprecedented properties and functionalities. He has published >150 peer-reviewed journal papers, including, 3 in Science, 1 in Nature, 24 in Nature/Science sister journals, 7 in PNAS and 12 in JMPS (the best solid-mechanics journal). Dr. Zhang is the recipient of several honors and awards, including, The Xplorer Prize (2021), Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2020), ASME Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award (2019), Society of Engineering Science’s Young Investigator Medal (2018), ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award (2018), Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty (2017), ASME Melville Medal (2017), NSFC Excellent Youth Funding (2017), and MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35 (2016). He is an associate editor of Science Advances, Mechanics of Materials, Research, ASME-Journal of Applied Mechanics and International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, and serves on the editorial board of several other academic journals.