Dr. Yang’s research interests include developing analytical tools and experimental techniques to study viscoelastic materials behavior, dynamic instabilities, and material failure under extreme loading conditions. He is currently experimentally characterizing and modeling dynamic, nonlinear behavior of viscoelastic materials, including hydrogels, biological tissues, and foam materials, under various strain-rate (10^-4 ~ 10^7 s^-1) dynamic loading. Yang’s work also focuses on leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning and data-driven methods to keep improving 2D and 3D full-field deformation measurement (e.g., digital image correlation, digital volume correlation, particle tracking) and other material characterization experimental techniques.
- Solid mechanics: Visco-hyperelastic material behavior under extreme loading conditions
- Experimental mechanics: machine learning & data-driven material characterization
- Full-field deformation measurements: digital image correlation, digital volume correlation, and particle tracking
- Laser-induced inertial cavitation in hydrogels and biological materials
- Dynamic instability in viscoelastic materials
I am a new faculty member at the UT-Austin ASE/EM department. Before UT, I have quite a few experiences working with students with diverse backgrounds. I have mentored both Ph.D. graduate and undergraduate students.
Here are some of my previously mentored students:
- Hao Zhou, Ph.D. Graduate Student, California Institute of Technology, 2016-2018. Current position: Google software engineer
- Yue (Sam) Yin, Undergraduate Research Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020. Current position: Graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Zhiqin (Echo) Xu, Undergraduate Research Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021. Current position: Ph.D. student at Columbia University.
- Jialiang (Jay) Tao, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020-2021. Current position: Final Ph.D. year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Griffin B. Radtke, Undergraduate Research Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022. Current position: Third-year undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Annalise M. Daul, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022. Current position: Second-year Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
