FUQIAN YANG, Ph.D.
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506
Phone: (859) 2572994, Fax: (859) 3231929, Email: fyang2@uky.edu
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Tsinghua University
Chongqing University
University of Rochester
University of Rochester
Engineering Physics
Biomechanics
Mechanical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
APPOINTMENTS
July 2011 – present
July 2007 – July 2011
Aug. 2001 – June 2007
Jan. 1999 – July 2001
July 1998 – Dec. 1998
Professor, University of Kentucky, KY
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, KY
Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, KY
B.S., 1986
M.S., 1988
M.S., 1991
Ph.D., 1995
Technical Specialist & Project Manager II, Xerox Corporation, NY
Sr. Engineer, Dayton T. Brown Inc., Bohemia, NY
TEN SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTS
1.
Fuqian Yang and J.C.M. Li, Impression test – a review, Materials Science and Engineering R 74
(2013) 233-253
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Fuqian Yang and James C. M. Li, Micro and Nano Mechanical Testing of Materials and Devices,
Springer (2008)
3.
Fuqian Yang , Field-limited migration of Li-ions in Li-ion battery, ECS Electrochemistry Letters 4
(2015) A7-A9
4.
Fuqian Yang and Ya-Pu Zhao, Analysis of electrowetting of a conducting droplet on a dielectric film, Journal of Physical Chemistry C
118 (2014) 26859−26865
5.
Fuqian Yang , Comments on “Effects of dislocation mechanics on diffusion-induced stresses within a spherical insertion particle electrode”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2 (2014) 17183-17184
6.
Wei Sun and Fuqian Yang , Formation of self-organized gradient stripes on pre-cast PMMA films,
Langmuir 30 (2014) 6548-655
7.
Guangfeng Zhao, Ming Liu, and Fuqian Yang , The effect of an electric current on the nanoindentation behavior of tin, Acta Materialia 60(2012) 3773-3782
8.
Fuqian Yang , Effect of local solid reaction on diffusion-induced stress, Journal of Applied Physics
107(2010) 103516
9.
Rong Chen and Fuqian Yang , Impression creep of a Sn60Pb40 alloy: The effect of electric current,
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 41 (2008) 155406
10.
Fuqian Yang , Interaction between diffusion and chemical stresses, Materials Science and Engineering
A 409 (2005) 153-159
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SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
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Advised 8 Ph.D. students (graduated 7 of them); advised and graduated 8 M.S. students. Involve students from underrepresented groups in research programs (6 female graduate students, one
Hispanic graduate student). Involved high school students in research (six students, and five of them are female).
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Symposium organizer, international committee member, session chair and technical committee member for numerous national/international conferences.
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Member of editorial board for Materials Science & Engineering A, Annals of Materials Science &
Engineering, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Open Mechanics Journal; Key Reader of Materials and Metallurgical Transaction A; Guest Editor for Materials Science & Engineering A. Frequent
Reviewer for more than 100 scientific journals.
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Published 224 journal articles. Hold two US Patents. Finalist for Henry Lutes Teaching Award for
Undergraduate Engineering Education, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2006, 2013.
Outstanding Teacher Award for Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2013. Tau Beta Pi
Outstanding Engineering Teacher Award for College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2006.
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Scientific and professional societies: TMS – Lifetime Member, ASM – Lifetime Member
COLLABORATORS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS a) Collaborators and co-editors (previous 48 months): Linan An, University of Central Florida; Yang-Tse
Cheng, University of Kentucky; Joannie W. Chin, National Institute of Standards and Technology;
E.A. Grulke, University of Kentucky; M. Ashraf Imam, Naval Research Laboratory; S.B. Lee,
National Tsinghua University; J.C.M. Li, University of Rochester; Peter K. Liaw, University of
Tennessee; Charles Lu, University of Kentucky; Lipiin Sung, National Institute of Standards and
Technology; Mark W Verbrugge, General Motor; ; Paul T. Vianco, Sandia National Labs; Xingcheng
Xiao, General Motor; Ya-Pu Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences. b) Graduate advisor: J.C.M. Li, University of Rochester. c) Thesis advisor: Ph.D. students: L.L. Peng (female), W. Song, R. Chen, D. Li (female), J.C. Li, M. Liu,
G.F. Zhao; master students: C. Carreiro (female), K. Balani, A. Saran (female), P.X. Fei, W.W. Du,
H.M. Dang (female), Siva Kurapati, Yan Li. d) Number of graduate students advised: 15.
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