STAFF PROFILE
Dr Yingyan Zhang
Dr. Yingyan Zhang joined Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, School of Engineering RMIT University in Nov 2019 as Associate Professor.
Dr Yingyan Zhang expertise at solid mechanics, computational mechanics and compuatiational materials. Her research areas include 2D nanomaterials, polymer composites, nano/micro-mechanics, heat conduction, and structural stability.
As of June 2022, Dr Zhang has published 1 scholarly book, 4 book chapters and >105 journal papers with > 6200 citations. Her h-index is 40. The complete publication list can be found at Google Scholar.
Dr. Zhang was awarded research lectureship from Western Sydney University (AU$90, 000) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund) in 2010. She is currently working on two competitive projects funded by Australia Research Council (2019-now).
Currently Dr Zhang is the Associate Editor of Thin-Walled Structures, Session Editor of Current Mechanics and Advanced Materials, and the editorial board member of Computational Materials Science and Materials.
- Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2008
- M. Eng. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2003
- B. Eng. School of Naval Architecture, Dalian University of Technology, China, 2000
Supervisor interest areas
- Advanced polymer composite
- Structural dynamics and stability
- Nanomechanics
- Computational mechanics and materials
- Heat conduction
- Gas seperation
Supervisor projects
- Graphene origami/kirigami enabled metamaterials
- Heat conduction of graphene/h-BN heterostructures and their polymer composites
- Impact resistance of graphene-polymer composites
3 PhD Completions7 PhD Current Supervisions
- Zhang, Y.,Wang, C.,Wang, C.,Zhang, Y.,Zhao, J.,Wei, N. (2024). Lamellar water induced quantized interlayer spacing of nanochannels walls In: Green Energy and Environment, 9, 356 - 365
- Zhang, W.,Zhang, Y.,Zhao, S.,Zhang, Y.,Yang, J. (2024). Ballistic impact induced wave propagation and dislocation of three-dimensional graphene origami/copper nanocomposites In: Composites Communications, 45, 1 - 7
- Yang, Y.,Ma, J.,Yang, J.,Zhang, Y. (2024). Graphene/h-BN hybrid van der Waals structures with high strength and flexibility: A nanoindentation investigation In: Thin-Walled Structures, 195, 1 - 11
- Zhao, S.,Zhang, Y.,Kitipornchai, S.,Yang, J. (2024). Opto-electro-thermo-mechanical behaviours of perovskite plates In: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 267, 1 - 14
- Chen, Y.,Zhang, Y.,Chang, T.,Guo, Z. (2023). Theoretical study of entropy-induced friction in graphene In: Thin-Walled Structures, 186, 1 - 7
- Liu, J.,Zhang, Y.,Zhang, Y.,Kitipornchai, S.,Yang, J. (2023). Aeroelastic analyses of functionally graded aluminium composite plates reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets under fluid-structural interaction In: Aerospace Science and Technology, 136, 1 - 10
- Meng, Q.,Wang, P.,Yu, Y.,Liu, J.,Zhang, Y., et al, . (2023). Polyaspartic polyurea/graphene nanocomposites for multifunctionality: Self-healing, mechanical resilience, electrical and thermal conductivities, and resistance to corrosion and impact In: Thin-Walled Structures, 189, 1 - 13
- Kang, Y.,Cai, K.,Shi, J.,Luo, Y.,Zhang, Y. (2023). CNT-based nanogun triggered by an electric field In: Computational Materials Science, 228, 1 - 8
- Yang, Y.,Ma, J.,Pei, Q.,Yang, J.,Zhang, Y. (2023). Cross-plane thermal transport in multiplayer graphene/h-BN van der Waals heterostructures: The role of interface morphology In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 216, 1 - 11
- Lu, C.,Li, Z.,Li, S.,Li, Z.,Zhang, Y.,Zhao, J.,Wei, N. (2023). Molecular dynamics study of thermal transport properties across covalently bonded graphite-nanodiamond interfaces In: Carbon, 213, 1 - 9
- Multilayer Graphene Based Anti-Corrosion Polymer Coated Structures. Funded by: ARC-Discovery Projects from (2023 to 2026)
- Functionally Graded Ultra High Performance Concrete Structure under Flexure. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2021 from (2021 to 2025)
- High-Performance Polymer Composites for Electrical Discharging (via University of South Australia). Funded by: ARC Linkage Project Grant 2016 via other University from (2019 to 2024)