Professor Jie Yang
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: Bundoora East Australia
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jie.yang@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Media enquiries
About
Jie Yang is the Distinguished Professor in Engineering in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, RMIT University.
Prof Yang teaches and conducts academic research in mechanical engineering and automotive engineering programs. His main research interests include advanced composite structures, nanocomposites, structural stability and dynamics, smart structures and control, and nano/micro-mechanics. He is an author of over 440 papers including 350 international journal papers and over 90 conferences papers. He is the Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field) in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 by Clarivate Analytics and named by Australian Research Magazine as the Global Field Leader in Mechanical Engineering in 2020, Australia’s Research Field Leader in Mechanical Engineering in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in Structural Engineering in 2021, and in Acoustics & Sound in 2023.
Prof Yang is the Lead Editor-in-Chief of Engineering Structures, and Editorial Board Member of Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Thin-Walled Structures, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, Scientific Reports, and Materials.
Awards:
2024:
Best paper award, The First International Conference on Engineering Structures (ICES2024)
2023:
Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field)
Australia's Research Field Leader (Mechanical Engineering)
Australia's Research Field Leader (Acoustics & Sound)
2022:
Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field)
Australia's Research Field Leader (Mechanical Engineering)
2021:
Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field)
Australia's Research Field Leader (Mechanical Engineering)
Australia's Research Field Leader (Structural Engineering)
2020:
Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field)
Australia's Research Field Leader (Mechanical Engineering)
Global Field Leader (Mechanical Engineering)
2019:
Highly Cited Researcher (Cross Field)
Australia's Research Field Leader (Mechanical Engineering)
Shanghai Science and Technology Award, Shanghai Municipal Government, China
2017:
Best paper award, Advanced Composites Innovation Conference (ACI2017)
2004:
Excellent PhD Dissertation Award, Shanghai Municipal Education Committee, China
2002:
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Supervisor projects
- Polymer-based thermal interface materials reinforced by hexagonal boron nitride
- 10 Sep 2024
- Development of a composite structure of nanogenerator mechanical metamaterial concrete
- 14 Nov 2023
- Opto-electro-thermo-mechanical behaviors of perovskites in multi-physics field
- 22 Dec 2022
- Modelling of high-entropy alloys
- 15 Nov 2022
- Damage monitoring and assessment of very large floating structures
- 10 Mar 2022
- Impact- resistant graphene ultra- high- molecular- weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) nanocomposites
- 25 Oct 2021
- Thermo-electro-mechanical response of graphene based elastomeric soft nanocomposites
- 22 Apr 2021
- Mechanical Characteristics of Graphene Origami-Based Functionally Graded Composite Structures in Fluid
- 15 Dec 2020
- Mechanical properties of polymer composites reinforced by carbon fillers
- 18 Sep 2020
- Electro-Mechanical Behaviors of Graphene Platelets (GPLs) Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposite Structures
- 25 Nov 2019
- Numerical Investigation of Graphene-Aluminum Nanocomposite
- 24 Oct 2018
- Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposites Reinforced by Graphene Containing Defects
- 1 Sep 2016
- Research on Fabrication and Mechanical Behaviour of Functionally Graded Graphene Platelets/Epoxy Nanocomposites
- 20 Jul 2015
- Mechanical Behaviours of Functionally Graded Graphene Reinforced Composite Beams with Open Edge Cracks
- 16 Jul 2012
Teaching interests
Supervisor interest areas:
-Advanced composites
-Mechanical metamaterials
-Functionally graded structures
-Structural dynamics and stability
-Smart structures
-Mechanics of micro- and nano-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS)
-Sandwich construction
-Computational mechanics
Supervisor projects:
-Origami engineered carbon nanotube based metamaterials
-Multiscale modelling of high-performance mechanical metamaterial composite structures
-Origami enabled ductile and auxetic metaconcrete composite structures
-Thermo-electro-mechanical response of graphene based elastomeric soft nanocomposites
-Smart and sustainable metaconcrete composite structures
Programs
MIET1076 - Mechanical Vibrations in
BH070 - Mechanical Engineering Program
Research interests
Research keywords:
Composite Structures, Functionally graded Materials, Nanocomposites, Structural Dynamics, Buckling and Postbuckling, Micro/nano-mechanics, Sandwich Constructions, Computational Mechanics
