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Yang Yang

Assistant Professor

Affiliation(s):

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Materials Research Institute

Nuclear Engineering

N-243 Millennium Science Complex

yang@psu.edu

814-865-5070

Research Website

Research Areas:

Advanced Materials and Devices; Applied Mechanics and Biomechanics; Energy Infrastructure, Storage and Devices; Nanoscience, Bionanoscience and Engineering

Interest Areas:

Materials under extreme environments, Advanced electron microscopy, Elastic strain engineering, Nano mechanics.

Education

BE, Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, 2012
Ph D, Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2019

Publications

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

NSF Early Career Award, National Science Foundation, September 2022 - August 2027

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About

The Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) is an internationally distinguished department that is recognized for its globally competitive excellence in engineering and scientific accomplishments, research, and educational leadership.

Our Engineering Science program is the official undergraduate honors program of the College of Engineering, attracting the University’s brightest engineering students. We also offer graduate degrees in ESM, engineering mechanics, engineering at the nano-scale, and an integrated undergraduate/graduate program.