Faculty Directory
Yonggang Huang

Jan and Marcia Achenbach Professorship in Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and (by courtesy) Materials Science and Engineering

Publications

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Contact

2145 Sheridan Road
TECH A116
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

847-467-3165Email Yonggang Huang

Departments

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Affiliations

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Graduate Program

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Education

Ph.D. Engineering Science Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

M.S. Engineering Science Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

B.S. Mechanics Peking University, Beijing, China


Research Interests

Yonggang Huang is the Achenbach Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. He is interested in mechanics of stretchable and flexible electronics, and deterministic 3D assembly. He has published 2 books and more than 700 journal papers, including 15 in Science and 8 in Nature. He is a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering (2009), in Materials Science (since 2014), and in Physics (2018).  He is a member of US National Academy of Engineering, US National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a foreign of Royal Society (London). His recognitions for undergraduate teaching include the Cole-Higgins Award for Excellence in Teaching, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University in 2016 and 2024.


Significant Recognition

  • Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Honorary Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021
  • Thurston Lecture Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019
  • von Karman Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019
  • Bazant Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018
  • Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Sciences, 2017
  • Nadai Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016
  • Drucker Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013
  • Richards Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society), 2010
  • Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2008

Significant Professional Service

  • Editor in Chief, Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME Transactions), 2012-
  • Co-Editor in Chief, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2011-
  • President, Society of Engineering Sciences, 2014
  • Chair, ASME Applied Mechanics Division, 2019-2020

Selected Publications

  1. Khang et al., “A stretchable form of single crystal silicon for high performance electronics on rubber substrates,” Science, v 311, pp 208-212, 2006.
  2. Kim et al., "Stretchable and foldable silicon integrated circuits," Science, v 320, pp 507-511, 2008 (Inner cover feature article).
  3. Ko et al., "A hemispherical electronic eye camera based on compressible silicon optoelectronics," Nature, v 454, pp 748-753, 2008 (cover feature article).
  4. Rogers JA, Someya T, and Huang Y, "Materials and mechanics for stretchable electronics," Science, v 327, pp 1603-1607, 2010 (review article).
  5. Kim et al., "Epidermal electronics," Science, v 333, pp 838-843, 2011.
  6. Song et al., “Digital cameras with designs inspired by the arthropod eye,” Nature, v 497, pp 95-99, 2013 (cover feature article).
  7. Xu et al., “Soft microfluidic assemblies of sensors, circuits and radios for the skin,” Science, v 344, pp 70-74, 2014.
  8. Xu et al., “Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling,” Science, v 347, pp 154-159, 2015. (cover feature article)