Academic Degrees
- Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (1988-1993)
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1986-1988)
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, M.E. in Engineering Mechanics (1982-1985)
- Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, B.E. in Engineering Mechanics (1977-1982)
Experience
- 12/95-8/97: Engineer, Motorola, Inc.
- 9/94-11/95: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 9/93-8/94: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri-Rolla
Areas of Research and Professional Interest
- Theory of piezoelectricity
- Theories of plates, shells and rods
- Waves and vibration
- Modeling of electromechanical materials and devices
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Selected Publications
Books:
- J. S. Yang, Theory of Electromagnetoelasticity, World Scientific, Singapore, 2024.
- J. S. Yang, Mechanics of Functional Materials, World Scientific, Singapore, 2023.
- J. S. Yang, Analysis of Piezoelectric Semiconductor Structures, Springer, 2020.
- J. S. Yang, Mechanics of Piezoelectric Structures, 2nd ed., World Scientific, 2020.
- J. S. Yang, An Introduction to the Theory of Piezoelectricity, 2nd ed., Springer, 2018.