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Yong Zhu

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North Carolina State University

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Horacio D. Espinosa

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Yong Zhu

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
2601 Stinson Drive- Campus Box 7910, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910
e-mail: yong_zhu@ncsu.edu
Phone: (919) 513-7735 (O); Fax: (919) 515-7968

Education
2005 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
2001 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
1999 B.S. in Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Work Experience
11/2005-7/2007 Postdoctoral Fellow in Drs. Ken Liechti and K. Ravi-Chandar group at the University of Texas
01/2000-10/2005 Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Horacio Espinosa group at Northwestern University
03/2000-12/2004 Teaching Assistant in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University
09/1997-07/1999 Undergraduate Research Assistant at USTC

Research Interests
· Design, fabrication and characterization of novel MEMS devices for probing nanomechanics and cell mechanics
· Mechanical and electromechanical characterization of functional nanowires and nanotubes
· Small-scale experimental mechanics of advanced materials (e.g. nanocrystalline materials, thin films)

Teaching Experience
MAE314 Solid Mechanics

Honors and Awards
* Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society, Full member
* Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society
* Best Poster Award, Gordon conference on Thin Film & Small Scale Mechanical Behavior, 2006
* NIST Fellowship (invited speaker), NIST workshop on Reliability Issues in Nanomaterials, 2004
* NSF Fellowship, NSF Summer Institute on Nanomechanics and Nanomaterials, 2003
* Yong-Ling Liu Award for academic excellence, USTC, 1999
* Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholarship, USTC, 1996-1998

Professional Activities
* Conference Organizer: "Applied Mechanics and Materials" symposium in "Micro and Nano Systems" track, co-organized with Aman Haque, ASME congress 2007, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2007
* Journal Reviewer: International Journal of Solids and Structures, Journal of Micromechanics & Microengineering, International Journal of Fracture, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Experimental Mechanics, Small
* Conference Reviewer: "Mechanics and Materials" session in the MEMS division, ASME congress 2006; Symposium EE "Applications of Nanotubes and Nanowires", MRS Spring meeting 2007
* Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), Materials Research Society (MRS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Selected Publications
1. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu and N. Moldovan, “Design and operation of a MEMS-based nanoscale material testing system,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, pp. 1219-1231, 2007.
2. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “An electro-mechanical material testing system for in-situ electron microscopy and applications,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, vol. 102, pp. 14503-14508, 2005.
3. Y. Zhu, N. Moldovan and H.D. Espinosa, “A microelectromechanical load sensor used for in-situ electron and x-ray microscopy tensile testing of nanostructures,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, pp. 013506, 2005.
4. Y. Zhu and H.D. Espinosa, “Effect of temperature on capacitive RF MEMS switch performance – a coupled-field analysis,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 14, pp. 1270-1279, 2004.
5. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, M. Fischer and J.W. Hutchinson, “An experimental/computational approach to identify moduli and residual stress in MEMS radio-frequency switches,” Experimental Mechanics, vol. 43, pp. 309-316, 2003.
6. H.D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu, and N. Moldovan “MEMS-based material testing systems,” in Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, edited by Patrick Veyssière, Elsevier, pp. 1-10, 2006.
7. B.C. Prorok, Y. Zhu, H.D. Espinosa, Z.Y. Guo, Z.P. Bazant, Y.F. Zhao, and B.I. Yakobson, “Micro- and nano-mechanics,” in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, edited by H.S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, vol. 5, pp. 555-600, 2004.