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Full name

Wei Hong

Job function

Postdoc

Job sector

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Company or institution

Harvard University

Title of group

Suo Research Group

Doctoral thesis advisor

Zhigang Suo

URL of ResearcherID

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-1537-2008

My resume

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Wei Hong
DEAS, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
1-617-384-7894
whong@deas.harvard.edu

 

Research Interests

• Modeling and simulation
• Mechanical property of micro structures

Education

• Ph.D.: DEAS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2006
  Concentrations: Solid Mechanics, Materials Science
  Dissertation: Evolving Surface Structures
• M.E.: DEM, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2002
  Concentrations: Solid Mechanics
• B.S.: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2000

Experience

• Research Assistant, DEM, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2000-2002
• Research Assistant, DEAS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. 2003-2006
• Teaching Fellow, ES128 “Computational Solid and Structural Mechanics”, Fall 2004
• Teaching Fellow, AM201 “Applied Mathematics”, Fall 2005
• Teaching Fellow, ES120 “Introduction to Mechanics of Solids”, Spring 2006

Awards and Honors

• Award of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, 2006
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, 2005
• Tsinghua Outstanding Graduate, 2000
• Excellent Student of Beijing, 1999
• Tsinghua Outstanding Student, 1997

Recent Publications

1. W. Hong, X. Zhao, J. Zhou, and Z. Suo, “A theory of coupled diffusion and large deformation in polymeric gels”, submitted for publication.
2. J. Zhou, W. Hong, X. Zhao, Z. Zhang, and Z. Suo, “Propagation of instability in dielectric elastomers”, submitted for publication.
3. X. Zhao, W. Hong and Z. Suo, “Electromechanical coexistent states and hysteresis in dielectric elastomers”, Phy. Rev. B, Accepted for publication.
4. M. Yoon, H. N. Lee, W. Hong, H. M. Christen, Z.-Y. Zhang, Z. Suo, “Dynamics of step bunching in heteroepitaxial growth on vicinal substrates”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 055503 (2007).
5. W. Hong, Z. Suo and Z.-Y. Zhang, “Dynamics of terraces on a silicon surface due to combined action of strain and electric current”, J. Mech. Phy. Solids, in press.
6. W. Hong, Z.-Y. Zhang, and Z. Suo, “Interplay of elastic interactions and kinetic barriers in stepped Si (001) homoepitaxy”. Phy. Rev. B 74, 1 (2006).
7. W. Hong, H. N. Lee, M. Yoon, H. M. Christen, D. H. Lowndes, Z. Suo, and Z. Zhang, "Persistent step-flow growth of strained films on vicinal substrates". Phy. Rev. Lett. 95, 095501 (2005).
8. W. Hong and Z. Suo, “Electric field-directed patterning of molecules on a solid surface”. Proceedings of Workshop on Nanomechanics, Pacific Groves, California, 14-17 July 2004.
9. Z.Y. Huang, W. Hong, Z. Suo, "Nonlinear analyses of wrinkles in films on soft elastic substrates". J. Mech. Phy. Solids 53, 2101-2118 (2005).
10. Z.Y. Huang, W. Hong, Z. Suo, "Evolution of wrinkles in hard films on soft substrates". Phy. Rev. E 70, 030601(R), (2004).
11. W. Hong and Z. Suo, "Molecular assembly on cylindrical surfaces". Int. J. Solids Struct. 41, 6895-6903 (2004).
12. Z. Suo, W. Hong. "Programmable motion and assembly of molecules on solid surfaces." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 7874-7879 (2004).
13. W. Yang, W. Hong, “Numerical simulation for deformation of nano-grained metals”, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 18 (5): 506-515 (2002).