Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Education:
Georgia Tech, Aerospace Engineering, MS, 2000; PhD, 2002
Tsinghua University, China, Engineering Mechanics, MS, 1998
North China University of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power, China, Hydraulic Engineering, BS, 1995
Research Interests:
Multiscale modeling, Structural mechanics, Micromechanics, Computational mechanics, Multiphysics modeling, Advanced materials/structures
Awards and Major Appointments:
Director, Composites Virtual Factory HUB, 2015-
Associate Director, Composites Design and Manufacturing HUB, 2014-
Fellow, ASME, 2013
Chair, ASME Structures and Materials Technical Committee (2014-)
Editorial board, Advances in Aircraft and Spacecraft Science, An International Journal (2012-)
Outstanding Researcher of the Year, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State U., 2008, 2009, 2012
Five-Year Outstanding Researcher, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, 2011
Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, Utah State University, 2009
Georgia Tech Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni Award, 2008
Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, ASEE, 2007
Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University, 2006
Luther S. Long III Memorial Award in Engineering Mechanics, Georgia Tech, 2002
Employment History:
Yu also is the chief technology officer of AnalySwift, a company that markets and licenses the technologies developed in his group at Purdue.
08/2013 – present Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
04/2008-08/2013 Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University
08/2003-04/2008 Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University
05/2002-08/2003 Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Selected Publications:
See the link Prof. Wenbin Yu
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