Huajian Gao

Huajian Gao
Native name 高华健
Born (1963-12-07) December 7, 1963
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Citizenship U.S.
Alma mater Xi'an Jiaotong University, Harvard University
Known for Micro- and nanomechanics of thin films, hierarchically structured materials, and cell-nanomaterials interactions.
Awards Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics] from International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.[1]
Scientific career
Fields Solid Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science
Institutions Brown University, Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stanford University
Doctoral students Shi Xinghua (施兴华)[2]

Huajian Gao (Chinese: 高华健; pinyin: Gāo Huájiàn, born December 7, 1963) is a Chinese-American mechanician who is widely known for his contributions to the field of solid mechanics, particularly on the micro- and nanomechanics of thin films, hierarchically structured materials, and cell-nanomaterials interactions.

Education and career

Gao was born in Chengdu, Sichuan on December 7, 1963.[3] Huajian Gao received his B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Xi'an Jiaotong University of China in 1982, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering Science from Harvard University in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He taught at Stanford University between 1988 and 2002, where he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1994 and to full Professor in 2000. He joined the Max Planck Society in 2001 as a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart, Germany. In 2006 he moved to Brown University as the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Engineering.

Gao is the editor of the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.[4]

Research

Professor Gao has a background in applied mechanics and engineering science. His research interests span over Solid Mechanics, Nanomechanics and Biomechanics. He works on mechanics of thin films and hierarchically structured materials, mechanics of biological and bio-inspired materials, mechanics of nanostructured and nanotwinned materials, mechanics of cell adhesion, mechanics of cell-nanomaterials interactions, mechanics of energy storage systems, and mechanics of metallic glasses.

Awards

Professor Gao is the recipient of numerous academic honors, from a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995 to recent honors including the Humboldt Prize from Germany and Rodney Hill Prize in Solid Mechanics from the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) in 2012.[5] He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012, to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (as a foreign academician) in 2015[6], and the National Academy of Sciences in 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Shi's Homepage".
  3. ↑ 高华健（Huajian Gao）. casad.ac.cn (in Chinese). 2015.
  4. ↑ "Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Editorial Board". Journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
  6. ↑ "关于公布2015年中国科学院院士增选当选院士名单的公告". Cas.cn. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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