Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang | |
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| Born | 2 November 1962 (age 63) Beijing, China |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Peking University, Harvard University |
| Known for | Mechanics of materials and structures across multiple scales Mechanics of stretchable and dissolvable electronics Mechanics-guided, deterministic 3D assembly |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2008),
National Academy of Engineering (2017), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020), National Academy of Sciences (2020), Royal Society, London (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanics of materials and structures |
| Institutions | University of Arizona Michigan Technological University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Northwestern University |
Yonggang Huang (Chinese: 黄永刚; born 1962) is the Jan and Marcia Achenbach Professor of Mechanical Engineering (50%), Civil and Environmental Engineering (50%), and Materials Science and Engineering (0%) at Northwestern University.
Huang was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2017, a member of National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020, and a foreign member of Royal Society, London in 2023 and a foreign member of Royal Academy of Engineering in 2025 for pioneering work on mechanics of stretchable electronics and mechanically guided, deterministic 3-D assembly. He is the 5th person in the history elected as a foreign (international) member of both Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering [4th from USA, after Frances Arnold (Nobel Laurette), Steven Chu (Nobel Laurette) and Vincent Poor].