Multifunctional Materials Research Laboratory

 

 

 


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Yu Qiao, Professor
Department of Structural Engineering

Program of Materials Science and Engineering

 

Mailing Address:

9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0085

University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0085

 

Phone: 858-534-3388

Email: yqiao@ucsd.edu

 

Office: SME Building, Rm. 442G

Lab: SME Building, Rm. 422

Map: [UCSD Campus]

 

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Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2002)

M.S. in Materials Sci. & Eng., Chinese Academy of Sciences – Institute of Mechanics, Beijing, China (1997)

B.S. in Applied Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (1994)

 

Appointments

2006 – present: Associate Professor, Professor
Department of Structural Engineering & Program of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, California

2002 – 2006: Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

 

Teaching

SE105 – Structural Materials

SE251A / MATS261A – Processing of Polymers and Composites

SE251B / MATS261B – Mechanical Behavior of Polymers

SE125 – Probability, Statistics, and Reliability

SE140 – Structural and Materials Design

SE291 – Structural Engineering Graduate Student Seminar

Engineering Measurement and Data Analysis

Statics

Mechanics of Solids

Engineering Materials Lab

Advanced Mechanical Behaviors of Materials

Micromechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue

 

Research Interests

Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics:

Energy-related materials

Advanced infrastructural and composite materials

In-situ resource utilization

Smart materials and structures

Protective materials and structures

Multilayer materials and structures

Failure analysis of engineering materials and structures