Multifunctional Materials Research Laboratory

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] Click [here] for the website at SE, UCSD Click [here] for the website at MATS, UCSD

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

SE125 – Probability, Statistics, and Reliability

SE105 – Structural Materials

SE251A / MATS261A – Processing of Polymers and Composites

SE251B / MATS261B – Mechanical Behavior of Composites and Polymers

SE140 – Structural and Materials Design

SE290 – Structural Engineering 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