Department of Structural Engineering
Multifunctional Materials Research Laboratory
	Yu QIAO, Associate Professor Department of Structural Engineering & Program of Materials Science and Engineering Jacobs School of Engineering University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0085 La Jolla, CA 92093-0085
	Phone: (858) 534-3388 Fax: (858) 534-1310 Email: yqiao@ucsd.edu		Office: SERF 205 Lab: SERF 285 Click [here] for website at SE/UCSD Click [here] for website at MSE/UCSD
Education Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2002) B.S. in Applied Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (1997) Appointments 2006 – present, Associate Professor of Structural Engineering University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, California 2002 – 2006, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering University of Akron, Akron, Ohio Courses Taught SE02 – Structural Materials SE125 – Probability, Statistics, and Reliability SE140 – Structural and Materials Design SE251B – Mechanical Behaviors of Polymers and Composites SE291 – Structural Engineering Graduate Student Seminar Advanced Mechanical Behaviors of Materials Engineering Measurement and Data Analysis Micromechanisms of Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics of Solids Statics Engineering Materials Lab Research Interests Development of advanced energy absorption and damping structures Processing, characterization, and modeling of advanced infrastructure materials Energy conversion and storage Development of advanced intelligent structures Size effects in thin solid films Tissue dynamics and its application in clinical decision making Failure analysis for engineering materials and structures Research Group . Dr. Weiyi Lu, Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Aijie Han, Research Scientist Dr. Taewan Kim, Postdoctoral Scholar Cang Zhao, Graduate Student Brain J. Chow, Graduate Student Hyuck Lim, Graduate Student Dr. Kake Zhu, Postdoctoral Scholar Venkata K. Punyamurtula (Kaushik), Graduate Student Jin Chen, Graduate Student Savas Avlar, Graduate Student Falgun Surani, Graduate Student Srinivas S. Chakravarthula (Sashi), Graduate Student Xinguo Kong, Graduate Student Professional Memberships Materials Research Society (MRS) Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American Chemical Society (ACS)