Principal Investigator

Professor Katherine Yanhang Zhang

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

About

Courses

Undergraduate Courses
ENG ME 419 Heat Transfer
ENG ME 301 Engineering Mechanics I

Graduate Courses
ENG ME 538 Introduction to Finite Element Methods and Analysis
ENG ME 788/ENG BE 788 Soft Tissue Biomechanics

Education

2003 Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
2000 M. S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
1998 B. Eng., Engineering Mechanics, TsingHua University, China
1998 B. Eco., Economics and Management, TsingHua University, China

Professional Experiences

2019- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University

2012-2018 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University

2008-2012 Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University

2007-2012 Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

2006-2012 Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

2004-2005 Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder

1999-2003 Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder

1998, 2002 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder

Honors

2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2007 Young Faculty Award, DARPA/MTO
2006 Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship
2003 Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
2002 First place, Best Student Paper Award, SPIE’s 9th International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego
2002 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
2002 Graduate Fellowship Award for Research Excellence, University of Colorado at Boulder
1996-97 Outstanding Student Fellowship, Tsinghua University
1995 Takada-Tsinghua Fellowship, Tsinghua University
1994 Cai Minxue Fellowship, Tsinghua University

Research Interests

Cardiovascular mechanics
Multi-scale mechanics of extracellular matrix
Mechanobiological constitutive modeling of biological tissue
Micro- and Nano-mechanics of thin film and thin film coatings

Teaching Interests

Heat transfer
Engineering mechanics
Finite element analysis
Soft tissue biomechanics
Constitutive modeling of biological materials