Junlan Wang - Associate Professor
Schools & Degrees
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD 2002)Interest Group
Mechanics, Materials and ManufacturingContact Information
Phone: 206-543-4601Fax: 206-685-8047
Office: MEB 208
Email: junlan@u.washington.edu
Web Page: http://nanomech.me.washington.edu
Courses
ME 599: Experimental Nano and Micro MechanicsBiography
Professor Junlan Wang joined the University of Washington from the University of California, Riverside where she served as an Associate Professor (2008) and an Assistant Professor (2003-08) of Mechanical Engineering. Previously, she spent one year at Brown University as a PostDoctoral Research Associate (2002-03). She received her Ph.D. (2002) in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and M.S. (1997) and B.S. (1994) in Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.Prof. Wang's research is in the area of mechanics of complex material systems. She is interested in developing novel experimental techniques complemented by numerical and analytical approaches to study the mechanics and physics of materials and structures at small spatial and temporal scales. Her current focus is in these sub-areas: 1) mechanical reliability of nanoporous materials as low-dielectric coatings for semiconductor industry and as wear-and-corrosion-resistant coatings for aircraft structures and components; 2) thin film adhesion measurement and high strain-rate materials behavior study using laser-induced stress waves; 3) mechanics of cells and biomaterials, and ultrasonic and laser-based chemical and biological sensing; and 4) size-dependent plastic behavior of surface nano and microstructures.
Prof. Wang is a member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). She served as the Chair of the ASME Multifunctional Materials Technical Committee in 2006-08.
Prof. Wang's honors and awards include an NSF CAREER Award, an ASEE Beer and Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, an SEM Hetenyi Award, an ASME Materials Division Certification of Recognition, a Bourns College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, a UC Regents Faculty Fellowship and a Faculty Development Award.
