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Lifeng Wang

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Boyce Research Group

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Quanshui Zheng

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Lifeng Wang

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Address: 77 Mass Ave, Room 5-017, Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: (617)253-5087(O); (617)312-4473(C)
Email: wanglf@mit.edu

Education
09/2001-07/2006, Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China
Dissertation title: "Study on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanostructures"
09/1997-07/2001, B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China

Research Interests
Nanomechanics of structural biological materials.
Mechanical properties of polymer microframe and composites.
Mechanics of carbon nanotubes and other carbon systems.

Publications
10. L. F. Wang, J. H. Song, C. Ortiz and M. C. Boyce, "Anisotropic Design of Multilayered Exoskeletons in Biology". Manuscript in preparation.
9. L. F. Wang, M. C. Boyce, C. Y. Wen, and E. L. Thomas, "Plastic Dissipation Mechanisms in Periodic Microframe-Structured Polymers". Under review (2008)
8. Z. P. Xu, L. F. Wang, and Q. S. Zheng, "Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Prestressed Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes". Small 4, 733 (2008)
7. L. F. Wang, and Q. S. Zheng, "Extreme Anisotropy of Graphite and Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Bundles", Applied Physics Letters 90, 153113 (2007).
6. F. Deng, Q. S. Zheng, L. F. Wang, and C. W. Nan, "Effects of Anisotropy, Aspect Ratio, and Nonstraightness of Carbon Nanotubes on Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube Composites", Applied Physics Letters 90, 021914 (2007).
5. Q. S. Zheng, L.F. Wang and Z. P. Xu, Chapter 5: Multi-discipline nanomechanics, In Microsystems and Nanotechnology, Beijing: Science Press, 2007, pp.167-197. (Book chapter in Chinese)
4. L. F. Wang, and Q. S. Zheng, "Instability of carbon nanotubes studied using a hybrid atom/continuum approach", In IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical Behavior and Micro-mechanics of Nanostructured Materials, edited by Y. L. Bai, Q. S. Zheng, and Y. G. Wei, (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2007), p. 145-152.
3. L. F. Wang, Q. S. Zheng, J. Z. Liu, and Q. Jiang, "Size Dependence of the Thin-Shell Model for Carbon Nanotubes", Physical Review Letters 95, 105501 (2005).
2. J. Z. Liu, Q. S. Zheng, L. F. Wang, and Q. Jiang, "Mechanical Properties of Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles as Bulk Materials", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 53, 123-142 (2005).
1. Z. P. Xu, L. F. Wang and Q. S. Zheng, "Mechanics of carbon nanotubes", Advances in Mechanics 34, 97 (2004) (in Chinese)

Conferences/Presentations
Lifeng Wang, Juha Song, Christine Ortiz and Mary C. Boyce, "Anisotropic Design of Multilayered Exoskeletons in Biology", Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, December 1 - 5, 2008.
Lifeng Wang, Haimin Yao, Christine Ortiz and Mary C. Boyce, "Mechanical Behaviors of Submicron Polymer Cellular Structures", 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE08), Boston, Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2008.
Lifeng Wang, Mary C. Boyce, Cheng-Yen Wen, Ji-Hyun Jang and Edwin L. Thomas, "Plastic Dissipation Mechanisms in Periodic Polymer Microframes", MIT Materials Day - Nanostructure to Infrastructure to Sustainability, Cambridge, October 15, 2008.
Lifeng Wang, Zhiping Xu and Quanshui Zheng, "Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Condensed Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes", An International Symposium on Nanomechanics and Nanocomposites, Beijing, August, 2006.
Lifeng Wang, Quanshui Zheng, Jefferson Z. Liu and Qing Jiang, "Size dependence of Super-thin Shell Models of Carbon Nanotubes", The 1st China-US Workshop On Materials Science, Beijing, p.30, May, 2005.

Awards and Honors
National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of PR China (2008)
Hock Tan Postdoctoral Fellowship, M.I.T. (2007)
Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, Tsinghua University (2006)
NSK Sino-Japan Friendship Outstanding Paper Prize, Tsinghua University (2006)
NORTEL Networks Outstanding Student Scholarship, Tsinghua University (2005)
SMC Co. GaoTian Scholarship, Tsinghua University (2002-2004)
Outstanding Graduate of Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University (2001)
Honeywell Co. LianXin Scholarship, Tsinghua University (2000)
Taiwan Guanghua Scholarship, Tsinghua University (1999)
Tsinghua Outstanding Student Scholarship, Tsinghua University (1998)