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Full name

Wenbin Yu

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http://www.mae.usu.edu/faculty/wenbin

Job function

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Job sector

University

Company or institution

Utah State University

Title of group

Solid Mechanics and Structures Laboratory

Doctoral thesis advisor

Dewey H. Hodges

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Professional Preparation
• North China Univ. of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, Hydraulic Engineering, BS, 1995.
• Tsinghua University, Engineering Mechanics, MS, 1998.
• Georgia Tech, Aerospace Engineering, MS, 2000; PhD, 2002; Postdoc, 05/2002–08/2003.

Appointment
 04/2008-Present Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University
 08/2003-04/2008 Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Utah State University
 05/2006-Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah

Selected Awards and Honors
 Georgia Tech Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni Award (2008)
 Early promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure, 2008, USU
 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2008, AFOSR/ASEE
 Research Excellence Award, 2008, College of Engineering, USU
 Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award, 2008, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, USU
 Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, 2007, Mechanics Division, ASEE
 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, 2006, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, USU
 Sigma Xi Best PhD Thesis Award, 2002-2003, Georgia Tech
 Luther S. Long III Memorial Award in Engineering Mechanics, 2002, Georgia Tech

Areas of Interest
• Structure Mechanics (Composite/Smart/Multifunctional Structures)
• Micromechanics
• Flexible Multibody Dynamics
• Multiscale Modeling
• Multiphysics modeling
• Computational Mechanics (Finite Element Method)

Recent Publications
1. Yu, W.: “Efficient High-Fidelity Simulation of Multibody Systems with Composite Dimensionally Reducible Components,” Journal of the American Helicopter Society, vol. 52, no. 1, 2007, pp. 49-57.
2. Hodges, D. H. and Yu, W.: “A Rigorous, Engineering-Friendly Approach for Modeling Realistic, Composite Rotor Blades,” Wind Energy, vol. 10, no. 2, 2007, pp. 179-193.
3. Yu, W. and Tang, T.: “Variational Asymptotic Method for Unit Cell Homogenization of Periodically Heterogeneous Materials,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 44, 2007, pp. 3738-3755.
4. Roy, S. and Yu, W.: “An Asymptotically Correct Model for Initially Curved and Twisted Thin-Walled Composite Beams,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 44, 2007, pp. 4039-4052.
5. Han, D.; Yu, W.; and Roy, S.: “A Geometrically Exact Active Beam Theory for Multibody Dynamics Simulation,” Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 16, no. 4, 2007, pp. 1136-1147.
6. Chen, H. and Yu, W.: “Secondary Instability and Mode Jumping of Deep Thermoelastically Buckled Composite Laminates,” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, in press, 2007.
7. Yu, W. and Tang, T.: “A Variational Asymptotic Micromechanics Model for Predicting Thermoelastic Properties of Heterogeneous Materials,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, in press, 2007.
8. Tang, T. and Yu, W.: “A Variational Asymptotic Micromechanics Model for Predicting Conductivity of Composite Materials,” Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, in press, 2007.
9. Roy, S.; Yu, W.; and Han, D.: “An Asymptotically Correct Classical Model for Smart Beams,” Inter-national Journal of Solids and Structures, in press, 2007.