Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Ph.D. (2002) University of Science and Technology of China Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering MS (1997), BS (1994) Experience Associate Professor (Assistant Professor, 2003-2008) Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA Participating Faculty Member (2007- present) Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, CA Participating Faculty Member (2006-present) Stem Cell Research Center, University of California, Riverside, CA Cooperating Faculty Member (09/2005 - present) Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA Postdoctoral Research Associate (08/2002 - 07/2003) Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI Research interests Mechanics and physics of materials and structures at small spatial and/or temporal scale Advanced synthesis and characterization of complex material systems Multifunctional nanoporous materials for energy, enviroment and electronics applications Ultrasonic and laser-based techniques for cell adhesion, chemical and biological sensing Research group [Recent Group Picture] Gabriel Chow, Ph.D. student (B.S. from UC Riverside) Jie (Jane) Lian, Ph.D. student (B.S. from Beijing Institute of Technology) Yan (Jennie) Liu, Ph.D. student (M.S. from Zhejiang University) Frank MacDonald, Ph.D. student (M.S. from University of Wyoming) Phillip Miller, Ph.D. student (B.S. from UC Riverside) Elias Penilla, M.S. student (B.S. from Pomona College) Wu-Feng Yeh, Ph.D. student (M.S. from National Taiwan University) Lili Hu, Ph.D. 2007 (B.S. from Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, currently faculty member at Huazhong University of Science and Technology ) Mark Johnson, M.S. 2006 (B.S. from Gettysburg College, currently at Abbott Laboratory) Teaching ME180, Optics and Lasers in Engineering (Winter 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008) ME170A, Experimental Techniques (Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Winter 2007, Spring 2008) ME114, Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering (Fall 2006) ME261, Theory of Elasticity (Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Winter 2006, Fall 2007) ME266, Mechanics and Physics of Materials (Fall 2005) ME250, Seminar in Mechanical Engineering (Fall 2004, Winter 2005, Spring 2005) Biomaterials as Scaffolds for Stem Cells (part of CMDB207, Stem Cell Biology) (Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008) Honors and awards (selected) CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2008-2013) Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) (2007) Bourns College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award (2006-2007) Regents Faculty Fellowship/ Faculty Development Award, University of California (2004, 2006) M. Hetényi Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) (2004) Thomas J. Dolan Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001) Fred B. Seely Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1998) Recent publications (selected) Y. Liu, M. Sun, C.M. Lew, J. Wang, and Y. Yan, "Pure-Silica-Zeolite MEL Nanocrystals Prepared with an Evaporation-Assisted Two-Stage Synthesis Method as Ultra-Low-K Materials", Advanced Functional Materials, in press (2008) E. Penila and J. Wang, "Pressure and Temperature Effects on Stoichiometry and Microstructure of Nitrogen-Rich TiN Thin Films Synthesized via Reactive Magnetron DC-Sputtering", Journal of Nanomaterials, in press (2008) M. Johnson,C.M. Lew, Y. Yan, and J. Wang, "Hydrophobicity-dependent Friction and Wear of Spin-on Zeolite Thin Films", Scripta Materialia, 58, 41-44 (2008) Y. Liang, X. Bi, and J. Wang, "Numerical Simulation of Laser-induced Thin Film Delamination", Thin Solid Films, 516(6), 971-981 (2008) J. Lian, J. Garay, and J. Wang, "Grain Size and Grain Boundary Effects on the Mechanical Behavior of Fully Stabilized Zirconia Investigated by Nanoindentation", Scripta Materialia, 56, 1095-1098 (2007) M. Johnson, J. Wang, Z. Li, C.M. Lew, and Y. Yan, "Effect of Calcination and Polycrystallinity on Mechanical Properties of Nanoporous MFI zeolites", Materials Science and Engineering A, 456, 58-63 (2007) L. Hu and J. Wang, "Pure-shear Failure of Thin Films by Laser-induced Shear Waves", Experimental Mechanics, 46, 637-645 (2006) Z. Li, M. Johnson, M. Sun, E.T. Ryan, D.J. Earl, W. Maichen, J.E. Martin, S. Li, C.M. Lew, J. Wang, M.W. Deem, M.E. Davis, and Y. Yan, "Mechanical and Dielectric Properties of Pure-Silica-Zeolite Low-k Materials", Angewandte Chemie IE, 45, 6329-6332 (2006) L. Hu, X. Zhang, P. Miller, M. Ozkan, C. Ozkan, and J. Wang, " Cell Adhesion Measurement by Laser-induced Stress Waves", Journal of Applied Physics, 100(8), 084701 (2006) J. Wang, J. Lian, J. R. Greer, W. D. Nix, and K.-S. Kim, "Size Effect in Contact Compression of Nano and Microscale Pyramid Structures", Acta Materialia, 54, 3973-3982 (2006) Current major support Army Research Office, Naval Surface Warfare Center, National Science Foundation, DoD DURIP, Semiconductor Research Corporation, UC TSR&TP Recent inventions W.-F. Yeh and J. Wang, MAFS: MEMS-based auto-focusing system, disclosed by the University of California (2006) Recent activities Chair, Multifunctional Materials Technical Committee, ASME Materials Division Member, Experimental Mechanics Technical Committee, ASME Applied Mechanics Division Guest Editor (with Jun Lou), Journal of Nanomaterials (2007-08), a special issue on Nanomechanics and Nanostructured Multifunctional Materials: Experiments, Theories, and Simulations Reviewer for journals: Phil. Mag. Let., J. Mater. Res., J. Mater. Sci., Exp. Mech., J. Appl. Mech., Mat. Sci. Engr. A., Mech. Mater., J. Am. Ceram. Soc., J. Elec. Mater., Acta Materialia, JMPS Topic/Symposium/Session Chair/Co-chair, USNCTAM Mindlin Centennial Symposium (2006), ASME IMECE (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), McMat 2007, 17th US Army Solid Mechanics Symposium (2007), SCCUR Undergraduate Research (2005), ChinaNano (2005) Member, UCR Earth Science Faculty Search Committee (2006), UCR Socratic Dialogue Panel on International Planning and Strategy (2006), UCR Stem Cell Center (2005-), Perris Elementary School Science Fair Judge (2004-) Member, UCR Mechanical Engineering departmental committees on Undergraduate, Freshmen, Search, ABET, Seminar, Graduate (2003-) Affiliations Materials Research Society (MRS) Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)