Bourns College of Engineering

A359 Bourns Hall
Riverside, Ca 92521
Phone: 951-827-2872
Fax: 951-827-2899

Qing Jiang

Degrees

PhD Engineering and Applied Science 1990

California Institute of Technology

Awards

• Karman Fellowship, Karman Fellowship Foundation, 1987
• Recognition Award, Teaching Council and Parents Association, U. of Nebraska, 1992
• Syford Faculty Summer Fellowship, Research Council, U of Nebraska, 1993
• Layman Award, Layman Foundation, 1993
• Research Initiation Award, National Science Foundation, 1993
• Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering and Technology, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1993
• Departmental Nomination for Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering and Technology, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1995
• Departmental nomination for Outstanding Teaching Award, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society, 1995
• Outstanding Research Award, College of Engineering and Technology, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1996
• Visit/Study Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Office, 1997

Research Area

For the past several years, Professor Jiang's research has been focusing on development of smart materials, electrically active materials specifically, for sensing and actuation applications. His current research is directed to the development of smart sensors and nano-structured materials, in particular, the inter-locked molecules based on carbon nanotubes, as well as their applications as nanoscale devices

Publications

For additional information, please see Professor Jiang's faculty webpage.

http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~qjiang

Former Institution

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Biography

Professor Qing Jiang received his Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from California Institute of Technology in 1990. He joined the University of California in 1998, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he served as Professor for Engineering Mechanics. He held guest scientist appointments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and at the Karlsruhe Research Center, Germany, respectively, in 1996 and 1997.