Associate Professor

Department of Structural Engineering
Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0085
La Jolla, CA 92093-0085

Office: SERF 205               Lab: SERF 285
Phone: (858) 534-3388 ·  Fax: (858) 822-2260 
Email: yqiao@ucsd.edu
URL: http://mmrl.ucsd.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2002)
• M.S. in Materials Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (1997)
• B.S. in Applied Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (1994)

Appointments:

• 2006 - Present; Associate Professor of Structural Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
• 2002 - 2006; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Research Interests:

• Development of advanced energy absorption and damping structures
• Processing, characterization, and modeling of advanced infrastructure materials
• Energy conversion and storage
• Development of advanced intelligent structures
• Size effects in thin solid films
• Tissue dynamics and its application in clinical decision making
• Failure analysis for engineering materials and structures

Professional Memberships:

• Materials Research Society (MRS)
• Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)

Other Synergistic Activities:

• Member, Advanced Materials and Structures Committee, Aerospace Division, American Society of Civil Engineers (2006 – present)