Jiang, L.Y - University of Western Ontario - Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

个人简介

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award (2011-2012) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) University Faculty Award (UFA) (2006-2011) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2005-2006) PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCES Associate professor 2012-present: Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario. Assistant professor 2006-2012: Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario. Postdoctoral fellow 2005-2006: Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

研究领域

Dr. Jiang’s research interests and activities cover a wide range in solid and applied mechanics. Her expertise is in establishing mechanics and physics models for challenging problems related to materials behavior through theoretical modeling and numerical simulations. Some specific research topics are: Size-dependent properties of nanostrucutred materials, particularly piezoelectric nanomaterials. Electromechanical coupling behavior of dielectric elastomers for applications in transduction technology. Computational mechanics modeling of mechanical properties of fiber reinforced composites Multi-scale modeling on the mechanical and electrical properties of CNT-polymer nanocomposites Buckling and wrinkling behavior of thin film materials Mechanical properties of carbon nanotube and graphene Fracture and failure analysis of functionally graded piezoelectric materials

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Zhou, J., Jiang, L.Y., and Khayat, R., Analysis on the energy harvesting cycle of dielectric elastomer generators for performance improvement, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 115: 27003(2016). http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/115/27003/pdf Zhou, J., Jiang, L.Y., and Khayat, R., Dynamic analysis of a tunable viscoelastic dielectric elastomer oscillator under external excitation, Smart Materials and Structures, 25: 025005(2016). http://iopscience.iop.org/0964-1726/25/2/025005 Liu, H., Zeng, D., Li, Y., and Jiang, L.Y., Development of RVE-embedded solid elements model for predicting effective elastic constants of discontinuous fiber reinforced composites, Mechanics of Materials, 93: 109-123(2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2015.10.011 Zhou, J., Jiang, L.Y., Khayat, R.E., Investigation on the performance of a viscoelastic dieletric elastomer membrane generator, Soft Matter, 11: 2983-2992(2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5SM00036J Yan, Z., and Jiang, L.Y., Effect of flexoelectricity on the electroelastic fields of a hollow piezoelectric nanocylinder, Smart Materials and Structures, 24(6): 065003 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/24/6/065003 Feng, C., and Jiang, L.Y., Micromechanics modeling of bi-axial stretching effects on the electrical conductivity of CNT-polymer composites, International Journal of Applied Mechanics 07: 1550005 (2015). DOI: 10.1142/S1758825115400050 Zhang, Z., and Jiang, L.Y., Size effects on the electromechanical coupling fields of a bending piezoelectric nanoplate due to surface effects and flexoelectricity, Journal of Applied Physics, 116: 134308 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4897367 Feng, C., and Jiang, L.Y., Investigation of uni-axial stretching effects on the electrical conductivity of CNT-polymer nanocomposites, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 47: 405103 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/47/40/405103 Zhou, J., Jiang, L.Y., and Khayat, R.E., Viscoelastic effects on frequency tuning of a dielectric elastomer (DE) membrane resonator, Journal of Applied Physics, 115: 124106 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4869666 Zhang, Z., Yan, Z., and Jiang, L.Y., Flexoelectric effect on the electroelastic responses and vibrational behaviors of a piezoelectric nanopalte, Journal of Applied Physics, 116: 014307 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4886315 Zhou, J., Jiang, L.Y., and Khayat, R.E., Electromechanical response and failure modes of a dielectric elastomer tube actuator with boundary constraints, Smart Materials and Structures, 23: 045028 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/23/4/045028 Yan, Z., and Jiang, L.Y., Size-dependent bending and vibration behavior of piezoelectric nanobeams due to flexoelectricity, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46: 355502 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/46/35/355502 Yan, Z., and Jiang, L.Y., Flexoelectric effect on the electroelastic responses of bending piezoelectric nanobeams, Journal of Applied Physics, 113(19):194102 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4804949 Zhou, J., Jiang, L.Y., and Khayat, R. E., Failure analysis of a dielectric elastomer plate actuator considering boundary constraints, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 24(14): 1667-1674 (2013). doi:10.1177/1045389X13483025 Feng, C., and Jiang, L.Y., Micromechanics modeling of the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotube (CNT)-polymer nanocomposites, Composites Part A, 47: 143-149 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.12.008 Mahdavi, M.H., Jiang, L.Y., and Sun, X., Nonlinear free vibration analysis of an embedded double layer graphene sheet in polymer medium, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 04: 1250039 (2012). Yan, Z., and Jiang, L.Y., Surface effects on the vibration and buckling of piezoelectric nanoplates, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 99:27007 (2012). doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/99/27007 Yan, Z., and Jiang, L.Y., Vibration and buckling analysis of a piezoelectric nanoplate considering surface effects and in-plane contraint, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 468:3458-3475 (2012). doi:10.1098/rspa.2012.0214 Yan, Z., and Jiang, L.Y., Surface effects on the electroelastic responses of a thin piezoelectric plate with nanoscale thickness, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 45: 255401 (2012). doi:10.1088/0022-3727/45/25/255401 Noroozi, M., and Jiang, L.Y., Buckling and wrinkling of a functionally graded material (FGM) thin film, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 4(2): 1250012 (2012). doi:10.1142/S1758825112500123 Mahdavi, M.H., Jiang, L.Y., and Sun, X., Nonlinear vibration and postbuckling analysis of a single layer graphene sheet embedded in a polymer matrix, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 44: 1708-1715 (2012). doi:10.1016/j.physe.2012.04.026 Yan, Z., Zaman, M., and Jiang, L.Y., Thermo-electro-mechanical analysis of a curved functionally graded piezoelectric actuator with sandwich structure, Materials (special issue: Advances in Functionally Graded Materials), 4: 2151-2170 (2011). doi:10.3390/ma4122151 Ma, J., Asokanthan, S.F., and Jiang, L.Y., Surface effects considerations for the design of Casimir actuated nanoswitches, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 110-116: 1036-1043 (2012). doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.110-116.1036 Yan, Z. and Jiang, L.Y., Electromechanical response of a curved piezoelectric nanobeam with the consideration of surface effects, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 44: 365301 (2011). doi:10.1088/0022-3727/44/36/365301 Feng, C., Jiang, L.Y., and Lau, W.M., Dynamic characteristics of a dielectric elastomer based microbeam resonator with small vibration amplitude, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 21: 095002 (2011), selected for IOPSelect. doi:10.1088/0960-1317/21/9/095002