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Professor Lu, Yang 陸洋

Title:
Professor, Chair of Nanomechanics
Professor
Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering

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Professor Lu, Yang 陸洋

Title:
Professor, Chair of Nanomechanics
Professor
Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
Rice UniversityPh.D.
Nanjing UniversityB.S.
Biography

Prof. Yang Lu joined the University of Hong Kong as "HKU-100 Scholar" Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his BS degree in Physics from Nanjing University and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, and did his postdoctoral research in the Nanomechanics Lab at MIT. Previously, he joined City University of Hong Kong in 2012 as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2017 and full Professor in 2021. Prof. Lu’s research interests focus on experimental nanomechanics and nanomanufacturing. He has published more than 150 journal articles and serves as Associate Editor for Materials Today since 2017. Prof. Lu is a recipient of UGC Early Career Award 2013/14, the inaugural NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) 2019 and the RGC Research Fellow scheme (RFS) 2020/21. He is an elected member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK) in 2022.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2022-01-28Elected Member, the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK)
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
201901-202512Executive Committee memberAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) HK-Section
202001-202512Executive Committee memberChinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM)
201901-202512Executive Committee memberHong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM)
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