Haimin YAO (Dr. rer. nat.)

NE47-583

500 Technology Square

Cambridge, MA 02139

Tel.: ++1 617 324 6445 (Office)      

E-mail: hyao@MIT.edu, haimin.yao@gmail.com

Taken @Heidelberg, Sep 2004

 

Education

Ph.D (2006), Material Science, University of Stuttgart, Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Germany

M.E. (2002), Solid Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China

B.E.  (2000), Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China

 

Appointments

     Oct. 2006~Jul. 2007,  Postdoc Associate, Brown University, USA

Aug.2007~, Postdoc Research Associate, MIT, USA

 

Selected Publications

Journal papers

16.  Yao, H., Dao, M., Imholt, T., Suresh, S., Ortiz, C., 2008. Mechanothermal protection mechanisms of a natural armor for extreme environments, manuscript in preparation.

15.  Yao, H., Dao, M., Tai, K., Suresh, S., Ortiz, C., 2008. Critical characteristics of size-dependent nanoscale heterogeneity for superior mechanical performance in bone, manuscript in preparation.

14.  Yao, H., Gao, H., 2008. Effects of interfacial friction on flaw tolerant adhesion between two dissimilar elastic solids, Int. J. Solids Struct., in press, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.09.035.

13.  Yao, H., Chen, S., Guduru, P.R., Gao, H., 2008. Orientation-dependent adhesion strength of a rigid cylinder in non-slipping contact with a transversely isotropic half-space, Int. J. Solids Struct., in press, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.10.011.

12.  Yao, H., Guduru, P.R., Gao, H., 2008. Maximum strength for intermolecular adhesion of nanospheres at an optimal size, J. Roy. Soc. Interface 5, 1363-1370.

11.  Yao, H., Rocca G.D., Guduru, P.R., Gao, H., 2008. Adhesion and sliding response of a biologically inspired fibrillar surface: experimental observations, J. Roy. Soc. Interface 5, 723-733.

10.  Yao, H., Gao, H., 2007. Multi-scale cohesive laws in hierarchical biological materials, Int. J. Solids Struct. 44, 8177-8193.

9.    Yao, H., Gao, H., 2007. Mechanical principles of robust and releasable adhesion of gecko, J. Adhe. Sci. Tech. 21, 1185-1212.

8.    Yao, H., Ciavarella, M., Gao, H., 2007. Adhesion maps of spheres corrected for strength limit, J. Coll. Interf. Sci. 315, 786–790.

7.    Yao, H., Gao, H., 2007, Bio-inspired mechanics of bottom-up designed hierarchical materials: robust and releasable adhesion systems of gecko, Bull. Pol. Ac.: Tech. 55(2), 141-150. (invited paper)

6.    Yao, H., Gao, H., 2006, Optimal shapes for adhesive binding between two elastic bodies, J. Coll. Interf. Sci. 298(2), 564-572.

5.    Yao, H., Gao, H., 2006, Mechanics of robust and releasable adhesion in biology: bottom-up designed hierarchical structures of gecko, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 54(6), 1120-1146.

4.    Buehler, M., Yao, H., Ji, B., Gao, H., 2006, Cracking and adhesion at small scales: atomistic and continuum studies of flaw tolerant nanostructures, Model. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 14, 799-816.

3.    Gao, H., Yao, H., 2004. Shape insensitive optimal adhesion of nanoscale fibrillar structures, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 7851-7856.

2.    Gao, H., Wang, X., Yao, H., Gorb, S., Arzt, E., 2005. Mechanics of Hierarchical Adhesion Structures of Geckos, Mechanics of Materials 37 (2-3), 275-285.

1.    Gao, H., Ji, B., Buehler, M., Yao, H., 2004. Flaw tolerant bulk and surface nanostructures of biological systems, Mechanics and Chemistry of Biosystems 1(1), 37-52.

Book Chapter

2.  Gao, H., Ji, B., Yao, H., 2006. Nanostructures in biological materials, In book Nanostructure Control of Materials, eds. A. J. Hill and R. H. J. Hannink, CRC Press.

1.  Gao, H., Ji, B., Buehler, M.J., Yao, H., 2004. Flaw tolerant nanostructures of biological materials. In book Mechanics of the 21st Century, eds. W. gutkowski and T.A. Kowalewski, Springer.

 

Research Interests

Biological Adhesion

Biological Armors

Solid Mechanics; Contact Mechanics; Fracture Mechanics; Nanomechanics

 

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