I was thrilled to attend my Ph.D. grauduation commencement in Merced, CA. It was the first time that the commencement being held in the Merced

This is my first day of work as a postdoctoral researcher at Duke University in Professor Arya’s group, which is also my first day of

I will be joining Professor Gaurav Arya’s group at Duke University as a postdoctoral researcher starting on November 15th, 2022. The photo is a group

Today I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation defense! Now I am officially Dr. Yang! The picture is a screenshot of Professor Ashlie Martini’s post about

From July 31st to August 5th, 2022, I attended my first Gordon Research Conference in Newry in Maine. I presented a poster entitled “Effect of

This paper entitiled “Effect of Aliphatic Chain Length on the Stress–Strain Response of Semiaromatic Polyamide Crystals” a follow-up study of our first paper on high-performance

This paper is entitled “Simulations of Friction Anisotropy on Self-Assembled Monolayers in Water”. This work was in collaboration with Dr. Khurshid Ahmad, who was a

I am awarded the Faculty Mentorship Program Award today.

I have passed my PhD qualifying exam and become a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering. It is a big move forward towards the degree! My