Huajian Gao is one of the University Professors at Tsinghua University. He received his B.S. degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University in China and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University.
His research has been focused on the understanding of basic principles that control mechanical behaviors of materials in both engineering and biological systems. His current research interests include mechanics of materials and an emerging paradigm shift from the classical objectives of the field in passive descriptions of materials behaviors toward proactive programming of materials properties and functionalities during the manufacturing process by leveraging the fundamental mechanics principles.
He numerous awards include the ASME Medal (2023), Timoshenko Medal (2021) and Rodney Hill Prize (2012), three of the highest lifetime achievement awards in his field. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Member of U.S. National Academy of Sciences, U.S. National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and a Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academia Europaea.
Professional position
- , Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University
Subject groups
- Engineering
Materials science (incl materials engineering), Engineering, mechanical
