Zhigang Suo (; born June 15, 1963) is the Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His research centers on the mechanical behavior of materials and structures.

Early life and education

Suo received a B.S. degree in solid mechanics from

Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU, ) is a public research university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. As a member of Double First Class University Plan, C9 League, Project 985, and Project 211, it is a leading national university with special strengths ...

in 1985 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Harvard University in 1989, advised by

John W. Hutchinson John W. Hutchinson (born April 10, 1939) is the Abbott and James Lawrence Research Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He works in the field of solid mechanics concerned with a broad ...

Career

Suo joined the faculty of the

University of California at Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the U ...

, and established a research group studying the mechanics of materials and structures. The group moved to

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

in 1997, and to

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

in 2003. He studied basic processes, including fracture, deformation, polarization, and diffusion, driven by various thermodynamic forces (e.g., stress, electric field, electron wind, chemical potential). He developed applications for microelectronics, large-area electronics, soft materials, active materials, and lithium-ion batteries. With Teng Li, Suo co-founded iMechanica, the web of mechanics and mechanicians. In 2015, iMechanica has over 20,000 registered users. He is a member of the Executive Committee (2005-2010, Chair 2010) of the Applied Mechanics Division, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and is a member at large of the US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2006-2012). Suo is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. He won the

Pi Tau Sigma Pi Tau Sigma () is an international honor society in the field of mechanical engineering, with most chapters established in the United States. It honors mechanical engineering students who have exemplified the "principles of scholarship, characte ...

Gold Medal and the Special Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics, both from ASME. He received the

William Prager Medal The William Prager Medal is an award given annually by the Society of Engineering Science (SES) to an individual for "outstanding research contributions in either theoretical or experimental Solid Mechanics or both". This medal was established in ...

, Society of Engineering Sciences. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and the

US National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Natio ...

. Suo is the author of many peer-reviewed articles, including "Mixed mode cracking in layered materials", (JW Hutchinson, Z Suo), ''Advances in applied mechanics'' 29 (63) and "Fracture mechanics for piezoelectric ceramics", (Z Suo, CM Kuo, DM Barnett, JR Willis), ''Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids'' 40 (4). In 2015, he contributed to the article "Syringe-injectable electronics", which was published in ''Nature Nanotechnology''."Scientists create neural lace that fuses with your brain"
''ZME Science''.

References

External links

Zhigang Suo's official homepage

Zhigang Suo at the Mathematical Genealogy Project

Google Scholar page for Zhigang Suo
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