Haoran Wang
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: ENGR 419NPhone: 435-797-0951
Email: haoran.wang@usu.edu
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Biography
Haoran Wang joined the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at USU in August 2020. Before joining USU, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Duke University for two years. He does research in solid mechanics and materials with a focus on multiscale computations. Currently, he is working on the mechanics of energy storage materials for high-capacity rechargeable batteries and the mechanics of stimuli-responsive polymers.
Teaching Interests
Solid mechanics, Fracture mechanics, Continuum mechanics
Research Interests
Solid mechanics and materials, Multiscale computations, Uncertainty quantification, Data-driven modeling
Awards
Engineering Research Initiation Award, 2022
National Science Foundation
Kenneth Lee Herrick Memorial Fellowship, 2018
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Aerospace Engineering Department
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Mahardika, N., Raistrick, T., Mihai, A., Wang, H., (2024). All-atom molecular dynamics simulations of nematic liquid crystal elastomers. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 291, 112717.
- Wang, H., Guilleminot, J., Schafer, B.W, Tootkaboni, M., (2022). Stochastic analysis of geometrically imperfect thin cylindrical shells using topology-aware uncertainty models. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 393, 114780.
- Wang, H., Lu, S., Wang, X., Xia, S., Chew, H.B, (2021). A review of the multiscale mechanics of silicon electrodes in high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55:2022, 063001.
- Mihai, A., Wang, H., Guilleminot, J., Goriely , A., (2021). Nematic liquid crystalline elastomers are aeolotropic materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 477:2253, cover story.
- Wang, H., Guilleminot, J., Soize, C., (2019). Modeling uncertainties in molecular dynamics simulations using a stochastic reduced-order basis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 354, 37--55.
- Antartis, D.A, Wang, H., Tang, C., Chew, H.B, Dillon, S.J, Chasiotis, I., (2019). Nanofibrillar Si helices for low-stress, high-capacity Li+ anodes with large affine deformations. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11:12, 11715--11721.
- Wang, H., Chew, H.B, (2017). Nanoscale mechanics of the solid electrolyte interphase on lithiated-silicon electrodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9:31, 25662--25667.
- Wang, H., Chew, H.B, (2016). Molecular dynamics simulations of plasticity and cracking in lithiated silicon electrodes. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 9, 503-513.
- Wang, X., Fan, F., Wang, J., Wang, H., Tao, S., Yang, A., Liu, Y., Chew, H.B, Mao, S.X, Zhu, T., others, , (2015). High damage tolerance of electrochemically lithiated silicon. Nature Communications, 6
- Wang, H., Wang, X., Xia, S., Chew, H.B, (2015). Brittle-to-ductile transition of lithiated silicon electrodes: Crazing to stable nanopore growth. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 143:10, 104703.
- Wang, H., Hou, B., Wang, X., Xia, S., Chew, H.B, (2015). Atomic-scale mechanisms of sliding along an interdiffused Li-Si-Cu interface. Nano letters, 15:3, 1716--1721.
- Wang, H., Wang, X., Li, T., Lee, B., (2014). Transient viscoelasticity study of tobacco mosaic virus/Ba 2+ superlattice. Nanoscale Research Letters, 9:1, 1--11.
- Xu, X., Wang, H., Jiang, L., Wang, X., Payne, S.A, Zhu, J., Li, R., (2014). Comparison between cellulose nanocrystal and cellulose nanofibril reinforced poly (ethylene oxide) nanofibers and their novel shish-kebab-like crystalline structures. Macromolecules, 47:10, 3409--3416.
- Huo, S., Ulven, C.A, Wang, H., Wang, X., (2013). Chemical and mechanical properties studies of Chinese linen flax and its composites. Polymers and Polymer Composites, 21:5, 275--286.
- Wang, H., Wang, X., Li, T., Lee, B., (2013). Nanomechanical characterization of rod-like superlattice assembled from tobacco mosaic viruses. Journal of Applied Physics, 113:2, 024308.
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Publications | Other
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