Yang Wei
Yang Wei
Yang Wei, born in Beijing on February 16, 1954, is an expert in solid mechanics, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of developing country academy of Sciences, foreign academician of American Academy of engineering, professor and doctoral supervisor of Department of engineering mechanics of Tsinghua University, chairman of Development Committee of Zhejiang University, and former president.
In January 1969, Yang Wei took part in the work. Graduated from Northwest University of technology in 1976. In 1981, he obtained a master's degree in engineering from the Department of engineering mechanics, Tsinghua University. In 1984, he received a doctor's degree from Brown University School of technology. From 1997 to 2004, he was the director of Engineering Mechanics Department of Tsinghua University. He was elected academician of Russian Academy of Astronautics in 2001. In 2003, he was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Third World Academy of Sciences. From 2004 to 2004, he served as executive vice president of School of aerospace and aeronautics of Tsinghua University. From 2004 to 2006, he was the director of the academic committee of Tsinghua University. From 2004 to 2006, he served as director of the office of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and director of the Department of degree management and graduate education of the Ministry of education. He served as president of Zhejiang University from 2006 to 2013. In 2011, he served as the chairman of Zhejiang science and Technology Association. From 2013 to 2018, he served as the director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In 2013, he was elected to the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress. In 2018, he was co elected as a foreign academician of the American Academy of engineering.
Yang Wei is mainly engaged in fracture mechanics, micromechanics and nanomechanics, mechanical and electrical coupling failure and other fields.
The main research directions include: solid strength and failure, micro nano mechanics, multiferroic mechanics, soft matter mechanics, aerospace structure and material mechanics, etc. Recent achievements include: (1) the development of large-scale parallel molecular dynamics method for high-speed deformation of nanocrystals and microstructure evolution algorithm for low-speed deformation; (2) the cross-level simulation algorithm of continuum and molecular dynamics coupling, as well as the dielectric pseudopotential for atomic scale simulation of multicomponent alloys; (3) the development of electric fracture and electric fatigue (4) the driving mechanism of large deformation of intelligent flexible materials and the design method of fully flexible robot are developed.
Character experience
From January 1969 to August 1973, he jumped in the Nie Jiaping brigade of fengjiaping commune, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province.
From September 1973 to December 1976, studied in the Department of materials and heat processing, Northwestern Polytechnic University.
From December 1976 to May 1978, he worked as a technologist in Jingbo Machinery Factory of Shangrao, Jiangxi Province.
In May 1976, he joined the Communist Party of China.
From May 1978 to August 2004, he successively taught in the Department of mechanical engineering and the Department of engineering mechanics of Tsinghua University.
In December 1989, he was promoted to professor.
From 1997 to April 2004, he was the director of Engineering Mechanics Department of Tsinghua University.
In 2001, he was elected academician of Russian Academy of Astronautics.
In 2003, he was elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Third World Academy of Sciences.
From April 2004 to August 2004, he served as executive vice president of School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tsinghua University.
From 2004 to 2006, he was the director of the academic committee of Tsinghua University.
From September 2004 to July 2006, he served as director of the office of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and director of the Department of degree management and graduate education of the Ministry of education.
From August 2006 to February 2013, he served as president of Zhejiang University.
In November 2011, he served as the chairman of Zhejiang science and Technology Association.
From February 2013 to December 2017, he served as secretary and director of the Party group of NSFC.
In November 2014, he served as the president of the 10th Council of Chinese society of mechanics.
From December 2017 to February 2018, he served as the director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
On February 7, 2018, he was co elected as a foreign academician of the American Academy of Engineering (NAE).
He is the editor in chief of composites science and technology, the international journal with the highest impact factor in the field of composite materials.
In January 2019, he served as treasurer of the World Academy of Sciences.
Main achievements
Achievements in scientific research
In the study of fracture mechanics, Yang Wei obtained the analytical solution of the quasi three-dimensional crack tip field, which proved that the interface crack propagation can surpass the lower Rayleigh wave and stimulated the study of ultra high speed interface fracture. Meso plasticity theory is proposed in the research of meso and Nano Mechanics. A cross level algorithm between continuum mechanics and molecular dynamics is developed to simulate the dislocation movement of the atomic lattice emitted from the crack tip and its transformation into a continuum dislocation group. The quasi cleavage fracture theory is proposed to explain the phenomenon of cleavage after crack passivation. The nonlinear mechanical mechanism model, domain change toughening model and domain change electro fatigue model are proposed to calculate the crack propagation of electric field cycle, and the electro mass loss stability model is proposed.
As of April 2019, Yang Wei has published 10 academic works in Chinese and English, and more than 300 academic papers. His monograph "macro and micro fracture mechanics" won the excellent book award of the Chinese people's Liberation Army in 1996.
Yang Wei was employed as an invited scholar of the Royal Society of England from 1987 to 1988; he served as a short-term visiting professor at Grenoble University in France and Brown University in 1990; he served as a short-term visiting researcher at the University of California in 1993 and 1995; he served as a special case researcher at the University of Taiwan from October 1996 to February 1997; and he served as a visiting research fellow at Princeton University from January to April 1998 From September 2000 to April 2001, Professor of international exchange, Tokyo Institute of technology, Japan; from July 2002 to September 2002, visiting professor, University of Illinois, USA.
As of July 2010, Yang Wei has successively won three first prizes of scientific and technological progress of the State Education Commission, the second prize of scientific and technological progress of the State Education Commission (the first winner), the first prize of scientific and technological progress of the State Education Commission (the first winner) and two third prizes of National Natural Science.
In 2002, he won the National May Day Medal. He won the third prize of National Natural Science Award in 1995 and the second prize of National Natural Science Award in 2005. In 2008, he won the He Liang He Li Award; in 2011, he won the Zhou Peiyuan mechanics Award; in 2011, he won the iceseric Reissner Award; in 2012, he won the asmecalvin rice Award; in 2017, he won the ASMEWarnerT.Koiter Awards.
personnel training
Yang Wei thinks: in a research university, if a teacher wants to really teach students well, he has to do scientific research. "It's wrong for him (teacher) to engage in scientific research instead of teaching. Whether the most advanced things can be integrated into the University and graduate education in a way acceptable to students depends on whether a school can cultivate high-level talents. " "For students, it's not only to accept that they already have knowledge, but also to develop creative ability and understanding of cutting-edge science, so that they can stand on a higher starting line and have better ability to do their own things when they graduate."
Yang Wei believes that: China's basic research is showing a development trend of "synchronous development of quantity and quality, synchronous development of research universities and Chinese Academy of Sciences, synchronous development of China's domestic development and international integration", which leads to the dynamic development of China's basic research. Under the background of deepening the reform of science and technology system in an all-round way in China, basic research needs overall planning and forward-looking planning to achieve "sustainable dynamic development". The first is to draw a "blueprint of basic research development" with "imaginable long-term vision, planable short-term tasks" and consistent; the second is to accurately estimate the development status and prospects of China's basic research; the third is to realize three parallel development goals of basic research in sequence, namely, total parallel, contribution parallel and source parallel; the fourth is to promote basic research in a new perspective Research: basic research of free exploration, basic research of coping with global challenges, strategic basic research of embodying national will and application-oriented basic research with industry and regional characteristics; fifth, comprehensive development of basic research through "money, people, system, instrument and spring".
Honorary recognition
Social service
Personal life
Yang Wei's father, Yang Guanghua, is a senior intellectual with a doctorate in the United States. He once served as director of the Department of petroleum of Tsinghua University, vice president of Beijing Institute of petroleum and President of the University of petroleum. His mother, sun Yishi, was a professor in the Department of chemical engineering at Tsinghua University. His son Yang Yue studied in the school of mechanical and energy engineering of Zhejiang University from 2000 to 2004.
Character evaluation
Yang Wei has contributed to multi-scale modeling of mechanical failure and reliability, as well as leading engineering education and research. (people's online review)
Yang Wei has long been engaged in the research of macro and micro fracture mechanics, micro and Nano Mechanics, mechanical and electrical coupling failure and other fields, and is committed to promoting the development of basic research in China. (review of Ningbo University)
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