Introduction to the Principal Investigator:

Dr. Yao, Haimin (ORCID, Scopus, Google Scholar) is a full professor in the School of Intelligent Manufacturing at Xiamen University. He received his BEng and MEng degrees from Tsinghua University, China, and Doctor degree in Natural Science from Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research at the University of Stuttgart.

Dr. Yao leads a research team studying solid materials with focus on their unique mechanical and physical properties and behaviors especially the structure-property relationships underlying. The aim of their research is to reveal the rhythms and patterns exhibited by diverse materials, unveil the responsible principles, and apply them in engineering counterparts. Dr. is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and serves as Young editor for Acta Mechanica Sinica, editorial board members for Composites Communication, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, and Biomimetics.