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Kai Yu

08/2022 – present, Associate Professor (early promotion), Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver

08/2016 – 07/2022, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver   

09/2015 – 07/2016, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology   

01/2014 – 08/2015, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology   

01/2011 – 12/2013, Ph.D. candidate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder    

08/2004 – 07/2008, B.S., Engineering Mechanics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China 

Notable Awards and Honor in Recent Years:

• 12/2023, Teaching Innovation Award, CU Denver

• 12/2023,  Featured Article in Community Board, Materials Horizons

• 05/2023, Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials

• 03/2023, Best Paper Award, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

• 11/2022 ,  Vebleo Fellow of Outstanding Researcher in Science, Engineering, and Technology 

• 09/2022,  Certificate in Multicultural Mentoring, CU Denver.

• 08/2022, Young Scientist Medal, International Association of Advanced Materials

• 02/2022, Outstanding Faculty in Research, College of Engineering, Design and Computing, CU Denver.

• 03/2021, NSF CAREER Award.

• 02/2020, Outstanding Faculty in Research, College of Engineering, Design and Computing, CU Denver.

• 10/2018, Young Upwardly Mobile Professors Award, Office of Research Services, CU Denver

Editor/Editorial Board

• International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

• Frontiers in Materials

• Actuators

Campus Address

1200 Larimer Street, Campus Box 112, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364

Campus Contact

Office: North Classroom 2024-R

Tel: 303-315-7561

Email: kai.2.yu@ucdenver.edu