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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

06/2015 – 07/2016, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

05/2015 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Notable Awards and Honor in Recent Years:

07/2025, Top 2% of highly cited scientists in the world, Stanford University and Elsevier.
05/2025, Top Scholar by ScholarGPS
04/2025, Top Scientists in Materials Science by research.com
11/2024, ASME Rising Star
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

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

Postdoc

Huan Jiang (02/2023-present), Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, 2023.

Ph.D. Students

Alston Xavier Gracego (01/2024-), M.S., Mechanical Engineering, CU Denver, 2023.

Master Students

Group Alumni

Advised Undergraduate Researcher (see Broader Impacts)

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