Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Civil & Environmental Engineering Concrete canoes on display in the Mason building lobbyDr. Kahn in the structures lab next to a large concrete beamStructures lab

Yang Wang - Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Room: Mason 322-C
Phone: 404/894-1851
yang.wang@ce.gatech.edu

Research Interests & Bio

Yang Wang - Assistant Professor

Dr. Wang maintains a personal web site with more details on his current research and students. (more details)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Structural health monitoring and damage detection; decentralized structural control; smart materials and structures; wireless sensor networks; structural dynamics and earthquake engineering.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Yang Wang is an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in 1998 and 2001, respectively, from the Department of Civil Engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. At Stanford University, Dr. Wang completed his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering in 2007, as well as an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering. His primary research interests include structural health monitoring and damage detection, optimal decentralized structural control, smart materials and structures, wireless sensor network, numerical simulation and advanced computing technologies, structural dynamics, and earthquake engineering. Dr. Wang is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).