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Yang Wang

Assistant Professor

Affinity Group: Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials
Office: Mason 322-C
Swing Space: COC 44
Phone: 404/894-1851
Email: yang.wang@ce.gatech.edu
Web: http://www.ce.gatech.edu/~ywang

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 [Read More]

Research Interests

  • Structural health monitoring and damage detection
  • Decentralized structural control
  • Smart materials and structures
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering

Education

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 2001 - 2007.
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2006 - 2007.
  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1998 - 2001.
  • B.E. in Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Summa Cum Laude, 1993 - 1998.