2016–2019

Research   Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Fellow in Professor Pradeep Sharma’s group,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, USA

2012–2015

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University   of Houston, USA Dissertation: Surface Instability and Bifurcation of   Elastic Materials Advisor: Professor Yi-chao Chen

2009-2012

M.S., Solid Mechanics, Civil Engineering,   Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China

2005–2009

B.S., Physics, Sichuan University,   Chengdu, China

2018

Outstanding Contribution in   Reviewing: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

2017

Outstanding Contribution in   Reviewing: International Journal of Solids and Structures

2014

Lewis Wheeler Scholarship,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, USA

2014

Kalsi Scholarship, Cullen College of   Engineering, University of Houston, USA

2012

Best Visual Presentation, MEGA   Research Day, Cullen College of Engineering, Univer- sity of Houston, USA

2007

Prize for Excellence, 6th Zhou   Pei-Yuan National University Mechanics Competition, China

2006

Excellent Students of Physics,   Sichuan University, China

2004

First Prize, 21st National High   School Physics Olympiad Competition,China

[J19]

Amir Rahmati, Shengyou Yang,   Siegfried Bauer, Pradeep Sharma. “Nonlinear bending deformation of soft   electrets and prospects for engineering flexoelectricity and transverse (d31)   piezoelectricity”, Soft Matter 15, 127–148, 2019

[J18]

Zeinab Alameh, Shengyou Yang, Qian   Deng, Pradeep Sharma. “Emergent magneto- electricity in soft materials,   instability, and wireless energy harvesting”, Soft Matter 14, 5856–5868, 2018

[J17]

Yi-chao Chen, Shengyou Yang, Lewis   Wheeler. “Surface instability of elastic half- spaces by using the energy   method”, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A,Mathematical, Physical   and Engineering Sciences 474, 20170854, 2018

[J16]

Shengyou Yang, Xuanhe Zhao, Pradeep   Sharma. “Avoiding the pull-in instability of a dielectric elastomer film and   the potential for increased actuation and energy harvesting”, Soft Matter 13,   4552–4558, 2017

[J15]

Shengyou Yang, Xuanhe Zhao, Pradeep   Sharma. “Revisiting the instability and bifurcation behavior of soft   dielectrics”, Journal of Applied Mechanics 84, 031008, 2017

[J14]

Shengyou Yang, Yi-chao Chen.   “Wrinkle surface instability of an inhomogeneous elastic block with graded   stiffness”, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A,Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 473,   20160882, 2017

[J13]

Shengyou Yang, Pradeep Sharma.   “Eshelby’s tensor for embedded inclusions and the elasto-capillary phenomenon”,   Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics 1630002, 2016

[J12]

Libiao Xin, Shengyou Yang, Dong   Zhou, Guansuo Dui. “An approximate analytical solution based on the   Mori-Tanaka method for functionally graded thick-walled tube subjected to internal   pressure”, Composite Structures 135, 74–82, 2016

[J11]

Libiao Xin, Guansuo Dui, Shengyou   Yang, Ying Liu. “Elastic-plastic analysis for functionally graded   thick-walled tube subjected to internal pressure”, Advances in Applied   Mathematics and Mechanics 8, 331–352, 2016

[J10]

Libiao Xin, Wei Lu, Shengyou Yang,   Chengjian Ju, Guansuo Dui. “Influence of linear work hardening on the   elastic–plastic behavior of a functionally graded thick-walled tube”, Acta   Mechanica 227, 2305–2321, 2016

[J9]

Baoyu Ma, Guansuo Dui, Shengyou   Yang, Libiao Xin. “The study of thermal stresses of a two phase FGM hollow   sphere”, CMES: Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 109, 537–554,   2015

[J8]

Libiao Xin, Shengyou Yang, Baoyu Ma,   Guansuo Dui. “Thermoelastic analysis of a functionally graded rotating   thick-walled tube subjected to mechanical and thermal loads”, International   Journal of Thermophysics 36, 3017–3036, 2015

[J7]

Shengyou Yang, Guansuo Dui, Baoyu   Ma. “Temperature variation of a NiTi wire considering the effects of test   machine grips”, Acta Mechanica 226, 2573–2580, 2015

[J6]

Libiao Xin, Guansuo Dui, Shengyou   Yang, Dong Zhou. “Solutions for behavior of a functionally graded   thick-walled tube subjected to mechanical and thermal loads”,International   Journal of Mechanical Sciences 98, 70–79, 2015

[J5]

Libiao Xin, Guansuo Dui, Shengyou   Yang, Jiamei Zhang. “An elasticity solution for functionally graded   thick-walled tube subjected to internal pressure”, International Journal of   Mechanical Sciences 89, 344–349, 2014

[J4]

Bingfei Liu, Guansuo Dui, Shengyou   Yang. “On the transformation behavior of functionally graded SMA composites   subjected to thermal loading”, European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids 40,   139–147, 2013

[J3]

Zhuping Huang, Guansuo Dui, Shengyou   Yang. “A new interpretation of internal- variable theory in finite   thermo-viscoelasticity”, Science China Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy 56,   610–616, 2013

[J2]

Shengyou Yang, Guansuo Dui, Bingfei   Liu. “Modeling of rate-dependent damping capacity of one-dimensional   super-elastic shape memory alloys”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems   and Structures 24, 431–440, 2013

[J1]

Shengyou Yang, Guansuo Dui.   “Temperature analysis of one-dimensional NiTi shape memory alloys under   different loading rates and boundary conditions”, International Journal of   Solids and Structures 50, 3254–3265, 2013

[T3]

Shengyou Yang, Eric Puntel, Eliot   Fried, Pradeep Sharma. “On the wrinkling of a lipid vesicle in an electric   field”, Society of Engineering Science 54th Annual Technical Meeting,   Northeastern University, Boston, USA, 2017

[T2]

Zeinab Alameh, Shengyou Yang,   Pradeep Sharma. “Electrets embedded soft dielectrics: magnetoelectricity,   piezoelectricity, magneto-electro-mechanical instability, and wireless energy   harvesting”, Society of Engineering Science 54th Annual Technical   Meeting,Northeastern University, Boston, USA, 2017

[T1]

Shengyou Yang, Pradeep Sharma.   “Revisiting the instability and bifurcation behavior of soft dielectrics”,   Society of Engineering Science 53rd Annual Technical Meeting, University of   Maryland-College Park, Maryland, USA, 2016