Zhengbao YANG
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Director, Smart Transducers and Vibration Laboratory
Prof. Zhengbao YANG earned his bachelor’s degree from the Harbin Institute of Technology and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 2016. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he also serves as the director of the Smart Transducers and Vibration Laboratory (STVL). Prof. Yang is an IEEE Senior Member and has been recognized as one of the “Top 2% Scientists in the World” by Stanford University. His research interests encompass Smart Materials and Mechatronics, with a particular emphasis on the development of piezoelectric materials, energy harvesters, and wireless sensor systems. Prof. Yang has applied for 24 patents in China and the USA and has authored over 150 academic articles in high-impact journals, including 16 papers in the Nature and Science series over the past five years. Under his leadership, the STVL lab has graduated 11 PhD students, 6 postdoctoral researchers, and more than 30 MSc students, some of whom have received recognition from the China Overseas Talent Scheme or have joined top high-tech companies worldwide.
Topic
100 Years of Piezoelectricity: New explorations in Bio-organic Materials and Ultrasound Energy Harvesting