Topic of Invited talk

1. Magneto-rheological elastomer and magneto-rheological brush;

2. Formation of spongy structures in phase-separating gets.

Biography

Wei  Hong is currently an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at  Iowa State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering  Sciences from Harvard University in 2006, and both his M.E. and B.E.  degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University, in 2002 and  2000 respectively. Between 2006 and 2008, Wei was a Postdoctoral  Research Fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at  Harvard University. Since 2008, Wei has been working as a faculty member  in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University,  where he also holds curtsey appointments from the departments of  Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. His  research mainly focuses on solid mechanics and its application in soft  active materials, functional ceramics, fracture and damage, solid-state  electrochemical reactions, and dielectric failure of solids.