Dr. Yingyan Zhang
Details
College: School of Engineering
Department: School of Engineering
Campus: Bundoora East Australia
yingyan.zhang@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0001-5996-5438
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Prof. Yingyan Zhang joined Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, School of Engineering RMIT University in Nov 2019.
Prof. Zhang expertise at solid mechanics, computational mechanics and computational materials. Her research areas include 2D nanomaterials, polymer composites, nano/micro-mechanics, heat conduction, and structural stability.
As of Oct 2026, Prof. Zhang has published 1 scholarly book, 4 book chapters and >150 journal papers with > 10900 citations. Her h-index is 58. The complete publication list can be found at her Google Scholar:Yingyan's Google Scholar
Prof. Zhang was awarded research lectureship from Western Sydney University (AU$90, 000) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund) in 2010. She has been awarded 3 competitive national projects from Australia Research Council (2019-now).
Currently Prof. Zhang is an Editor of Thin-Walled Structures (JCR Q1), Senior Editor in Themal Advances and the Editorial Board Member of Composites Communications (JCR Q1), Computational Materials Science, and Advanced Nanocomposites.
Research fields
- 400711 Simulation, modelling, and programming of mechatronics systems
- 401602 Composite and hybrid materials
- 401706 Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation
Supervisor projects
- Integrated Drag Reduction and Thermal Cooling Optimisation for Aerospace Applications
- 19 Aug 2026
- Development of Novel Modular Mechanical Metamaterials
- 20 Jul 2026
- Design of biomimetic gradient cylindrical metamaterial with efficient vibration control and high load-bearing properties
- 20 Jul 2026
- AI-Enabled Intelligent Vehicle Systems: Deep Learning, V2X Connectivity and Safety Assurance for Autonomous Driving
- 9 Jul 2026
- Bouligand–origami hybrid structure metamaterials with enhanced crack-resistant and adjustable stiffness
- 10 Mar 2026
- Origami-Inspired Piezoelectric Metamaterial Structures
- 3 Dec 2025
- An Effective Inspection Method for Underwater Bridge Piers
- 24 Nov 2025
- Development of novel cementitious composites with high mechanical performance
- 17 Sep 2025
- Multiscale modelling of high-performance mechanical metallic metamaterial composites for aerospace applications
- 27 Nov 2024
- Mechanical and Electrical properties of intrinsic self-sensing concrete reinforced by carbon fillers
- 11 Nov 2024
- Polymer-based thermal interface materials reinforced by hexagonal boron nitride
- 10 Sep 2024
- Opto-electro-thermo-mechanical responses of perovskite-based photoelectric devices
- 14 Aug 2024
- Multiscale modelling of high-performance mechanical metamaterial composite structures
- 1 Jul 2024
- Development of a composite structure of nanogenerator mechanical metamaterial concrete
- 14 Nov 2023
- Opto-electro-thermo-mechanical behaviors of perovskites in multi-physics field
- 22 Dec 2022
- Machine Learning-Based Numerical Simulation and Design Model for 3D-Printed Functionally Graded Composite Structures
- 10 Mar 2022
- Mechanical Properties of Graphene Origami and Its Reinforced Polyethylene Nanocomposites
- 25 Oct 2021
- Molecular Dynamics Study of Copper Nanocomposites Reinforced by Functionalized Graphene
- 22 Apr 2021
- Investigation of Thermal Performance of Polymer Composites Reinforced by Graphene/h-BN van der Waals Heterostructures
- 18 Sep 2020
- Numerical Investigation of Graphene-Aluminum Nanocomposite
- 4 May 2020
- Mechanical Behaviours of Functionally Graded Graphene Reinforced Composite Beams with Open Edge Cracks
- 9 Jan 2020
- Research on Fabrication and Mechanical Behaviour of Functionally Graded Graphene Platelets/Epoxy Nanocomposites
- 7 Jan 2020
Teaching interests
Supervisor interest areas:
- Advanced polymer composite
- Structural dynamics and stability
- Nanomechanics
- Computational mechanics and materials
- Heat conduction
Supervisor projects:
- Graphene origami/kirigami enabled metamaterials
- Heat conduction of graphene/h-BN heterostructures and their polymer composites
- Impact resistance of graphene-polymer composites
Undergraduate teaching:
- Finite Element Analysis
- Mechanical Vibration
- Mechanics of Materials
- Fundamentals of Mechanics
- Structural Analysis
Research interests
2D nanomaterials, polymer composites, nano/micro-mechanics, heat conduction, structural stability, metamaterials
