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Professional Preparation

Tsinghua University Engineering Physics B.S., 1986
Chongqing University Biomechanics M.S., 1988
University of Rochester Mechanical Engineering M.S., 1991
University of Rochester Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D., 1995

Appointments

July 2007 – present, Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, KY
Aug. 2001 – June 2007, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, KY
Jan. 1999 – July 2001, Technical Specialist & Project Manager II, Xerox Corporation, NY
July 1998 – Dec. 1998, Sr. Engineer, Dayton T. Brown Inc., Bohemia, NY

Selected Publications

• Juchuan Li, Fuqian Yang, Yang-Tse Cheng, and Jia Ye, Whisker formation on tin anode of lithium-ion battery, Journal of Power Sources (accepted)
• Fuqian Yang, Effect of local solid reaction on diffusion-induced stress, Journal of Applied Physics 107(2010) 103516
• Fuqian Yang and Ding Li, Indentation-induced formation of low-dimensional Si-structures in KOH solution, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 43 (2010) 095403
• Ding Li, Mimi Yang, Fuqian Yang, and Peter K. Liaw, Stress-assisted-electrochemical corrosion of Cu-based bulk metallic glass, Journal of Materials Research 25(2010) 592-597
• Fuqian Yang and Yan Li, Indentation-induced tin whiskers on electroplated tin coatings, Journal of Applied Physics 104(2008) 113512
• Reza Avazmohammadi, Fuqian Yang, and Saeed Abbasion, Effect of interface stresses on the elastic deformation of an elastic half-plane containing an elastic inclusion, International Journal of Solids and Structures 46(2009) 2897–2906
• Fuqian Yang, Effect of surface energy on tensile deformation of nanotubes, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42(2009) 165410
• Fuqian Yang, Analysis of the axisymmetric indentation of a semi-infinite piezoelectric material: The evaluation of the contact modulus and the effective piezoelectric constant, Journal of Applied Physics 103(2008) 074115