Henry Yang

Professor and Chancellor

Mechanical Engineering

Henry Yang

Contacts

Office of the Chancellor, 5221 Cheadle Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2030

tel: (805) 893-2231
fax: (805) 893-8717
henry.yang@chancellor.ucsb.edu

Personal web site

Research Description

Dynamic Systems, Control, and Robotics and Solid Mechanics, Materials, and Structures: Aircraft structures, structural dynamics and control, transonic aeroelasticity, finite elements, composite materials, seismic- and wind-structural control, intelligent manufacturing systems.

Biography

Henry T. Yang joined UC Santa Barbara as chancellor and professor of mechanical engineering in 1994. He teaches one or two courses each year and guides about five Ph.D. students. He was formerly the Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, where he also served as the dean of engineering for ten years, and as director of the Computer Integrated Design, Manufacturing, and Automation Center. Henry T. Yang joined UC Santa Barbara as chancellor and professor of mechanical engineering in 1994. He teaches one or two courses each year and guides about five Ph.D. students. He was formerly the Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, where he also served as the dean of engineering for ten years, and as director of the Computer Integrated Design, Manufacturing, and Automation Center. Dr. Yang has authored or co-authored around 170 articles for scientific journals (including 43 articles since becoming chancellor), served as P.I. or co-P.I. for 32 sponsored research grants (including 9 NSF grants since becoming chancellor), guided 52 Ph.D. theses (including 12 since becoming chancellor), and received 13 outstanding undergraduate teaching awards (including an honorary distinguished teaching award from UCSB's Academic Senate). His book Finite Element Structural Analysis, published by Prentice-Hall, has been adopted by many universities and has also been published in Japanese and Chinese. He has served on a number of advisory boards, including the Defense Science Board, USAF Scientific Advisory Board, Naval Research Advisory Committee, NASA's Aeronautical Advisory Committee, and the National Science Foundation's Engineering Advisory Committee. He is currently a member of the Kavli Foundation Board and the Millennium Technology Prize Selection Committee, and is serving as chair of the non-profit TMT Observatory Corporation overseeing the Thirty Meter Telescope project. Dr. Yang has received a number of recognitions for his research, teaching, and service, including the Benjamin Garver Lamme gold medal from the American Society of Engineering Education and four honorary doctorates. In 2008, he was awarded the AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of AIAA and ASEE.


Awards/Honors

  • AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Award, 2008
  • Innovator of the Year Award, Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, 2006
  • Executive of the Year, South Coast Business and Technology Awards Dinner, 2004
  • Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award, Purdue University, 1999
  • Benjamin Garver Lamme gold medal, American Society of Engineering Education, 1998
  • American Society of Engineering Education Fellow, 1993
  • Centennial Medal, American Society of Engineering Education, 1993
  • National Academy of Engineering, 1991
  • U.S. Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award, 1989
  • Neil A. Armstrong Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, 1988-1994
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellow, 1985
  • 13 outstanding undergraduate teaching awards
  • Four honorary doctorates

Selected Publications

  • Panel flutter detection and control using the eigenvector orientation method and piezoelectric layers, AIAA Journal, 45/1, 2007, 118-127, N. Sebastijanovic, T.-W. Ma, H.T.Y. Yang
  • Deformation mechanics associated with formation of ultra-fine grained chips in machining, Materials Science Forum, 503-504, 2006, 379-384, M. Sevier, S. Lee, M.R. Shankar, H.T.Y. Yang, S. Chandrasekar, W.D. Compton
  • Sampled data feedback-feedforward control of structures with time delays, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 132/7, 2006, 1129-1138, T.-W. Ma, H.T.Y. Yang
  • Identification of simplified models using adaptive control techniques, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE - Special Issue on Structural Control, 129/7, 2003, 989-997, M.S. Wrobleski, H.T.Y. Yang
  • Semi-inverse method for predicting stress-strain relationship from cone indentations, Journal of Materials Research, 18/9, 2003, 2068-2078, A. DiCarlo, H.T.Y. Yang, S. Chandrasekar
  • Neural networks for sensor fault detection/accommodation in structural control, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 125/7, 1999, 1056-1064, S. Ankireddi, H.T.Y. Yang
  • Flutter control of wing boxes using piezoelectric actuators, Journal of Aircraft, AIAA, 35/6, 1998, 949-957, E.E. Forster, H.T.Y. Yang
  • Flutter predictions using eigenvector orientation approach, AIAA Journal, 36/1, 1998, 69-74, R.M. Pidaparti, D. Afolabi, H.T.Y. Yang
  • Static aeroelastic effects on a transonic indicial response wing flutter calculation, Journal of Aircraft, AIAA, 35/2, 1998, 339-341, R.M. Kolonay, H.T.Y. Yang
  • Finite element structural analysis, Textbook, published by Prentice-Hall and adopted by more than 45 universities, 1986; Chinese edition, 1988; Japanese addition, 1996, 543 pages, T.Y. Yang