Yonggang Huang

Yonggang Huang
Born2 November 1962 (1962-11-02) (age 61)
Beijing, China
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materPeking University, Harvard University
Known forMechanics of materials and structures across multiple scales
Mechanics of stretchable and dissolvable electronics
Mechanics-guided, deterministic 3D assembly
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2008),

National Academy of Engineering (2017),

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020),

National Academy of Sciences (2020),

Royal Society, London (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsMechanics of materials and structures
InstitutionsUniversity of Arizona
Michigan Technological University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Northwestern University

Yonggang Huang (Chinese: 黄永刚; born 1962) is the Jan and Marcia Achenbach Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University.

Huang was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2017, a member of National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020, and a foreign member of Royal Society, London in 2023 for pioneering work on mechanics of stretchable electronics and mechanically guided, deterministic 3-D assembly.