Yong Shi, PD, Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering department

Stevens Institute of Technology

Tel: (201) 216-5594, Fax: (201)216-8315, Email:yong.shi@stevens.edu

Professional Preparation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology MEMS Ph. D. 2004

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Active Structures M.S. 2001

National University of Defense Tech. (China) Composite Materials B. Eng. 1985

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Stevens, Hoboken, NJ 09/04-present;

Research Assistant Aero/Astro and ME Department, MIT, 09/98-08/04; Research Director/Associate Director, Composites Department, Beijing spacecraft, P. R. China, 01/97-08/98; Sinosat Satellite Platform Coordinator, Aerospatiale, Cannes, France, 03/96-12/96; Division Engineer/Engineer in composites, Beijing Spacecraft, P. R. China, 08/85 -02/96.

Research Interest

Functional nanofibers and nanocomposites, micro/nano actuators and sensors, RF, Bio, optical MEMS/NEMS design, modeling and fabrication, novel micro/nano fabrication methods, micro/nano mechanics & failure mechanism.

Patents

1. Yong Shi, Sundeep Mangla, Ming Zhang, “Nano-fiber activated semi-robotic device for thrombus retrieval in stroke therapy” (pending)

2. Yong Shi, Shiyou Xu, “Fabrication of nano piezoelectric fibers” (patent pending)

3. S. Kim, Y. Shi, “A self-alignment, self-cleaning long lifecycle RF MEMS switch with

lateral contact” (pending)

Relevant and Recent Publications

1. Shiyou Xu, Vinod Challa, Yong Shi, "Characterization of Piezoelectric Response of PZT Nanofibers," Proceedings of MNC2007 MicroNanoChina07 January 10-13, 2007, Sanya, Hainan, China

2. Yong Shi, Xiangyi Zhang, Shiyou Xu, Sang-Gook Kim, “Fabrication and process characterization of piezoelectric nano fiber composites,” ASME Multifunctional Nanocomposites Insternational Conference, September 20-22, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

3. Shiyou Xu, Yong Shi, Sang-Gook Kim, “Fabrication and mechanical property of nano piezoelectric fibers,” Nanotechnology, Vol.17 4497-4501, 2006

Symposium V, November 28 to December 2, 2005, Boston, MA, USA

4. Yong Shi, Shiyou Xu, Sang-Gook Kim, “Partially aligned piezoelectric nanofibers by

sol-gel electrospinning process,” Proceedings of Nano2005, Integrated Nanosystems:

Design, Synthesis and Applications, September 14-16, 2005, University of California,

Berkeley, USA.

5. Yong Shi, Sang-Gook Kim, “Micro undulated contact surfaces on the contact behavior

of a MEMS Switch,” Word Tribology Congress III, Washington Hilton, Washington, D.

C., USA, 2005

6. Yong Shi, Sang-Gook Kim, "Critical process issues in the fabrication of a lateral self-cleaning, MEMS switch," MRS Spring meeting, Symposium J, San Francisco, CA,

USA, 2005

7. Yong Shi, Sang-Gook Kim, “A lateral, self-cleaning, direct contact MEMS switch,” 18thIEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Miami Beach,

Florida, USA, 2005

8. Kessler S. Seth., Spearing S. Mark., Yong Shi. and Chris. T. Dunn. “Packaging of

structural health monitoring components.” Proceedings of the SPIE’s 11th International

Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 14-18 March 2004, San Diego, CA

9. Sang-Gook Kim, Yong Shi, Yongbae Jeon, “Design of micro-photonic beam steering

systems”, 2002 CIRP Annal, August, 2002, Spain

10.Yong Shi, Nesbitt W. Hagood, “Actuation efficiency and work flow in piezoelectrically driven systems,” ASM/ASME, Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems, Nov. 2001, New York, USA

Synergistic and Professional Activities

While teaching Mechanics of Solids for undergraduates (E126) and Introduction to Micro and Nano Electromechanical Systems (ME573) for graduate students, new course such as

Design and Fabrication of Nano and Micro Systems has also been developed for the Nanotechnology Graduate Curriculum- a new interdisciplinary program launched at Stevens; Designing and establishing the Micro Device Lab at the Design and Manufacturing Institute at Stevens, a half-million project funded by the Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), including the clean room design, equipment layout and acquiring from purchase and donation; Served as proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation and Department of Energy; and also served as peer reviewer for Science, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Nanotechnology, Smart Materials and Structures, Measurement Science and Technology, Members of ASME, IEEE, MRS, ASEE

External Collaborators and Other Affiliations

Domestic: Prof. Ming Zhang and Prof. Sundeep Mangla, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Prof. Sang-Gook Kim, MIT, Prof. Frank Fisher, Stevens, Prof. Jiang Zhe University of Akron; Shuiyu Lu, National Institute of Health, Prof. Jun Zhang, New York University

International: Prof. Junhui He, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Science, Prof. Ruiqing Jia, Beijing University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, China

Doctoral Thesis Advisor and Postdoctoral/Visiting Scholar Sponsor

Students: Shiyou Xu (Ph. D), Xiangyi Zhang (Ph.D), Rick Galos (Ph.D), Vinod Challa

(Ph.D), Digvijaysinh Chudasama (MS), Vincent Lin (MS), Post Doc: Dr. Chin-Cheng Su

Visiting Scholar: Prof. Ruiqing Jia, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing,

China (Oct. 2004 –June 2006)