Education

Tsinghua University, B.S. in Engineering Mechanics (1982)
Tsinghua University, M.S. in Engineering Mechanics (1985)
Syracuse University, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1988)
Princeton University, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Operations Research (1994)

Research Interests

Electromechanical materials and devices.

Journal Editorships

• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, since 2004.
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, since 2002.
• Associate Editor, World Journal of Engineering, since 2004.

Books

• An Introduction to the Theory of Piezoelectricity, Springer, 2005,   http://www.springeronline.com/
• The Mechanics of Piezoelectric Structures, World Scientific, 2006, http://www.worldscibooks.com/engineering/6057.html
• Analysis of Piezoelectric Devices, World Scientific, 2006, http://www.worldscibooks.com/engineering/6156.html

Review Articles

• J. S. Yang, Piezoelectric transformer structural modeling-a review, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., to appear in the June issue of 2006.
• J. S. Yang, A review of analyses related to vibrations of rotating piezoelectric bodies and gyroscopes, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 52, 698-706, 2005.
• J. S. Yang, A review of a few topics in piezoelectricity, Applied Mechanics Reviews, 59, 335-345, 2006.
• J. S. Yang and Y. T. Hu, Mechanics of electroelastic bodies under biasing fields, Applied Mechanics Reviews, 57, 173-189, 2004.
• J. Wang and J. S. Yang, Higher-order theories of piezoelectric plates and applications, Applied Mechanics Reviews, 53, 87-99, 2000.

Selected Publications

J. S. Yang, H. Xue, H. Y. Fang, Y. T. Hu, J. Wang and L. J. Shen, Effects of electrodes with varying thickness on energy trapping in thickness-shear quartz resonators, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 892-895, 2007.

J. S. Yang, J. J. Liu and J. Y. Li, Analysis of a rectangular ceramic plate in electrically forced thickness-twist vibration as a piezoelectric transformer, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 830-835, 2007.

J. S. Yang, Comment on Y.-H. Hsu et al., “Electrical and mechanical fully coupled theory and experimental verification of Rosen-type piezoelectric transformers” Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 699-670, 2007.

J. S. Yang, Z. G. Chen and Y. T. Hu, Mass sensitivity of thickness-twist modes in a rectangular piezoelectric plate of hexagonal crystals, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 882-887, 2007.

J. S. Yang, Z. G. Chen and Y. T. Hu, Propagation of thickness-twist waves through a joint between two semi-infinite piezoelectric plates, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 888-891, 2007.

J. S. Yang, Z. G. Chen, Y. T. Hu, S. N. Jiang and S. H. Guo, Weakly nonlinear behavior of a plate thickness mode piezoelectric transformer, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 877-881, 2007.

J. Wang, J. S. Yang and J. Y. Li, Energy trapping of thickness-shear vibration modes of elastic plates with functionally graded materials, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 687-690, 2007.

J. S. Yang, Z. G. Chen and Y. T. Hu, Theoretical modeling of a thickness-shear circular cylinder piezoelectric transformer, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 621-626, 2007.

J. S. Yang, Thickness-twist edge modes in a semi-infinite piezoelectric plate of crystals with 6mm symmetry, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 220-221, 2007.

J. S. Yang, Z. G. Chen and Y. T. Hu,An exact analysis of a rectangular plate piezoelectric generator, IEEE Trans. Ultrason., Ferroelect., Freq. Contr., 54, 190-195, 2007.

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Tsinghua Alumni Association, Boston, 1947 & 1949.