Yuanhang Yang received his Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University in August 2022, and was awarded the Virginia Commonwealth University Doctoral Research Excellence Award. In September 2022, he began postdoctoral research at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, focusing on the design and application of intelligent soft structures. In 2026, he will conduct research on flexible sensing and detection at the Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Design and application of intelligent software architecture

1. 2025 Global Particle Physics Excellence Award for Young Scientists Nomination, industry-leading, ranked first.

2. 2022 Virginia Commonwealth University Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship, university-level, ranked first.

1. Yuanhang Yang, Yuxuan Tang, Kai Xue, Junwei Li, Shun Duan, Changjin Huang*. Adaptive 3D Printing of Moldable Conductive Polymer Composite for Highly Sensitive Soft Sensors with a Broad Working Range, npj Flexible Electronics, 2026, 10(22), 1-11. [JCR Q1, IF 15.69, Top]

2. Qingmin Yang, Yingying Zhang, Yuanhang Yang*, Xiaoyun Zhang, Yongliang Ding, Arif Muhammad, Guichen Liu, Facui Yang*, Renyuan Song, Yanfang Tai, Peng Yang, Jian Zhao*. Protein-based materials for gold ion separation: Mechanisms, Challenges and Future Perspectives, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 120364. [JCR Q1, IF 7.2]

3. Maohua Chen#, Jiaxu Wang#, Yuanhang Yang#, Yingge He*, Liqi Li*. Transcending Physiological Obstacles and Pathological Hurdles: Cutting-Edge Innovations and Future Perspectives of Oral Drug Delivery Systems in Intestinal Disorders, Cell Communication and Signaling, 2025, 23(1), 516. [JCR Q1, IF 8.91, Top]

4. Yuanhang Yang*, Sreenivasan Sreenivasan Narayanan, Changjin Huang, Tyler Bender, Hong Zhao*. Advanced Printing Technique for Transferring Graphene Layer into Elastomer for Stretchable Conductors with Tunable Mechanical and Electrical Properties, International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2025, 16(3), 1-19. [JCR Q1, IF 6.6]

5. Yuanhang Yang, Ben Cao, Yuxuan Tang, Changjin Huang*. One-pot Fabrication of Bio-inspired Shape-Morphing Bilayer Structures, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 500, 156735. [JCR Q1, IF 13.3, Top]

6. Yuanhang Yang, Yueying Wang, Marcus Lin, Mingchao Liu*, and Changjin Huang*. Bio-inspired Facile Strategy for Programmable Osmosis-driven Shape-morphing Elastomer Composite Structures, Materials Horizons, 2024, 11, 2180-2190. [JCR Q1, IF 12.2]

7. Yuanhang Yang, Wuwei Li, Sreenivasan Narayanan, Xuewei Wang, Hong Zhao*. Advanced Printing Transfer of Assembled Silver Nanowire Network into Elastomer for Constructing Stretchable Conductors, Advanced Engineering Materials, 2023, 25, 2300675. [JCR Q2, IF 3.4, Editor’s choice]

8. Yuanhang Yang, Shun Duan, Hong Zhao*. Advances in constructing silver nanowire-based conductive pathways for flexible and stretchable electronics, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 11484-11511. [JCR Q1, IF 8.3, Top]

9. Yuanhang Yang, Shun Duan, Weijun Xiao, Hong Zhao*. Silver nanowire-based stretchable strain sensors with hierarchical wrinkled structures, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, 2022, 343, 113653. [JCR Q1, IF 4.1]

10. Yuanhang Yang, Hong Zhao*. Water-induced polymer swelling and its application in soft electronics, Applied Surface Science, 2022, 577(1), 151895. [JCR Q1, IF 6.3, Top]