Shan Jiang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mississippi. He holds dual Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering and Computational Mechanics. His research focuses on multi-scale modeling and simulation of advanced materials, the behavior of engineering materials and structures under extreme conditions, and the mechanical properties of advanced manufactured materials. His work has been and continues to be funded by prestigious organizations such as the NSF, NASA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Prior to joining the University of Mississippi in 2016, Dr. Jiang served as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Research Interests
Mechanics of materials and structures; Multiscale modeling and simulations; Thermo-mechanical response of engineering materials and structures to extreme loading conditions; In-Space Additive manufacturing and construction; High-performance computation for simulation-based engineering science
Biography
University of Missouri – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computational Chemistry, 2014 – 2016; University of Missouri, Columbia – Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2014; Dalian University of Technology – Ph.D., Computational Mechanics (Dual-PhD program), 2013
Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia (2014)