Dr. Yichao Tang is currently a Full Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Tongji University, Shanghai, China. He joined Tongji in 2021 Fall. Prior to Tongji, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. Dr. Tang received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Temple University, USA in 2018, and M.S. at Worcester Polytechnique Institute, USA in 2012. Dr. Tang is the recipient of the 2019 Humboldt Fellowship.
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Selected Publications:
1. S. Tawfick* and Y. Tang, “Stronger Artificial Muscles with a Twist”, Science, 365, 6449, 125 (2019)
2. Y. Tang, Y. Chi, J. Sun, T. Huang, O. Maghsoudi, A. Spence, J. Zhao, H. Su, J. Yin*, “Leveraging Elastic instabilities for Amplified Performance (LEAP): Spine-inspired High-speed and High-force Soft Machines”, Science Advances, 6, 6912 (2020)
3. Y. Tang#, Y. Li#, Y. Hong, S. Yang and J. Yin*, “Programmable Active Kirigami Metasheets with more Freedom of Actuation”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 52, 26407 (2019)
4. Y. Tang, M. Li, T. Wang, X. Dong, W. Hu, M. Sitti, “Wireless Miniature Magnetic Phase-Change Soft Actuators”, Advanced Materials, 34, 2204185 (2022)
5. Y. Tang, G. Lin, S. Yang, Y. K. Yi, R. D. Kamien, and J. Yin*, “Programmable Kiri-kirigami Metamaterials”, Advanced Materials, 29, 1604262 (2017)
6. M. Li#, Y. Tang#, R. Soon, B. Dong, W. Hu* and M. Sitti*, “Miniature Coiled Artificial Muscle for Wireless Soft Medical Devices”, Science Advances, 8, 10, abm5616 (2022)
7. Y. Tang, G. Lin, L. Han, S. Qiu, S. Yang* and J. Yin*, “Design of hierarchically cut hinges for highly stretchable and reconfigurable metamaterials with enhanced strength”, Advanced Materials, 27, 7181-7190 (2015)
8. Y. Tang*, Q. Zhang, G. Lin and J. Yin*, “Switchable Adhesion Actuator for Amphibious Climbing Soft Robot”, Soft Robotics, 5, 5, 592 (2018)