Yu-Lin Shen
Professor & Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
USA
TEL: 505-277-6286
FAX: 505-277-1571
E-MAIL: shenyl@unm.edu
Experience and Education
Professor, 2006 -- present; Associate Professor, 2001 -- 2006; Assistant Professor, 1996 -- 2001; Department
of Mechanical Engineering , University
of New Meixco .
Post-doctoral Research Associate,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering ,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,
1994 -- 1996.
Ph.D. in Engineering
(Materials Science Group),
Brown University , 1994.
M.S. and B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
,
National Tsing Hua University , Taiwan, 1988, 1986.
Research Interests
Deformation and Failure of Heterogeneous Materials and Structures; Micro-mechanical Modeling
Surface Instabilities & Wrinkle Formation in Thin Films and Soft Structures
Nanoindentation Characterization of Metal/Ceramic Multilayer Coatings
Thermo-mechanical Reliability of Microelectronic Packages
Mechanical and Thermal Behavior of Heterogeneous Material Systems
Teaching
ME260 Mechanical Engineering Design II
ME370 Engineering Materials Science
ME352L Materials Laboratory
ME306 Dynamics
ME401/501 CE501 Advanced Mechanics of Materials
ME471/571 Advanced Materials Science
ME462 Special Topic: Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
ME512 Continuum Mechanics
ME540 Elasticity I
ME542 Deformatio n Analysis & Modeling
ME472/572 Aerospace Structures and Materials
ME462/562 Special Topic: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ME561 Special Topic: Inelastic Deformation
ME561 Special Topic:
Nanomechanics of Materials
Honors and Awards
World's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists List (Career Impact, 1960-2021) by Elsevier/Stanford University
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty
Fellow, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty
Enhancement Award
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award
UNM School
of Engineering Junior Faculty
Research Excellence
Award
UNM Regents' Lectureship
UNM School
of Engineering Junior Faculty
Teaching Excellence
Award
Sigma Xi ,
UNM Chapter Young Outstanding Engineer Award
Professional and Honorary Society Affiliations
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
ASM International (ASM)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
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