Liang-Wu Cai

Liang-Wu Cai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University, where he has been a faculty member since 2001. He has held visiting appointments at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. (2006, 2008), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain (2007, 2011), and as an Adjunct Professor at Pennsylvania State University (2010).

His educational background includes:

• Sc.D. in Applied Mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
• M.Eng. in Solid Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1988
• B.S. in Solid Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, 1985

Dr. Cai's research focuses on wave propagation in various media using analytical and computational approaches. He is active in phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials, which can be engineered for extraordinary properties enabling acoustic cloaking and control of mechanical motions (vibrations, sound, noise). He also maintains interests in nondestructive evaluation, computational mechanics, and composite materials.

He has served in leadership roles within ASME, including Chair of the Noise Control and Acoustics Division (2013-2014) and as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics (2010-2016). Additionally, he has been a track chair for the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition since 2007.

Dr. Cai was elected as a Fellow of the ASME in 2016. He has authored the textbook 'Fundamentals of Mechanical Vibrations' (John Wiley & Sons) and co-authored two textbooks on composite materials in China.

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