Yuhang Hu

Dr. Yuhang Hu is an Associate Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, affiliated with the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Her research focuses on soft active materials, particularly hybrid systems combining solid and liquid components. She explores chemo-mechanical modeling, mechanical characterization of soft materials, and the development of dynamic multi-functional materials for applications like energy conversion and biomedical devices.

Education: Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University (2011), M.S. in Applied Physics (Harvard, 2009), and prior degrees from Nanyang Technological University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She previously held positions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Harvard.

Research Interests: Soft materials mechanics, stimuli-responsive gels, bio-inspired materials, and material characterization challenges. Her work integrates experimental and theoretical approaches to bridge mechanics and materials chemistry.

Outreach: Active in STEM education through initiatives like B.T. Washington Elementary STEM Academy and the Midwest Experimental Mechanics Student Conference. Her lab emphasizes interdisciplinary innovation at the Chemomechanics of Soft Materials Lab.