Rui Huang
· ProfessorUniversity of Texas at Austin · Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Active 2000–2026
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About
The Center for Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Materials (CMSSM) promotes research addressing fundamental and applied issues in the broad field of mechanics of solids, structures and materials. The field of mechanics is playing an increasingly important role in new areas such as materials science and engineering, manufacturing, and the durable design of a variety of microelectronics devices. The backgrounds and expertise of the Center’s faculty bring together the necessary focus on theoretical, experimental, and numerical approaches necessary to solve many of today’s new mechanical problems. The Center’s two main objectives are, firstly, to foster interaction between its members and develop the infrastructure required by its researchers and, secondly, to disseminate the results of the research to the public, increase the visibility of the activity, and help expand interactions with industry and other research groups.
Research topics
- Materials science
- Nanotechnology
- Computer Science
- Physics
- Mechanics
- Composite material
- Thermodynamics
- Crystallography
Selected publications
Nanostructured block copolymer muscles
Nature Nanotechnology · 2022 · 150 citations
Mechanics at the interfaces of 2D materials: Challenges and opportunities
Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science · 2020 · 143 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingA multiscale cohesive zone model for rate-dependent fracture of interfaces
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 2020 · 62 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingruihuang08/Reversible-chain-scission: Reversible chain scission 20260314
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-03-14
otherOpen access1st authorCorrespondingThis release is prepared for submission of the manuscript to Soft Matter.
ruihuang08/Reversible-chain-scission: Reversible chain scission 20260314
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-03-14
otherOpen access1st authorCorrespondingThis release is prepared for submission of the manuscript to Soft Matter.
Recent grants
NSF · $197k · 2016–2020
NSF · $159k · 2007–2009
Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics of Hydrogel-Like Soft Materials
NSF · $442k · 2015–2020
Frequent coauthors
- 51 shared
Paul S. Ho
The University of Texas at Arlington
- 39 shared
Kenneth M. Liechti
The University of Texas at Austin
- 32 shared
Jay Im
Montefiore Medical Center
- 25 shared
Meng Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 25 shared
Minggang Su
West China Hospital of Sichuan University
- 25 shared
Xiaoyan Liang
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
- 25 shared
Qian Li
Shanxi Medical University
- 22 shared
Tengfei Jiang
University of Central Florida
Labs
Education
- 1994
B.S., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
- 2001
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Princeton University
Awards & honors
- NSF CAREER Award (2006)
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2014…
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