Yonggang Huang

About

Yonggang Huang is the Achenbach Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. He is interested in mechanics of stretchable and flexible electronics, and deterministic 3D assembly. He has published 2 books and more than 700 journal papers, including 16 in Science and 10 in Nature. He is a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering (2009), in Materials Science (since 2014), and in Physics (2018). He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, US National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a foreign member of the Royal Society (London). His recognitions for undergraduate teaching include the Cole-Higgins Award for Excellence in Teaching at Northwestern University in 2016 and 2024. His significant professional service includes roles such as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Applied Mechanics, Co-Editor in Chief of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, and President of the Society of Engineering Sciences. His research focuses on mechanics related to stretchable electronics, bioelectronics, and advanced assembly techniques, contributing extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering through innovative studies and leadership in the scientific community.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Medicine
• Materials science
• Biomedical engineering
• Nanotechnology
• Engineering
• Telecommunications
• Internal medicine
• Electrical engineering
• Surgery

Selected publications

• Skin-interfaced biosensors for advanced wireless physiological monitoring in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units

  Nature Medicine · 2020 · 462 citations

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• Fully implantable and bioresorbable cardiac pacemakers without leads or batteries

  Nature Biotechnology · 2021 · 332 citations

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• Catheter-integrated soft multilayer electronic arrays for multiplexed sensing and actuation during cardiac surgery

  Nature Biomedical Engineering · 2020 · 315 citations

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• Stretchable, dynamic covalent polymers for soft, long-lived bioresorbable electronic stimulators designed to facilitate neuromuscular regeneration

  Nature Communications · 2020 · 276 citations

  Bioresorbable electronic stimulators are of rapidly growing interest as unusual therapeutic platforms, i.e., bioelectronic medicines, for treating disease states, accelerating wound healing processes and eliminating infections. Here, we present advanced materials that support operation in these systems over clinically relevant timeframes, ultimately bioresorbing harmlessly to benign products without residues, to eliminate the need for surgical extraction. Our findings overcome key challenges of…

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• A transient, closed-loop network of wireless, body-integrated devices for autonomous electrotherapy

  Science · 2022 · 249 citations

  Temporary postoperative cardiac pacing requires devices with percutaneous leads and external wired power and control systems. This hardware introduces risks for infection, limitations on patient mobility, and requirements for surgical extraction procedures. Bioresorbable pacemakers mitigate some of these disadvantages, but they demand pairing with external, wired systems and secondary mechanisms for control. We present a transient closed-loop system that combines a time-synchronized, wireless ne…

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Recent grants

• Collaborative Research: Laser-driven Micro-Transfer Printing

  NSF · $100k · 2013–2016

• EAGER: USA-Singapore Collaborative Research and Education on Strain-engineered Conformable Electronics

  NSF · $180k · 2010–2012

• Fractal Mechanics of Stretchable Piezoelectrics for Mechanical Energy Harvesting

  NSF · $300k · 2014–2019

Frequent coauthors

• John A. Rogers

  436 shared

• John A. Rogers

  Northwestern University

  343 shared

• Yihui Zhang

  Xi'an Jiaotong University

  150 shared

• Jizhou Song

  Zhejiang University

  148 shared

• Ao Wang

  Central South University

  126 shared

• Xue Feng

  90 shared

• Ha Uk Chung

  Sibel (United States)

  90 shared

• Zhaoqian Xie

  89 shared

Awards & honors

• Member, National Academy of Sciences
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Member, National Academy of Engineering
• Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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