Shu Yang is a Professor in the Departments of Materials Science & Engineering, and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Her group is interested in novel synthesis, fabrication, and assembly of polymers, liquid crystals, and colloids with precisely controlled size, shape, and geometry and their dynamic tuning. Combining novel materials at the nanoscale and geometric designs in micro- and macroscale, the Yang lab explores potential applications of the smart and bioinspired materials, including coatings, adhesives, sensing and displays, smart windows, robotics, and biomedical devices. Yang received her B.S. degree from Fudan University and Ph. D. degree from Cornell University. She worked at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies as a Member of Technical Staff before joining Penn in 2004. She received George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research from Penn Engineering (2015-2016). She is a Fellow of American Physical Society (2018), Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division of from American Chemical Society (2018), Royal Chemical Society (2017), and National Academy of Inventors (2014).

Abstract: Discovering Geometry and the Materials Applications