Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2012

• University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Mechanical Engineering, M.S. 2007

• Shandong University, Mechanical Engineering, B.S. 2004

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Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2018 - Present

• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2013 - 2018

• Postdoc Research Fellow, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2012-2013

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Awards and Honors

• 2025 the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

• 2022 ASME Fellow

• 2022 Texas A&M TEES Genesis Award 

• 2021 NSF Growing Convergence Research Award

• 2020 Texas A&M TEES Genesis Award 

• 2020 SPIE Senior Member

• 2019 Texas A&M TEES Genesis Award

• 2018 NSF CAREER AWARD

• 2015 Special Congressional Recognition Certificate

• 2012 ASME SMASIS Student Best Hardware Competition Award

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Research Summary

         Dr. Wang is active in research involving smart materials and structures applied to nanomedicine, nano-to microrobotics, sensing, energy harvesting, and vibration control. Dr. Wang's work has resulted in 78 journal articles and 40 conference proceedings publications. She holds 3 issued utility patents. She is associate editor for Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (2019 - date), Frontiers Materials (2020 - date), and International Journal of Mechanical Systems Engineering (2015 - date).

         Dr. Wang is a fellow of ASME, a senior member of SPIE, a member of IEEE, and a member of AIAA. She was elected as a technical committee member of the ASME Aerospace Division, Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Branch. She has been a Conference Symposium Chair for ASME SMASIS 2017 and 2018 conferences.