Dr. Yao Chen received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University in 2022. Prior to this, he received his MSME from University of Southern California, and BSME from Xiamen University. His research interests focus on solid mechanics and flexible robotics.

Publications

1. Chen, Y., Ding, J.L., Babaiasl, M., Yang, F., Swensen, J.P., 2022. Characterization and modeling of a thermoplastic elastomer tissue simulant under uniaxial compression loading for a wide range of strain rates. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105218

2.  Hu, Y., Ding, J.-L., Chen, Y., 2020. Effects of nanofiller geometries and interfacial properties on the mechanical performance of polymer nanocomposites—A numerical study. Polymers and Polymer Composites 29, S19–S35. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967391120983636

3.  Babaiasl, M., Boccelli, S., Chen, Y., Yang, F., Ding, J.-L., Swensen, J.P., 2020. Predictive mechanics-based model for depth of cut (DOC) of waterjet in soft tissue for waterjet-assisted medical applications. Med Biol Eng Comput 58, 1845–1872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-020-02182-0

4.  Babaiasl, M., Yang, F., Chen, Y., Ding, J., Swensen, J.P., n.d. Predicting Depth of Cut of Water-jet in Soft Tissue Simulants based on Finite Element Analysis with the Application to Fracture-directed Water-jet Steerable Needles. 2019 International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR) 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMR.2019.8710183

5.  Chang, Y.-C., Chen, Y., Ning, J., Hao, C., Rock, M., Amer, M., Feng, S., Falahati, M., Wang, L.-J., Chen, R.K., Zhang, J., Ding, J.-L., Li, L., 2019. No Such Thing as Trash: A 3D-Printable Polymer Composite Composed of Oil-Extracted Spent Coffee Grounds and Polylactic Acid with Enhanced Impact Toughness. ACS Sustain Chem Eng 7, 15304–15310. https://doi.org/10.1021/