George J. Weng
American mechanical engineering professor
George J. Weng is a Chinese-American scientist, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University. His expertise is in the field of solid mechanics. He made contributions to micromechanics, composite materials, multifunctional materials, and nanocomposites. His works carried a distinct connection between the micro-scale processes and the macro-scale phenomena of solids.
Early life and education
Weng was born in Tainan, Taiwan in 1944. He went to National Taiwan University to study Mechanical Engineering, received a B.S. in 1967. In 1974, he received his Ph.D. from Yale University in Engineering and Applied Science under the supervision of Prof. Aris Phillips (Aristoteles Philippidis), with a dissertation titled "The Investigation of Yield Surface by Dislocation Mechanics".
Career
He joined Rutgers University as an Assistant Professor in 1977, became an Associate Professor in 1980, a Full Professor in 1984, and a Distinguished Professor in 1992. Prior to that, he was awarded a Dutch Government Fellowship as a research fellow at Delft University of Technology (1973–1974).
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