Dai-Ning Fang 

"Yangtze River" Distinguished Professor of MOE of China
Maishitong Chair Professor of Peking University Senior
Associate Dean, College of Engineering, Peking University 
Vice Chairman of Asia-Pacific Society of Mechanics of Materials 

Contact Information

Tel：010-62760322 
Email：fangdn@pku.edu.cn

Homepage ：http://www2.coe.pku.edu.cn/subpage.asp?id=1615 

Research Interests
(1) Mechanics of electromagnetic materials and microelectronics devices
(2) Mechanics of advanced materials and lightweight lattice composite materials
(3) Micromechanics and physics-based continuum models across length scales

Education and Professional Preparation 
Nanjing Chemical University, Mechanical Engineering, B.S., 1982 
Nanjing Chemical University, Mechanical Engineering, M.S., 1986 
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D., 1993 
Tel-Aviv c Solid Mechanics and Materials Structures, postdoctoral, 1993-1994 
Maryland University, Mechanical Engineering, Research associate,1994-1995

Appointments 
2009– Chair Professor, College of Engineering, Peking University 
1995–2009 Chair Professor, School of Aerospace, Tsinghua University, China 
2006 Visiting Professor, Cambridge University, UK. 
2001 Visiting Professor, Purdue University, USA. 
2000,1999 Visiting Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 
1994 Visiting Scholar,Maryland University, U.S.A. 
1986–1989 Lecture, Mech. Eng. Department, Nanjing Chemical University, China


List of 12 significant publications 
[1]Fang Daining and Liu Jinxi, Fracture Mechanics of Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Solids, In Chinese, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2008; In English, Berlin: Springer, 2010 
[2]Fang Daining, Zhang Yihui and Cui Xiaodong, Mechanics and Multifunctional Design of Light-weight Lattice Materials, In Chinese, Beijing: Science Press, 2009 II.Ten Journal Papers: *?Corresponding author 
[3]Zhang YH, Li JY, *Fang D N. Oxygen-vacancy-induced memory effect and large recoverable strain in barium titanate single crystal. Physical Review B, 2010, 82: 064103.
[4]Tang W; *Fang D N; Li J Y. Two-scale Micromechanics-based Probabilistic Modeling of domain Switching in Ferroelectric Ceramics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2009, 57(10), 1683-1701. 
[5]Zhang Y H, Hong J W, Liu B, *Fang D N. Molecular Dynamics Investigations on Size-dependant Ferroelectric Behavior of BaTiO3 Nanowires. Nanotechnology, 2009, 20(40), 405703
[6]Zhang Y H, Xue Z Y, Chen L M, *Fang D N. Deformation and Collapse Mechanisms of Lattice Cylindrical Shells under Axial Loading. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2009, 51: 213-221. 
[7]*Fang D N.?Wan Y. P.?Feng X., Soh A K. Deformation and Fracture of Functional Ferromagnetics, Transactions of the ASME, Applied Mechanics Reviews, MARCH 2008, Vol. 61 / 020803-1-23 
[8]Sun Y. X.. and *Fang D.N. Thermoelastic Damping in Micro-beam Resonators Inter. J. of Solids & Struc., 2006, 43: 3213–3229 
[9]*Fang D.N, Zhang Zhen-Ke, Soh Ai Kah, Lee Kwok Lun, Fracture criteria of piezoelectric ceramics with defects?Mechanics of Materials, 2004, 36(10): 917-928. 
[10]*Fang D.N.Jiang Bing and Hwang Keh-Chih A model for predicting effective properties of piezocomposites with non-piezoelectric inclusions, J. of Elasticity, 2001, 62: 95-118.
[11]Fang D.N., Lu W., Inoue T. and Hwang Keh-Chih, Stress-strain relation of CuAlNi SMA single crystal under biaxial loading – constitutive model and experiments. Acta Mater., 1999, 47(1): 269-280. 
[12]Fang D. and Berkovits A., Fatigue design model based on damage mechanisms revealed by AE measurement , Trans. ASME, Journal of Eng. Materials and Technology, V.117, 1995, 117:200-208.