Education background
1978.9-1982.7: B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Huhhot, China
1982.9-1983.9: Graduate student, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
1983.10-1986.3: M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
1986.4-1989.3: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
Experience
State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Professor, 1999-Present, full time
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, Visiting Scholar, 2001.7-2002.4, full time
State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua Univ., Associate Professor, 1993-1999, full time
City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Croucher Foundation Research Fellow, 1997.3-1997.9, full time
Kumamoto Univ., Japan, Visiting Research Fellow, 1995.6-1995.9, full time
State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua Univ., Lecturer, 1992-1993, full time
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
Active Friction Control: Electrochemical control of boundary lubricating films; Aqueous lubrication; Friction modeling; Surface texture effect on lubrication and friction; Friction clutches; Tribological design of machine elements.
Smart Materials and Surfaces: Electrorheological and magnetorheological fluids/elastomers; Application of piezoelectric and magnetorestrictive materials; Smart surfaces.
MEMS/NEMS: Experiment evaluations of mechanical and tribological properties of micro/nano-components; Bioinspired Microsystems; Nano-positioning and nano-fabrication.
Ultra-thin Film Gas Lubrication: Molecular gas lubrication and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo; Analysis and design of head sliders in hard-disk drivers; Measurement of flying head attitude.
Honors And Awards
Y. Meng, Y.Tian, Q. Zhao, et. al., Control of Machine Lubrication and Interfacial Behavior by Electromagnetic Fields, First Class Prize, Natural Science Awards of Chinese High Education, 2013.
Y. Tian, Y. Meng, S. Wen, The principles of Active Control of the Mechanical Properties of Electrorheological Fluids and Its Applications, Second Class Prize, Natural Science Awards of Chinese High Education, 2008.
Academic Achievement
[1] Jun Zhang, Yonggang Meng, Stick-Slip Friction of Stainless Steel in Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Aqueous Solution in the Boundary Lubrication Regime, Tribology Letters, 56, 543-552, 2014.
[2] Xiaoyong Yang, Yonggang Meng, Yu Tian, Effect of Imidazolium Ionic Liquid Additives on Lubrication Performance of Propylene Carbonate under Different Electrical Potentials, Tribology Letters, 56,161-169,2014
[3] JintaiMi, Yonggang Meng, Numerical Analysis of Hydrodynamic Lubrication and Motion of a Rolling Piston in Rotary Compressors, Tribology Transactions, 57,1136-1147, 2014
[4] Junming Ma, Qian Zhao, Yonggang Meng, Magnetically controllable Casimir force based on superparamagnetic meta-metamaterials, Physical Review B, 89,075421, 2014.
[5] LichunHao, Yonggang Meng, Cheng C. Chen, Experimental Investigation on Effects of Surface Texturing on Lubrication of Line Contacts, Lubrication Science, 26, 363－373.
[6] Jile Jiang, Ying Dan Liu, Lei Shan, Xiangjun Zhang, Yonggang Meng, Hyoung Jin Choi, Yu Tian， Shear thinning and shear thickening characteristics in electrorheological fluids， Smart Mater. Struct. 2014, 23: 015003.
[7] Xiaoyong Yang, Yonggang Meng, Yu Tian, Potential Controlled Boundary Lubrication of Stainless Steels in Non-aqueous Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Solution. Tribology Letters, 53（1），17－26, 2014
[8] ZilianQu, Qian Zhao, Yonggang Meng, Improvement of eddy current sensor sensitivity for nano-scale thickness measurement of Cu films，NDT & E International, 61（2014）,53-57
[9] SihanShen, Yonggang Meng, Effect of Surface Energy on the Wear Process of Bulk-fabricated MEMS Devices, Tribology Letters, 52,213-221,2013.
[10] ZilianQu, Qian Zhao, Yonggang Meng, Tongqing Wang, Dewen Zhao, Yanwu Men, Xinchun Lu, In-Situ Measurement of Cu Film Thickness during the CMP Process by Using Eddy Current Method Alone, Microelectronic Engineering, 108:66-70, 2013.
