Biography

Dr. Xiaodong Yang joined the Missouri S&T faculty in 2011. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from University of Science and Technology of China in 2000 and a master’s degree in physics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003. He earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in 2009.

His interdisciplinary research focuses on the physics and applications of photonics, plasmonics and optical metamaterials based on engineered optical nanostructures used for nanoelectromechanical systems, optical sensing, optical communication and solar and thermal energy harvesting.

Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

Research Interests

Optical materials and devices in nanophotonics and plasmonics, Physics and applications of optical metamaterials, Nanoscale optomechanics, optical nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), Integrated optofluidic devices and optical sensors, Photon management for solar/thermal energy harvesting, and Optical device micro-/nano-fabrication

Education

• 2009 – Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
• 2003 – M.S. in Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2000 – B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China