Ying Li
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2015
- M.S., Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 2008
Research Focus
- Multiscale modeling
- Computational material design
- Mechanics and physics of soft matter
- Design of mechanical metamaterials
- Targeted drug delivery
Awards
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2021
- Air Force Young Investigator, 2020
- 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2020
- Best Paper award from ASME Global Congress on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, 2015
- International Institute for Nanotechnology Outstanding Researcher Award,2014
- Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, 2012
- Ryan Fellowship,2011
Publications
Tang, Shan, Ying Li, Hai Qiu, Hang Yang, Sourav Saha, Satyajit Mojumder, Wing Kam Liu, and Xu Guo. “MAP123-EP: A mechanistic-based data-driven approach for numerical elastoplastic analysis.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 364 (2020): 112955.
Deng, Lijun, Ling Wan, Nian Zhou, Shan Tang, and Ying Li. “Anisotropy diffusion of water nanodroplets on phosphorene: Effects of pre-compressive deformation and temperature.” Computational Materials Science 178 (2020): 109623.
Zhou, Nian, Khalil I. Elkhodary, Xiaoxu Huang, Shan Tang, and Ying Li. “Dislocation structure and dynamics govern pop-in modes of nanoindentation on single-crystal metals.” Philosophical Magazine (2020): 1-22.
Ye, Huilin, Zhiqiang Shen, and Ying Li. Multiscale Modeling of Vascular Dynamics of Microand Nano-particles: Application to Drug Delivery System. Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2020.
Chen, Guang, Zhiqiang Shen, Akshay Iyer, Umar Farooq Ghumman, Shan Tang, Jinbo Bi, Wei Chen, and Ying Li. “Machine-Learning-Assisted De Novo Design of Organic Molecules and Polymers: Opportunities and Challenges.” Polymers 12, no. 1 (2020): 163.

ying.3.li@uconn.edu | |
Phone | 860-486-7110 |
Mailing Address | 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3139, Storrs, CT 06269-3139 |
Office Location | UTEB |
Campus | Storrs |