Dr. H. Yang: Expert in Biomechanics and Crashworthiness Research
Dr. H. Yang, a renowned WSU Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Bioengineering Center, is a leader in biomechanics and injury prevention studies. He is a Fellow of the SAE and AIMBE, and actively contributes as a council member of IRCOBI. His research spans injury biomechanics, orthopedic biomechanics, and human modeling for safety. Additionally, Dr. Yang engages with international institutions and contributes to various academic journals, advancing knowledge in vehicular structure design and material properties for enhanced crashworthiness.
Dr. H. Yang: Expert in Biomechanics and Crashworthiness Research
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King H. Yang, Ph.D. • WSU Professor in Biomedical Engineering & Director of Bioengineering Center • Fellow of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) • Council member of the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI) and member of the advisory committee of Stapp Car Crash Conference • Editorial board member of the Int. J. of Vehicle Safety and IRCOBI conference proceedings, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology • Visiting professors of Monash Uni., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Taipei Medical School, National Cheng-Kung Uni., Hong Kong Polytechnic Uni., and Chang-Jiang Scholar Professor of Hunan Uni.
Research Interests • Biomechanics: • injury biomechanics from head to toe • orthopedic biomechanics • Human modeling for active and passive safety • Crashworthiness: • experimental and numerical investigations of vehicular structure design • material constitutive laws properties identification