Gang Wang, Ph.D. Associate Professor, MAE UAH Campus Director of ASGC Contact 5000 Technology Drive NWOlin B. King Technology HallRoom N269Huntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.6209gang.wang@uah.edu Biography Dr. Wang's areas of research include solid mechanics, adaptive structures, rotorcraft, and emerging technologies. Before joining UAH in August 2010, Dr. Wang was employed with Techno-Sciences Inc. as a Principal Engineer. He directed and performed research development focused on rotorcraft systems technologies, smart materials, advanced actuators and controls for vehicle performance enhancement, vibration and shock control, mechanical and dynamic analysis, and test and evaluation of prototype aerospace systems. Dr. Wang has authored and presented more than 27 technical papers in professional conferences and 20 archival journals related to smart structures and structural dynamics research. He is a co-inventor of three US Patents entitled “Adaptive Energy Absorption System For A Vehicle System.” (No. 7,822,522 and 7,921,973) and “Constant Force Control Methodology For Shock Absorption.” (No. 8,311,705). Dr. Wang is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and a member of the ASME. He is a Technical Committee member of the Adaptive Structures & Material Systems (ASMS) Committee under Aerospace Division of the ASME. Curriculum Vitae Personal Website Education Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, 2001 M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, 1998 M.E. Computational Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, China, 1996 B.E. Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, China, 1993 Honors & Awards ASME Fellow, 2020 ASME Ephrahim Garcia Best Paper Award, 2016 AIAA Associate Fellow, 2013 AIAA National Capital Section Young Researcher/Scientist Award, 2006 University of Maryland Minta-Martin Fellowship, 2000/2001 Expertise Solid Mechanics Adaptive Structures Rotorcraft Emerging Technologies Recent Publications M. Jang, S. P. Rabbitte, A. Frendi, R.T. Conners, Y. Lei, and G. Wang, 2025, “Wide Bandwidth High-Power Triboelectric Energy Harvesting by Scotch Tape,” ACS Omega, 10, 3, 2778–2789 M. Jang, Y. Lei, R.T. Conners, and G. Wang, 2023, “Self-powered triboelectric wearable biosensor using Scotch tape,” Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 11, 10640 – 10650. M. Jang, S. Rabbitte, Y. Lei, S. Chung, and G. Wang, 2023, “Power Generation by a Limestone-Contained Putty,” ACS Omega, 8, 10, 9326–9333. M. Jang, Jacob D. Lee, Y. Lei, S. Chung, and G. Wang, 2022, “Power Generation by a Double-sided Tape,” ACS Omega 2022, 7, 46, 42359–42369 B. Ha, K. Gilbert, and G. Wang, 2021, “Development of PZT Fiber Rosette to Locate Acoustic Source,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 32(10) 1059–1070. P. Borate, G. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2020, “Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring Approach Using Guided Lamb Wave Responses,” ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 33 (4), 04020033. ZF Yu, T. Pillsbury, G. Wang, and N.M. Wereley, 2019, “Hyperelastic Analysis of Pneumatic Artificial Muscle with Filament-Wound Sleeve and Coated Outer Layer,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 28, No. 10. 105019. D. Barot, G. Wang, and LZ Duan, 2019, “High Resolution Dynamic Strain Sensor Using a Polarization Maintaining Fiber Bragg Grating,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, DOI 10.1109/LPT.2019.2905951. G. Wang and J.W. Shen, 2019, “Flutter Instabilities of Cantilevered Piezoelectric Pipe Conveying Fluid,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 30(4) 606–617. G. Wang, 2018, “Beam Damage Uncertainty Quantification Using Guided Lamb Wave Responses, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 29, No.3, pp. 323–334.