Dr YANG Lei 楊磊

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Research Assistant Professor

Area of Specialization: Mechanics of materials; Impact dynamics; Constitutive modeling; Planetary defense

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lei-yang.yang@polyu.edu.hk

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Biography

PhD (The University of Sydney)

Short Description

Dr Lei Yang joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University as a Research Assistant Professor in Jan 2026. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at Johns Hopkins University between 2023 and 2025. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Sydney in 2022.

His research aims to see, understand, predict, and design the behavior of structural materials under extreme loading conditions (such as impact, shock and blast), through a combination of experiments, physics-based theoretical and computational modeling, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing. His goal is to ensure the success and safety of real-world applications in critical sectors where extreme loading scenarios prevail, such defense, energy, and space.

Please reach out to Dr Yang for fully funded PhD and RA opportunities. Note that the PhD candidate will be mainly supervised by Prof. YW MAI.

Opening for PhD Position

Selected Publications

Yang, L., Kuwik, B. S., Singh, S., Ghosh, S., Moreno, J., Hurley, R., & Ramesh, K. T. (2025). A mechanism‐based constitutive model for competent rocks subjected to impact loading. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(5), e2024JB031101.
Li, L., Kilic, V., Alemohammad, M., Yang, L., Ramesh, K. T., Foster, M. A., & Hufnagel, T. C. (2024). Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensing: A new approach to time-resolved measurement of the stress intensity factor during dynamic fracture. Mechanics of Materials, 194, 105010.
Yang, L., Wu, S., Gao, K., & Shen, L. (2022). Simultaneous propagation of hydraulic fractures from multiple perforation clusters in layered tight reservoirs: Non-planar three-dimensional modelling. Energy, 254, 124483.
Chilvers, J., Yang, L., Lin, X., & Zhang, Y. X. (2022). Experimental and numerical investigations of hybrid-fibre engineered cementitious composite panels under contact explosions. Engineering Structures, 266, 114582.
Yang, L., Wang, G., Zhao, G. F., & Shen, L. (2020). A rate-and pressure-dependent damage-plasticity constitutive model for rock. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 133, 104394.
Yang, L., Lin, X., Li, H., & Gravina, R. J. (2019). A new constitutive model for steel fibre reinforced concrete subjected to dynamic loads. Composite Structures, 221, 110849.