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Yanfeng
Yanfeng Shen
Associate Dean / Associate Professor, JI
Office 400C
Tel +86-21-34206765 Ext. 4003
Email yanfeng.shen@sjtu.edu.cn
Webpage https://amis.sjtu.edu.cn/

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina (2014)
B.S. Engineering Mechanics, Wuhan University (2010)

Work Experience

2023 – Pres Associate Dean for Research, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2023 – Pres Tenured Associate Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020 – 2023 Associate Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2016 -2020. Assistant Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan

Research Interests

  • Structural health monitoring
  • Nondestructive evaluation
  • Ultrasonics and structural vibrations
  • Sensors and actuators
  • Elastic metamaterials for wave and vibration control

Honors and Awards

  • ASME “Highest Citation Paper Award”(Five years after publication), ASME Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems (2023)
  • First-class Course of Shanghai (Introduction to Engineering, course leader), Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (2023)
  • 2021“Jia-He” Teaching Excellence Award, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2022)
  • Ko Guan Top Ten Teachers, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2021)
  • Shanghai-rising Star, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM) (2021)
  • Achenbach Medal, the International Structural Health Monitoring Community (2020)
  • Outstanding Youth Post Expert, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2020)
  • Shanghai Youth Medal, Shanghai City (2019)
  • Best Paper Award, 4th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring and Integrity Management (2018)
  • Best Paper Award, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (2017)

Selected Publications

  • Tian, Y.; Fu, H.; Shen, Y. (2025). “An elastic meta-enhancer for improved damage detection via nonlinear ultrasonic feature amplification”, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 231, 112685
  • Lu, R.; Shen, Y. (2025). “Zero group velocity mode nonlinear ultrasonics for fatigue crack detection”, Ultrasonics, Vol. 150, 107604
  • Zhou, S.; Shen, Y.; Wang, C.; Wang, B.; Tian, Y. (2025). “Self-sensing piezoelectric composites via generation and reception of ultrasonic guided waves”, Composite Structures, Vol. 357, 118927
  • Wang, J.; Shen, Y. (2024). “Seamlessly integrated modeling platform for guided wave propagation in elastic waveguides of arbitrary cross-sections”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 325, 119462
  • Lu, R.; Shen, Y. (2024). “Entire loosening stage monitoring of bolted joints via nonlinear electro-mechanical impedance spectroscopy”, Structural Health Monitoring – An International Journal, doi: 10.1177/14759217241289872
  • Lu, R.; Shen, Y.; Zhang, B.; Xu, W. (2023). “Nonlinear electro-mechanical impedance spectroscopy for fatigue crack monitoring”, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 184, 109749
  • Song, Y.; Shen, Y. (2022). “A metasurface radar for steering ultrasonic guided waves”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 538, 117260
  • Wang, J.; Shen, Y.; Rao, D.; Xu, W. (2021). “Physical-virtual time reversing of nonlinear Lamb waves for fatigue crack detection and quantification”, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 160, 107921
  • Wang, J.; Shen, Y.; Rao, D.; Xu, W. (2021). “An instantaneous-baseline multi-indicial nonlinear ultrasonic resonance spectral correlation technique for fatigue crack detection and quantification”, Nonlinear Dynamics, DOI：10.1007/s11071-020-06128-x
  • Tian, Y.; Shen, Y.; Qin, X.; Yu, Z. (2021). “Enabling the complete mode conversion of Lamb waves into shear horizontal waves via a resonance-based elastic metamaterial”, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 118, 014101

Professional Service

  • Associate Editor, Structural Health Monitoring — An International Journal (2023-now)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (2025-now)
  • Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems (2024-now)
  • Editorial Board Member, Ultrasonics (2021-now)
  • Executive Committee Member, Nondestructive Diagnostics and Prognostics Division (NDPD) of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2020.10-now)
  • Syndic, Equipment Structural Health Monitoring and Prognostics Society of China (2016-now)
  • Chair and Co-chair, Congress-Wide Symposium on NDE&SHM, ASME IMECE (2020-now)
  • Scientific committee and session chair of SPIE Smart Structures & NDE (2018-now)
  • Scientific committee and session chair of ASME IMECE (2018-now)

Courses Taught (Recent 5 Years)

  • Vg 100 Introduction to Engineering
  • Vm 211 Introduction to Solid Mechanics
  • Vm 541 Mechanical Vibrations
  • Vm 645 Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids