Professor Lin Ye FTSE
School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering,
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
S306, Mechanical Engineering Building J07
Phone: +61 2 9351 4798, Fax: +61 2 9351 7060
Email: ye@aeromech.usyd.edu.au
Brief Biography
Graduated with Bachelor of Engineering in 1982 from the Harbin Institute of Ship Engineering and Technology, Master of Engineering in 1984 and PhD in 1987 from the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Kaiserslautern 1990 to 1992. Joined the University of Sydney as a Lecturer in 1992 and promoted to Senior Lecturer (1995) and Reader (1998) and a full Professor in 2002 at the School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering. Elected a Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Science & Engineering (FTSE) in 2005.
Qualifications
BEng: Harbin Institute of Shipping Engineering and Technology, 1982; MEng: Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1984; PhD: Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1987
Employment History
Professor (2003- ), Head of School (2004-2007), Reader (1999-2002), Senior Lecturer (1996-98), Lecturer (1992-95) at University of Sydney
Visiting Appointments
Visiting Professors at Shanghai Jiaotong University (2006-), Tongji University (2002-2008), Harbin Institute of Technology (2007-), Harbin Engineering University (2007-), City University of Hong Kong (2002), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2008-2009)
Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (elected 2005)
Leadership and Services in Profession
Head of School of AMME (2004-2007); Director, DSTO AED Centre of Expertise in Damage Mechanics (2003-2004); Member of Advisory Board for Mechanical Engineering at KAIST (2006-2008); Member of Research Strategy Group of University of Sydney (2006-2008), President of the Asian-Australasian Association of Composite Materials (AACM) (2006-2008).
Major Awards
AvH Fellowship (1990-1992), AvH Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards (2004), KC Wong Fellowship of Chinese Academy of Science (2004), the (Overseas) Outstanding Young Scholar Award of NSF of China (2006), the (Overseas) Yangzi Scholar of MoE (China) (2008-2010)
Major Research Interests
Composites Science and Technology, Smart Materials and Structures, Nano-materials and Nano-composites, Structural Integrity and Durability
Membership of Editorial Boards
Composites Science and Technology (2003- ), Journal of Composite Materials (2007- ), Applied Composite Materials (1998- ), Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology (2004- ), International Journal of Applied Mechanics (2008- ), Key Engineering Materials (2001-2006).
Research Funding
Over A$7M for research or collaborative research projects from various resources including ARC Discovery/Linkage/RIEF/International, CRC-ACS, PSL/DSTO, ADI, and CSR.
Postgraduate Supervision and Postdoctoral Training
Successfully supervised 25 PhD and 6 MER since 1992
Supervised over 20 Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates since 1992
Publications
Over 350 scientific publications including 5 books (three edited proceedings) and 220 refereed papers in leading international journals.