Associate Professor Youhong Tang

Associate Professor

College of Science and Engineering

+61 8 82012138

youhong.tang@flinders.edu.au

Tonsley (4.26)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Dr Youhong Tang obtained his PhD degree in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2007. He moved to Flinders University with an ARC-DECRA in 2012 from Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, the University of Sydney. He is a material science and engineering researcher with research interests mainly focused on structure-process-property relation of (a) polymeric materials and nanocomposites, especially on rubber and epoxy based multifunctional and value-added nanocomposites (c) fibre reinforced composites and structures, particular for marine applications and (c) bioresources, biomaterials and biosensors, especially incorporating the novel aggregation-induced emission material.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering: Wuhan University of Technology, China (2000)
Master of Engineering: Wuhan University of Technology, China (2002)
Doctor of Philosophy: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China (2007)
Project Management Professional (PMP): Project Management Institute, US (2008)
Professional Diploma in Project Management:Hong Kong Productivity Council, China (2008)

Honours, awards and grants

Honours and Awards:

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early-Career Researcher, Flinders University, Australia, 2012
Australian Research Council -Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC-DECRA), Australia, 2012-2014
Research Traveling Grant, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Government on the Polymer Processing Society 24th annual meeting, Italy, 2008
Research Traveling Grant, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Government on 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, China, 2005
Research Traveling Grant, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Government on 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Canada, 2005
Best paper, 3rd National Doctoral Forum of China, China, 2005
Postgraduate Studentship, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China, 2002 - 2007
Best M.Eng. Thesis, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2002
Postgraduate Studentship, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2000-2002
First Prize Scholarship, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 1996-1999
First Class Prize, the National Olympic Chemistry Contest for High School Students, Hubei Section, China, 1995

Grants:

Australian Research Council -Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE120102784), 2012-2014;
Flinders University Faculty of Science and Engineering Major Equipment for Teaching and Research Grant, 2013;
Australian Research Council - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE140100082), 2014;
Australian Research Council - Industrial Transformation Training Centres (IC140100003), 2014-2016;
Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI) Node I: Heliostat cost down, 2014-2020;
Australian Research Council - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE150100094), 2015;
Premier’s Research and Industry Fund Catalyst Research Grant, South Australia, 2015-2016;
Flinders University FSE Establishment Fund, 2016-2017;
Australian Research Council - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE180100136), 2018;
International Research Grant (China-Australia Joint International Laboratory for Health Technologies), South Australia, 2018-2021;
DIP, SA Government and DSTG, 2018-2019;
Nano 6C (WA, Australia) research contract, 2018-2019;

Key responsibilities

Deputy Director of Joint International Laboratory for Health Technologies
Research Leader of Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology

Research Leader of Centre for Maritime Engineering, Control and Imaging
Member of Medical Device Research Institute

Research expertise

Macromolecular and materials chemistry

Materials engineering

Mechanical engineering

Nanotechnology

Research interests

Advanced Functional Composites and Marine Structures

Nanomaterials and nanocomposites
FRP composites and structures
Biomaterials and biocomposites
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) phenomenon and its applications

Topic coordinator

ENGR8822 Engineering Materials II GE

ENGR2766 Ship Design and Construction

ENGR2776 Hydrostatics

ENGR8841 Hydrostatics GE

ENGR2812 Engineering Materials II

Topic lecturer

ENGR2812 Engineering Materials II

ENGR8841 Hydrostatics GE

ENGR2776 Hydrostatics

ENGR8822 Engineering Materials II GE

Supervisory interests

Biomaterials

Composite structures and materials

Fracture toughness and mechanics of materials

Functional polymeric materials

Marine composites and structures

Nanocomposite

Smart materials

Structure-processing-property relationship of materials

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Advanced functional materials (1), Marine composites (2)

Associate supervisor: Maritime Engineering (3), Biomass and biofuel (1), Biomaterial & Bioinformation (1)

Completion

Associate supervisor: Maritime Engineering (1)

Higher degree by research student achievements

Dr Yang Yu

ANN ECR travelling award - JUL 2014

Nazila Dehbari

Chris Marlin Postgraduate Student Publication Prize - MAR 2016

Wei Han

ANN ECR travelling award - JUL 2014

Anh Tran Tam Pham

Fresh Sciences 2018 - JUN 2018

Publications

Professional engagement

Selected Editorial board for international scholar journals

International Journal of Polymer Science, Hindawi (Special issue of Graphitic Nanocarbon Polymer Multifunctional Composites) (2012-2013)
Advances in Nano Research, Techno-Press (2014-)
SpringerPlus, Springer (2015-)
Heliyon, Elsevier (2016-)
Molecules, MDPI (Special issue of Aggregation-Induced Emission)(2016-2017)
Molecules, MDPI (2018-)
Polymers, MDPI (Special issue of Nanotechnology of Polymers and Biomaterials) (2018-)
Polymers, MDPI (2018-)
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Hindawi (2018-)

Selected Committee for international conferences

Local Organising Committee, The Asian-Pacific Conference on Fracture and Strength and the International Conference on

Structural Integrity and Failure, Australia, 2014
Advisory Committee, EMN Meeting on Polymer, Hong Kong, 2016
International Program Committee, EMN Croatia Meeting, Croatia 2016;
International Organizing Committees, EMN Meeting on Hydrogel Materials, Singapore 2016;
Co-Chair, Symposium T: 3^rd International Symposium on Aggregation Induced Emission: Materials, Mechanisms and Applications. In: 9^th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies. Singapore 2017;
Chair, 4^thInternational Conference on Aggregation Induced Emission: Materials, Mechanisms and Applications, Adelaide, 2019;

Selected Reviewers for international scholarly journals

2010-: Materials Science and Engineering B; Macromolecular Theory and Simulations; Polymer Engineering and Science
2011-: ChemPhysChem; Molecules; Polymer Bulletins;
2012-: Polymers; Composites Part A: Iranian Polymer Journal; Journal of Polymer Research
2013-: Polymer; Composites Science and Technology; Chemistry Letters; The Journal of Physical Chemistry;
2014-: Journal of Fluids and Structures; Ocean Engineering; Polymer Chemistry,
2015-: Journal of Membrane Science; BioResources; Materials and Design; Materials Chemistry and Physics;
2016-: International Journal of Computational Methods; Nature Communications;
2017-: Materials Science and Engineering C; Journal of Physical Chemistry C; Desalination; Chemistry-A European Journal;
2018-: Macromolecular Rapid Communications; Chemical Engineering Journal;