Yongqiang Li

• 2002 B.E. in Engineering Mechanics Tsinghua University, China

• Friction Stir Welding of CP Ti and Titanium alloys; Quasi-static response of FS welded structures
• Materials Characterization; Metallurgy
• Fatigue behaviors of polymer films on substrate;
• Fractography

Professional Experiences

• Aug 2002-present       Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. A. P. Reynolds in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina
   

• Friction Stir Welding of CP Ti and alloys;
• Micro structure/texture evolution during FSW of Ti
• Static and Quasi-static response of Ti FSW

• Jun 2001-Aug 2001     Summer Internship in the Chinese Academy of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing
   

• FEM modeling of steel truss structures using Ansys®

• Jun 2000-July 2002      Undergraduate Research Assistant to Dr. Xishu Wang at the Laboratory of Experimental Mechanics in the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University
   

  • In situ fatigue analysis of with SEM (SHIMADZU SS550) (refer to publications)

• Graduate courses taken and being taken at USC (GPA-to-date 3.75/4.0):
  EMCH532 Intermediate Dynamics (A)
  EMCH560 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (A)
  EMCH571 Mechanical Behaviors of Materials (B+)
  EMCH508 Finite Elements (in progress)
  EMCH701 Method of Engineering Analysis (A)
  EMCH722 Plasticity (A)
  EMCH771 Design Properties of Plastics (B)
  ENGR707 Continuum Mechanics (in progress)
   

• Undergraduate Core Courses taken at Tsinghua University (GPA 82/100): Theoretical Mechanics I, II
  Mechanics of Materials I, II
  Introduction to Mechanics of Continuous Media
  Theory of Elasticity
  Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
  Engineering Thermodynamics
  Experimental Techniques in Solid Mechanics I, II
  Mechanics of Composite Materials

• Xi-shu Wang, Yong-qiang Li, Shou-wen Yu “Evaluation of the Thermal-mechanical Fatigue Behavior for 62Sn38Pb Solder-joints”, Experimental Techniques 27 (2003) 31-34

• Xi-shu Wang, Yan-hong Deng, Yong-qiang Li “An experimental investigation of failure behavior of conducting polythiophene coating films”, Journal of Materials Science  37 (2002) 4865 – 4870

• Yongqiang Li "Micro fatigue crack initiation near inclusions in PM  RENE95, experimental and FEM studies" B.E. Diploma Thesis 2002 Tsinghua University

• Xishu Wang, Yongqiang Li, Suiqun Zhu "Magnetic stress analysis in ocean floor petroleum pipeline and FEM simulation" Research report to the Ocean University of Qingdao Qingdao, China (2001)

• Materials Characterization
  mounting, mechanical grinding and polishing; chemical etching; mico hardness; Light microscope; SEM; OIM; EDX
• Mechanical testing
  MTS universal testing machine; Specimen preparation; Digital Image Correlation; Fatigue test
• Computer
  Labview; Ansys; MSc Marc; Mathcad; Matlab; C; Fortran; Tecplot; MS Office
• English
  Passed the International TA Micro Class Evaluation in Aug 2002
  Scored 620 in TOEFL in Jan 2001

• Aug 2002-Aug 2003    Vice President
  Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars (Registered student organization representing the Chinese Community at USC. visit FACSS)

Links

• ASM International
• IUTAM
• Metallography.com
• Science Direct
• Map of Research (in the USC Library)
• USC EM Center
• Engineering Mechanics at Tsinghua University (in Chinese)
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• Chinaview.cn (Xinhua News Agency English Service)
• CCTV English (live news and talk)
• Animated Chinese Characters (learn ABC of Chinese)
• Tour China
• The Chinese Embassy to the US in Washington, DC
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• Chinese Christian Church of Columbia (2367 Klapman Rd, W. Columbia)
• Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at USC