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{{Short description|Chinese–American mechanician (born 1963)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Gao (surname)|Gao]]|lang=Chinese}}
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| name = Huajian Gao
| native_name = 高华健
| native_name_lang = zh-Hans-CN
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| birth_place = [[Chengdu]], [[Sichuan]], [[China]]
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| citizenship = U.S.
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| field = [[Solid Mechanics]], [[Mechanical Engineering]], [[Materials Science]]▼
| work_institutions = {{unbulleted list|[[Brown University]]
▲|field = [[Solid Mechanics]], [[Mechanical Engineering]], [[Materials Science]]
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Xi'an Jiaotong University]], [[Harvard University]]}}▼
▲|work_institutions = [[Brown University]], [[Max Planck Institute for Metals Research]], [[Stanford University]]
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▲|alma_mater = [[Xi'an Jiaotong University]], [[Harvard University]]
| known_for = Micro- and nanomechanics of [[thin films]], hierarchically structured materials, and cell-nanomaterials interactions.▼
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▲|known_for = Micro- and nanomechanics of [[thin films]], hierarchically structured materials, and cell-nanomaterials interactions.
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* [[ASME Medal]] (2023)
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'''Huajian Gao''' {{postnominals|FRS}} ({{zh|s=高华健|p=Gāo Huájiàn}}, born December 7, 1963) is a [[Chinese-American]] [[mechanician]] who is widely known for his contributions to the field of [[solid mechanics]], particularly on the [[Micromechanics|micro]]- and [[nanomechanics]] of [[thin film]]s, hierarchically structured materials, and cell-
Gao was elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 2012 for contributions to [[micromechanics]] of [[Thin film|thin films]] and hierarchically structured materials. In 2021 he received the [[Timoshenko Medal]] for "pioneering contributions to [[nanomechanics]] of engineering and [[Biological system|biological systems]]."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The prestigious 2021 Timoshenko Medal is awarded to Distinguished University Professor Gao Huajian by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)|url=https://www.ntu.edu.sg/mae/news-events/news/detail/the-prestigious-2021-timoshenko-medal-is-awarded-to-distinguished-university-professor-gao-huajian-by-the-american-society-of-mechanical-engineers-(asme)|access-date=2022-02-14|website=School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering|language=en}}</ref>
==Education and career==
Huajian Gao was born in [[Chengdu]], [[Sichuan]] on December 7, 1963.<ref>{{cite news
He received his B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from [[Xi'an Jiaotong University]] of [[China]] in 1982, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in [[Engineering Science]] from [[Harvard University]] in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He taught at [[Stanford University]] between 1988 and 2002, where he was promoted to Associate Professor with [[tenure]] in 1994 and to full Professor in 2000. He joined the [[Max Planck Society]] in 2001 as a Director at the [[Max Planck Institute for Metals Research]] in [[Stuttgart]], Germany. In 2006 he moved to [[Brown University]] as the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Engineering. In 2019, he joined Nanyang Technological University [[Nanyang Technological University]] as 2019 Distinguished University Professors,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Faculty Appointed to Named Professorships|url=https://www.ntu.edu.sg/AboutNTU/organisation/Pages/Faculty%20Appointed%20to%20Named%20Professorships.aspx|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.ntu.edu.sg}}</ref> also jointly affiliated as scientific director of Institute of High Performance Computing, [[Agency for Science, Technology and Research|A*STAR]], Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IHPC|url=https://www.a-star.edu.sg/ihpc|access-date=2021-03-20|website=18. Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC)}}</ref> Gao is the editor of the ''Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-the-mechanics-and-physics-of-solids/editorial-board/|title=Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Editorial Board|website=Journals.elsevier.com|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> In January of 2024 it was announced that Huajian Gao would be joining [[Tsinghua University]] in a full time chair professor position.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prize-winning US physicist Gao Huajian returns to China after decades overseas|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3248720/prize-winning-us-physicist-gao-huajian-returns-china-after-decades-overseas}}</ref>
==Research==
==Awards==
In 2021 he received the [[Timoshenko Medal]] for "pioneering contributions to [[nanomechanics]] of engineering and [[Biological system|biological systems]]."<ref name=":0" />
In 2023, he was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society|Fellow of The Royal Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huajian Gao |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/huajian-gao-36192/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=royalsociety.org}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.brown.edu/research/projects/nanomechanics-engineering-biological-systems/ Huajian Gao's group homepage]
* {{Google Scholar ID|id=RyUTIccAAAAJ}}
*[https://www.brown.edu/research/projects/nanomechanics-engineering-biological-systems/sites/brown.edu.research.projects.nanomechanics-engineering-biological-systems/files/uploads/Gao%20CV-Pubn-May10.pdf Full CV] at [[Brown University]].
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