Yeongtae Jang

Yeongtae Jang received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at that institution and will join the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Kangwon National University in South Korea as an assistant professor. His research focuses on the mechanics and dynamics of structures; on the design of engineered material systems, including mechanical metamaterials and granular phononic crystals; and on linear and nonlinear wave dynamics.