Hong Liang

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Hong Liang (born 1961) [1] is a Chinese-American nanotribologist whose research focuses on nanoparticles on surfaces, and the nanostructure of surfaces. She is Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. Professor and professor of mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University, [2] president of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, and editor-in-chief of Tribology International. [3]

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Research

Liang's research focuses on materials science, tribology, and nanotechnology, converging in the field of nanotribology, which studies nanoparticles on surfaces, and the nanostructure of surfaces. The applications she has developed for this technology include nanoparticle lubricants and polishing agents, [4] the use of gold nanoparticles as antibiotics, [5] the use of luminous nanoparticles in fluorescence imaging for cancer diagnosis, [6] and the use of plant-based lignin nanoparticles in supercapacitor-based electrical storage. [7]

Beyond nanotechnology, Liang has also experimented with titanium gold alloys for fabricating super-hard and smooth ends of artificial joints, [8] and with hybrid microrobots that fuse electronics with living cockroaches, allowing electronic control of the insect's nervous system and body. [9] [10]

Education and career

Liang has a bachelor's degree from the Beijing Steel and Iron Institute, now the University of Science and Technology Beijing. [1] She studied materials science as a graduate student at the Stevens Institute of Technology, where she earned a master's degree in 1987 and completed her Ph.D. in 1992, with Traugott Fischer as her doctoral advisor. [3]

After postdoctoral research with Said Jahanmir at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, she took a faculty position at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1998. In 2004, she moved to her present position at Texas A&M University, [3] where she was Charles H. Barclay Jr. 45 Faculty Fellow and was named the Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. Professor in 2017. [11] She took a leave in 2018–2019 to serve as ASME Foundation Swanson Fellow in the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where she served as assistant director of research partnerships for the Advanced Manufacturing National Program. [3] [12]

She was elected as president of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, for the 2023–2024 term, [3] [13] [12] and has been co-editor-in-chief of Tribology International since 2015. [3] [14] [15]

Books

Liang is the coauthor of Tribology in Chemical-Mechanical Planarization (with David Craven, Taylor & Francis, 2004). Her edited volumes include Mechanical Tribology: Materials, Characterization, and Applications (with George E. Totten, Marcel Dekker, 2004).

Recognition

Liang was named an ASME Fellow in 2009. [16] She is also a fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. [3] [12]

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  2. ↑ "Hong Liang", J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering: People, Texas A&M University Engineering, retrieved 2024-03-31
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hong Liang M.S. ’87 Ph.D. ’92 Rises to the Challenge, Stevens Institute of Technology, August 9, 2023, retrieved 2024-03-31
  4. ↑ Fowler, Rachel (August 2021), 20 Minutes With Hong Liang, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, retrieved 2024-03-31
  5. ↑ Han, Andrew (July 15, 2014), "To kill superbacteria, bring on the bling", Popular Mechanics, retrieved 2024-03-31
  6. ↑ Conrad, Hannah (October 23, 2018), Illuminating the future: 2018-19 ASME fellow explores new method of cancer detection, Texas A&M University Engineering, retrieved 2024-03-31
  7. ↑ Lavars, Nick (September 8, 2020), "Plant-based supercapacitor keeps costs low and energy storage high", New Atlas
  8. ↑ Waurzyniak, Patrick (October 5, 2016), Hard Titanium-Gold Alloy Ideal for Artificial Joints, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, retrieved 2024-03-31
  9. ↑ Sample, Ian (March 3, 2015), "Cockroach robots? Not nightmare fantasy but science lab reality", The Guardian, retrieved 2024-03-31
  10. ↑ Shahani, Aarti (March 16, 2015), What Cockroaches With Backpacks Can Do. Ah-mazing, NPR, retrieved 2024-03-31
  11. ↑ Mechanical engineering faculty appointed new endowed positions, Texas A&M University Engineering, September 18, 2017, retrieved 2024-03-31
  12. 1 2 3 Meet your STLE 2023 - 2024 President: Dr. Hong Liang from Texas A&M University Elected 2023-2024 STLE President, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, retrieved 2024-03-31
  13. ↑ Liang leads prestigious professional society as president, Texas A&M University Engineering, May 24, 2023, retrieved 2024-03-31
  14. ↑ "Editorial board", Tribology International (Publisher web site), retrieved 2024-03-31
  15. ↑ Liang named co-editor of "Tribology International", Texas A&M University Engineering, June 3, 2015, retrieved 2024-03-31
  16. ↑ All fellows (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2022, retrieved 2024-03-31
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