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Ying Wu

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Principal Investigator, Waves in Complex Media

Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division
Email icon ying.wu@kaust.edu.sa

I dedicated my career to Physics and the fascinating behavior of electromagnetic, acoustic and elastics waves. It is a multidisciplinary area related to wave, from mathematics to material sciences, from theory to simulation, from modeling to algorithms. I use different approaches to provide the most advanced technology for scientific and social advancement.

Program Affiliations

Biography

Ying Wu is an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (AMCS) and the principal investigator of the Waves in Complex Media Research Group.

Professor Wu obtained her Ph.D. in Physics in 2008 from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which was followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. She received her B.S. in Physics from Nanjing University, China, in 2002.

Wu is a dedicated physicist who studies electromagnetic, acoustic and elastic waves. Her work has advanced theoretical and design knowledge of metamaterials, photonic and phononic crystals and waves in random media.

Research Interests

Among Professor Wu’s research interests are computational physics with a focus on wave propagation in heterogeneous media, electromagnetic, acoustic and elastic metamaterials, effective medium theory, transport theory and time-reversal imaging. Furthermore, she implements fast algorithms for solving large-scale, classical wave propagation problems.
Keyword tag icon
phononics metamaterials wave propagation Acoustics

Education Profile

  • Ph.D. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2008

  • B.S. Nanjing University, China, 2002

Publications

  • Pai Peng, Jun Mei, and Ying Wu, "Lumped model for rotational modes in phononic crystals"Phys. Rev. B 86, 134304 (2012)

  • Jun Mei, Ying Wu, C. T. Chan, and Zhao-Qing Zhang, “First-principles study of Dirac and Dirac-like cones in phononic and photonic crystals” Phys. Rev. B 86, 035141 (2012)

  • Ying Wu, Yun Lai, and Zhao-Qing Zhang, “Elastic metamaterials with simultaneously negative effective shear modulus and mass density” Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 105506 (2011)

  • Yun Lai, Ying Wu, Ping Sheng, and Zhao-Qing Zhang “Hybrid Elastic Solids” Nature Materials, 10, 620 (2011)

  • Ying Wu, Yun Lai, and Zhao-Qing Zhang, “Effective medium theory for elastic metamaterials in two dimensions” Phys. Rev. B, 76, 205313 (2007)

Research Areas

Multimedia