Summary
Han Yang is a civil engineering professor and researcher with nine years of experience in seismic soil-structure interaction, numerical simulation, and geotechnical hazard mitigation. After earning a PhD from UC Davis, he progressed from graduate researcher and lecturer roles to postdoctoral positions at UC Davis and ETH Zürich and now holds a professorship at Tianjin University. His work includes development of the Real ESSI Simulator for seismic energy propagation and dissipation, blending deep computational mechanics with practical field investigations. Based in Davis, California but internationally active, he bridges rigorous academic research with hands-on teaching and cross-institutional collaboration. A detail not obvious from titles alone: he pairs advanced simulation development with extensive instruction experience, having taught large undergraduate cohorts and organized fieldwork at leading institutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, 3.8/4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, 3.8/4.0 at University of California, Davis
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Hydraulic Engineering, 3.7/4.0, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Hydraulic Engineering, 3.7/4.0 at Tsinghua University
Chinese, English