Scholar
Wei Cai (蔡巍)
Google Scholar ID: _TNg-0QAAAAJ
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Citations & Impact
Citations
7,119
H-index
41
i10-index
125
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE) 2004, NSF Career Award 2006, AFOSR Young Investigator Award 2006, ASEE Beer & Johnston New Mechanics Educator Award 2009, ASME Hughes Young Investigator Award 2013; Published multiple papers including in Nature Communications and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Research Experience
- Professor at Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics & Computation Group
Education
- Ph.D., M.I.T.
Background
- Research Interests: Predicting mechanical strength of materials through theory and simulations, developing new atomistic simulation methods for long time-scale processes such as crystal growth and self-assembly, introducing magnetic field in quantum simulations of electronic structure and transport.
Miscellany
- Editorial board member of MSMSE; Involved in organizing MMM 2014 and Dislocations 2008 conferences
Co-authors