<p> Curriculum Vitae</p><p>Yongqiang Li</p><p>Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Tel: 803-777-1279 Fax: 803-777-0106</p><p>Education</p><p>2004 M.S. Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina 2002 B.E. Engineering Mechanics Tsinghua University Beijing, China</p><p>Research Interests  Mechanics of Materials</p><p>Professional Experiences  Aug 2002-present Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. A. P. Reynolds in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina</p><p> Friction Stir Welding of Titanium and alloys; </p><p> Micro structure/texture evolution during FSW of Ti and alloys (orientation imaging)</p><p> Characterization of the rate-dependent response of Friction Stir Welded using Timed Digital Image Correlation</p><p> Jun 2000-July 2002 Undergraduate Research Assistant to Dr. Xishu Wang at the Laboratory of Experimental Mechanics in the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University Beijing, China</p><p> In situ fatigue evaluation of conductive polythiophene film and PM RENE95 with SEM (SHIMADZU SS550) Awards</p><p>July, 2002 Excellent Bachelor Theses Award Nov., 1998 Outstanding Freshmen Award</p><p>Skills</p><p> Metallurgy Epoxy mounting; Grinding and polishing; Chemical etching; Micohardness testing; Light microscope; SEM; OIM; EDX</p><p> Mechanical testing MTS universal testing machine; Specimen preparation; Digital Image Correlation; Fatigue and Fracture test</p><p> Computer Abaqus; Ansys; Autocad; C; Fortran; Labview; Mathcad; Matlab; MSc Marc; Tecplot;</p><p> English Passed the International TA Micro Class Evaluation in Aug 2002 Scored 620 in TOEFL and 4.0 in TWE in Jan 2001 </p><p>Publications</p><p>1. Xi-shu Wang, Yong-qiang Li “Characterization of fatigue surface microcrack growth in vicinal inclusions in powder metallurgy alloys” ACTA Mechanica Solida Sinica 16 (2003) 327-333 2. Xi-shu Wang, Yong-qiang Li, Shou-wen Yu “Evaluation of the Thermal-mechanical Fatigue Behavior for 62Sn38Pb Solder-joints”, Experimental Techniques 27 (2003) 31-34 3. Xi-shu Wang, Yan-hong Deng, Yong-qiang Li “An experimental investigation of failure behavior of conducting polythiophene coating films”, Journal of Materials Science 37 (2002) 4865 – 4870</p>