Biography and education
Dr. Bingyang Zhang joined Texas State University as an Assistant Professor in the Ingram School of Engineering in Fall 2025. He earned both his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. From 2021 to 2024, Dr. Zhang was a postdoctoral researcher in applied biomechanics at the School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining Texas State, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Zhang, B. (2024). Curving expectations: The minimal impact of structural curvature in biological puncture mechanics. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp8157
- Zhang, B. (2024). How rate-based stretchability of soft solids controls fracture morphology in dynamic conical puncture. International Journal of Impact Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2024.104911
- Zhang, B., & Anderson, P. S. L. (2022). Modelling biological puncture: a mathematical framework for determining the energetics and scaling. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0559
- Zhang, B., & Hutchens, S. B. (2021). On the relationship between cutting and tearing in soft elastic solids. Soft Matter, 17(28), 6728–6741. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sm00527h
- Zhang, B., Shiang, C.-S., Yang, S. J., & Hutchens, S. B. (2019). Y-Shaped Cutting for the Systematic Characterization of Cutting and Tearing. Experimental Mechanics, 59, 517–529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-019-00479-2
Featured service activities
- Member
ISoE Search Committee - Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering (Solid Mechanics)
- Member
ISoE Search Committee - Assistant/Associate Professor of Instruction in Mechanical Engineering
- Member
ISoE Research Committee
- Undergraduate Advisor
Mechanical Engineering (ME) career advising
- Participant
ME Program ABET accreditation