Researcher

Dan Wang is a Senior Scientist at the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC), Singapore. An expert on structural optimisation with an emphasis on composite structures, Wang’s research interests include the development of optimisation methodologies to explore the large design space and high tailorability of novel composite materials and hierarchical structures, such as Double-Double (DD) laminate layup, curved fibre paths, and non-periodic stiffener layout.

In 2013, Wang received her combined Masters and PhD in mechanical engineering from the Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, under the supervision of Weihong Zhang. Wang subsequently completed a postdoctorate in the Aerospace Structures and Computational Mechanics Group at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, under the supervision of Mostafa Abdalla. Wang currently works closely with Stephen Tsai of Stanford University on the numerical simulation and buckling optimisation of DD laminates, including thickness tapering and grid stiffeners.