Teaching

Polymer Physics Experiments in Polymer Physics Polymer Science Design

Honors and awards

• Reviewer, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 
• Co-chair, 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting, 2009 
• Reviewer, Langmuir, American Chemical Society 
• Outstanding Presenter, Society of Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, 2008

Research projects

A Molecular Dynamics Study on the Melt Memory Effect in Polymer Crystallization 
National Science Foundation of China, 2017-2021 
Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Verification of Structure Evolution of Semicrystalline Polymer Materials during Uniaxial Deformation,
National Science Foundation of China, 2012-2015 
Structure-property-performance relationships for organic bulk heterojunction solar cells - numerical simulation and theoretical study 
Department of Education, 2012-2015 

Selected publications (Journal articles, patents and books)

Yingrui Shang, Xiaoxing Zhang, Huan Xu, Jingqing Li, and Shichun Jiang "Microscopic study of structure/property interrelation of amorphous polymers during uniaxial deformation: A molecular dynamics approach", Polymer, 77,254-265, 2015 
Yingrui Shang, Jing Zhao, Jingqing. Li, Zhonghua Wu, and Shichun Jiang, "Investigations in annealing effects on structure and properties of ��-isotactic polypropylene with X-ray synchrotron experiments", Colloid and Polymer Science,292(12),3205-322, 2014
P. Tian, W. Zhou,J. Liu, C. L. Farrow,P. Juhas,S. J. L. Billinge, Y. Shang, "SrRietveld: a program forautomating Rietveld refinements for high-throughput powder diffraction studies,Journal of Applied Crystallography, 46,255-258, 2013 
Liang Fang, Ming Wei, Yingrui Shang, Lady Jimeneza, David Kazmer, Carol Barry and Joey Mead, "Surface morphology alignment of block copolymers induced by injection molding", Polymer, 50(24), 2009 
Yingrui Shang, David Kazmer, Ming Wei, Joey Mead, and Carol Barry, "Numerical Simulation of Phase Separation of a Polymer-polymer-solvent Ternary Blend on a Heterogeneously Functionalized Substrate", Polymer Engineering and Science, Accepted, 2009 
Yingrui Shang, Ming Wei, Carol Barry, Joey Mead, and David Kazmer, "Numerical Simulation of Composition Induced Phase Separation in a Polymer-polymer-solvent Ternary System on a Patterned Substrate with Nano Features", 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Speaker, November, 2008. 
Yingrui Shang and David Kazmer, "Validation of Numerical Simulation of Polymer Self-assembly on Patterned Substrate", National Science Foundation site visit on Center of High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Lowell, MA, poster session, June, 2008,  
Yingrui Shang, Liang Fang, Ming Wei, David Kazmer, Joey Mead, and Carol Barry, "Verification of Numerical Simulation of the Self-assembly of a Polymer-polymer-solvent Ternary System on a Heterogeneously Functionalized Substrate", Polymer,  52(6), 2011
Yingrui Shang, David Kazmer, Ming Wei, Joey Mead, and Carol Barry, "Numerical Simulation of Phase Separation of Immiscible Polymer Blends on a Heterogeneously Functionalized Substrate", Journal of Chemical Physics, 128(22), 2008 
Yingrui Shang, Ming Wei, David Kazmer, Joy Mead, and Carol Barry, "Numerical Simulation of Polymer Phase Separation on a Patterned Substrate with Nano Features", Nano Science and Technology Institute, Nanotech 2008, Speaker, June 2008. 
Liang Fang, Ming Wei, Yingrui Shang, Jun S.Lee, Carol Barry, David Kazmer, and Joey Mead ,"The Effect of Mold Temperature on the Surface Phase Morphology of Injection Molded Block Copolymer", the 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 8-11, 2008 
Yingrui Shang, Ming Wei, David Kazmer, Joey Mead, and Carol Barry, "Experimental validation of numerical simulation for phase decomposition of a binary polymer thin film on a patterned substrate", ANTEC Annual Technical Conference, Speaker, May 2007. 
Yingrui Shang and David Kazmer, "Numerical Simulation of Polymer Phase Separation on Patterned Substrate", National Science Foundation site visit on Center of High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Boston, MA, poster session, June, 2007,  
Yingrui Shang and David Kazmer, "Modeling of Spinodal Decomposition of Polymer Blends", National Science Foundation site visit on Center of High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Durham, NH, poster session, June, 2006, 
Yingrui Shang and David O. Kazmer, "Simulation of Polymer Morphology in Nano-feature Replication", Sukant Tripathy Annual Memorial Symposium 2005, Sept. 22, 2005, poster session. 
Yingrui Shang and David O. Kazmer, "Numerical Simulation of Phase Separation of Polymer Blends near Patterned Substrate", US Japan Young Researchers Conference, Feb. 27, 2006, poster session.