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Jessica Zhang

George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor

Mechanical Engineering

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  • George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor
    Mechanical Engineering
  • 412.268.5332 (Work)
  • Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • OFFICE HELD
    USACM President
    1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
  • OFFICE HELD
    Chair of SIAM International Meshing Roundtable Workshop
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
  • EDITORSHIP
    Computer Aided Geometric Design of SIAM Conference on Computational Geometric Design 2025. Guest Editors: Hendrik Speleers and Yongjie Jessica Zhang
    1 Jan 2025
  • EDITORSHIP
    Computer-Aided Design of International Meshing Roundtable conference, 2023 & 2024. Guest Editors: David Moxey, Ketan Mittal, Eloi Ruiz-Gironés, Rubén Sevilla, Yongjie Jessica Zhang and Scott Mitchell
    1 Jan 2025
  • OFFICE HELD
    Conference Co-Chair of SIAM Conference on Computational Geometric Design (GD25)
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
  • OFFICE HELD
    Conoucil Member-at-Large and Chair of Membership Committee
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    International Meshing Roundtable (IMR) Fellow
    1 Jan 2025
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    SIAM International Meshing Roundtable Steering Committee
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2030
    Providing supervision for SIAM International Meshing Roundtable conference
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture Award
    1 Jan 2025
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Van C. Mow Medal
    1 Jan 2025
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Best Technical Poster Award
    1 Jan 2024
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    CIT ECE Department Head 5-Year Review
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Honoree for Women’s History Month
    1 Jan 2024
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    IACM Fellow
    1 Jan 2024
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Life Member
    1 Jan 2024
  • OFFICE HELD
    MechE Graduate Education Committee Chair
    1 Jan 2024
  • OFFICE HELD
    USACM Vice President
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
  • OFFICE HELD
    American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows: Chair-Elect 2023-2024, Chair 2024-2025, Board of Directors 2023-2025
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
  • OFFICE HELD
    ASME Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) Committee on Computing in Applied Mechanics (CONCAM): Vice Chair 2023-2025, Chair 2025-2027
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2027
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Best Lecture Notes in the Mechanical Engineering Department
    1 Jan 2023
  • OFFICE HELD
    CIT Faculty Chair-Elect 2023-2024 and Chair 2024-2025
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    CMU Faculty Senate's Faculty Affairs Council
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
  • EDITORSHIP
    Editorial Board of Scientific Reports
    1 Jan 2023
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    IAMBE Fellow
    1 Jan 2023
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Invited Official Nominator for the “VinFuture Prize”
    1 Jan 2023