Yongjie Jessica Zhang

George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering · Carnegie Mellon University · company speakers →

Jessica Zhang is the George Tallman Ladd and Florence Barrett Ladd Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) with a courtesy appointment in Biomedical Engineering. She received her B.Eng. in Automotive Engineering, and M.Eng. in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University, China; and M.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and Ph.D. in Computational Engineering and Sciences from Oden Institute, The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include computational geometry, isogeometric analysis, finite element method, data-driven simulation, image processing, and their applications in computational biomedicine and engineering. Zhang has co-authored over 240 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and received several Best Paper Awards. She published a book entitled Geometric Modeling and Mesh Generation from Scanned Images with CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Zhang's recent major awards include ASME Van C. Mow Medal, AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture Award, and Simons Visiting Professorship from Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach of Germany. She is a Fellow of ASME, SIAM, IAMBE, AIMBE, IACM, USACM, SMA, and ELATES at Drexel. She also received the prestigious US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, NSF CAREER Award, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and USACM Gallagher Young Investigator Award. Zhang's current leadership roles in her research societies include Vice President of USACM (rotate to President in 2026), Chair of AIMBE College of Fellows, Chair of SIAM Activity Group of Geometric Design, and Vice Chair of ASME AMD-CONCAM. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Engineering with Computers.

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