Yu Huang

Biological Engineering

Associate Professor


Yu  Huang

Contact Information

Office Location: ENGR 402Q
Phone: 435-797-5379
Email: yu.huang@usu.edu
Additional Information:

Educational Background

PhD, Materials Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
MS, Materials Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010
BS, Chemistry, Beijing University, 2001

Biography

I have been an Assistant Professor at USU since July 2016. Before then, I was an Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota for nine months.

Teaching Interests

BioMEMS, biomaterials, biophysics, microfluidics, tissue/cell engineering,

Research Interests

BioMEMS is an interdisciplinary research that uses microfabrication technology to address biomedical needs. My lab is particularly interested in the microtissue engineering of neuron, tumor and stem cell. The application includes neuroscience, neuro-engineering, regenerative medicine, cell assay, and cellular therapy.

Awards

Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, 2022

National Science Fundation

Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA), 2021

National Institutes of Health

Faculty Research Excellence of the Year, 2023

Biological Engineering, USU

Faculty Service Award of the Year, 2023

Biological Engineering, USU

Faculty Research Excellence of the Year, 2022

College of Engineering, USU

Outstanding Graduate Mentor of the Year, 2022

Biological Engineering, USU

Young Investigator Award, 2022

Society for Biomaterials (CAB Chapter)

Undergraduate Research Mentors of the Year, 2020

Utah State University

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor, 2019

Utah State University

NIH Research Enhancement Award, 2019

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor of the Year, 2017

Biological Engineering Department, Utah State University


Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Rengarajan, V., Clyde, A., Pontsler, J., Valiente, J., Peel, A., Huang, Y., (2023). Assessing leachable cytotoxicity of 3D-printed polymers and facile detoxification methods. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, doi: 10.1089/3dp.2021.0216
  • Scott, G., Huang, Y., (2022). Engineering Cerebral Folding in Brain Organoids. Neural Regeneration Research, 17:11, 2420-2422.
  • Jensen, G., Morrill, C., Huang, Y., (2018). 3D brain tissue engineering, an emerging technique for pharmaceutical research. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 8:5, 756-766.
  • Zhu, G., Huang, Y., Bhave, G., Wang, Y., Hu, Z., Liu, X., (2016). In situ growth of fluorescent silicon nanocrystals in a monolithic microcapsule as a photostable, versatile platform. Nanoscale, 8:34, 15645–15657.
  • Xu, R., Zhang, G., Huang, Y., Shen, H., (2016). An injectable nanoparticle generator enhances delivery of cancer therapeutics. Nature Biotechnology

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Teaching

    BENG 4880 - Biological Engineering Design II, Fall 2023
    BENG 5880, 6880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2023
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2023
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2023
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2023
    , Fall 2022
    BENG 5880, 6880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2022
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2022
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2022
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2022
    , Spring 2022
    BENG 4890 - Biological Engineering Design III, Spring 2022
    BENG 5880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2021
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2021
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2021
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2021
    BENG 5880, 6880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2020
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2020
    BENG 5880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2019
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2019
    BENG 5880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2018
    BENG 6880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2018
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2018
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2018
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2018
    BENG 5880, 6880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2017
    BENG 5880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2017
    BENG 6880 - BioMEMS: Microtechnology for BioMedical Research, Fall 2017
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2017
    BENG 6510, 7510 - Graduate Seminar, Fall 2017
    BENG 6510 - Graduate Seminar, Fall 2017
    BENG 7510 - Graduate Seminar, Fall 2017
    BENG 2330 - Engineering Properties of Biological Materials, Fall 2016

    Graduate Students Mentored

    Tianyu Chen, Biological Engineering, August 2023
    Yukuan Yu, Biological Engineering, August 2023
    Calder Lake, Biological Engineering, August 2023
    Dongxiang Zhang, Biological Engineering, August 2022
    Kyle Jackson, Biological Engineering, January 2022
    Bailey McFarland, Biological Engineering, August 2020
    Cheng Chen, Biological Engineering, August 2018
    Junnan Geng, Biological Engineering, August 2017 - October 2021
    Jefferson Pontsler, Biological Engineering, November 2016 - January 2019