Title

Associate Professor

Degree

PhD

Position

Discipline

Mechanics

Education and Professional Experience

Education：

2012 Harbin Institute of Technology, PhD.
2007 Harbin Institute of Technology, ME.
2005 China University of Petroleum, BE.

Professional Experience：

2019-2021, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Visiting Academic.

2015-2016, The University of Queensland, Visiting Academic.
2012-Present, Jiangsu University, Lecturer, Associate Professor.

Social Academic Post and Honor

1.Selected for the Stanford University “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list for consecutive years (2022-2025).

2.Serving as a reviewer for multiple academic journals.

3.Serving as a Board Member of the Jiangsu Society of Vibration Engineering (2022-2026).

Main Courses

Theoretical Mechanic; Material Mechanic; Structural Dynamics

Scientific Research Field

Structural dynamics and stability; Mechanics of functionally graded nanocomposite/porous structures; Nonlinear vibrations and elastic wave

Projects

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province: Damping Characteristics and Nonlinear Aeroelasticity of Graphene-Reinforced Functionally Graded Structures (BK20201414), 2020-2023, PI.

National Natural Science Foundation of China: Wind/Rain-Induced Vibration of Cable-Stayed Bridges under Mode Transition (11302087), 2014-2016, PI.

Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province: Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Cable-Stayed Bridges under Abrupt Changes in Inherent Structural Characteristics (BK20130479), 2013-2016, PI.

Main Papers and Patents

Academic Impact: Total citations exceed 2,300, with the most cited single paper receiving over 800 citations.

Representative Publications:

1. Wang SR, Song MT, Yang J, Zhu WD, Kitipornchai S. Free vibration of functionally graded TPMS porous quadrilateral plates reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets. Thin-Walled Structures, 2025, 215: 113440.

2. Wang JY, Zhou L, Chen L, Song MT, Yang J, Kitipornchai S. Aeroelastic flutter of actively controlled nanocomposite beams with an open edge crack. Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023, 141: 108498.

3. Song MT, Zhou L, Karunasena W, Yang J, Kitipornchai S. Nonlinear dynamic instability of edge-cracked functionally graded graphene-reinforced composite beams. Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022, 109: 2423-2441.

4.Song MT, Zhu WD. Elastic Wave Propagation in Strongly Nonlinear Lattices and Its Active Control. ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 2021, 88: 071003.

5.Song MT, Gong YH, Yang J, Zhu WD, Kitipornchai S. Nonlinear Free Vibration of Cracked Functionally Graded Graphene Platelet-reinforced Nanocomposite Beams in Thermal Environments, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2020, 468: 115115.

6.Song MT, Chen L, Yang J, Zhu WD, Kitipornchai S. Thermal Buckling and Postbuckling of Edge-cracked Functionally Graded Multilayer Graphene Nanocomposite Beams on an Elastic Foundation, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2019, 161-162: 105040.

7.Song MT, Gong YH, Yang J, Zhu WD, Kitipornchai S. Free Vibration and Buckling Analyses of Edge-cracked Functionally Graded Multilayer Graphene Nanoplatelet-reinforced Composite Beams Resting on an Elastic Foundation, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019, 458: 89-108.

8.Song MT, Li XQ, Kitipornchai S, Bi QS, Yang J. Low-velocity Impact Response of Geometrically Nonlinear Functionally Graded Graphene Platelet-reinforced Nanocomposite Plates, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2019, 95: 2333-2352.

9.Song MT, Yang J, Kitipornchai S. Bending and Buckling Analyses of Functionally Graded Polymer Composite Plates Reinforced with Graphene Nanoplatelets. Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018, 134: 106-113. (ESI highly cited paper)

10.Song MT, Yang J, Kitipornchai S, Zhu WD. Buckling and Postbuckling of Biaxially Compressed Functionally Graded Multilayer Graphene Nanoplatelet-reinforced Polymer Composite Plates. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2017,131-132: 345-355. (ESI highly cited paper)

11.Song MT, Kitipornchai S, Yang J. Free and Forced Vibrations of Functionally Graded Polymer Composite Plates Reinforced with Graphene Nanoplatelets. Composite Structures, 2017, 159(1):579-588. (ESI highly cited paper)

12.Song MT, Cao DQ, Zhu WD, Bi QS. Dynamic Response of a Cable-stayed Bridge Subjected to a Moving Vehicle Load, Acta Mechanica, 2016, 227(10): 2925-2945.

13.Cao DQ, Song MT, Tucker RW, Zhu WD, Liu DS, Huang WH. Dynamic Equations of Thermoelastic Cosserat Rods, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2013, 18(7): 1880-1887.

14.Cao DQ, Song MT, Zhu WD, Tucker RW, Wang C H-T. Modeling and Analysis of the In-plane Vibration of a Complex Cable-stayed Bridge, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2012, 331(26): 5685-5714.

15.Song MT, Cao DQ, Zhu WD. Dynamic Analysis of a Micro-resonator Driven by Electrostatic Combs, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2011, 16(8): 3425-3442.

Email

songmt2004@163.com