Rate My Professor Yan Kei Chiang

Dr. Yan Kei Chiang is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Information Technology at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. She obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University between 2013 and 2018. Her research is focused on metamaterials operating in the acoustic domain. She has theoretical and experimental expertise in designing acoustic metamaterials to engineer waves in unprecedented ways. This work extends to noise control and structural health monitoring, with applications ranging from micro-electro-mechanical systems to medical science. Chiang is a member of the Advanced Electromagnetics group. Her research interests include acoustics, metamaterials, noise control, structural health monitoring, compressive sensing, and fluid-structure interaction. Fields of research encompass mechanical engineering, acoustics and acoustical devices, and waves.

Chiang maintains a prolific publication record, featuring contributions to leading journals. Select publications include "Exceptional energy harvesting from coupled bound states" (Nature Communications, 2025, with F. Kronowetter, A. Melnikov et al.), "Reconfigurable Manipulation of Sound with a Multimaterial 3D Printed Origami Metasurface" (Advanced Materials Technologies, 2025, with D.H. Le, F. Kronowetter et al.), "Analytical design of acoustic metasurface cells incorporating meander-line and Helmholtz resonators" (Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2025, with D. Yang and D. Powell), "Realistic prediction and engineering of high-Q modes to implement stable Fano resonances in acoustic devices" (Nature Communications, 2023, with F. Kronowetter et al.), "Sound trapping in an open resonator" (Nature Communications, 2021, with L. Huang et al.), "Scalable Metagrating for Efficient Ultrasonic Focusing" (Physical Review Applied, 2021), "Topological Supercavity Resonances in the Finite System" (Advanced Science, 2022, with L. Huang et al.), "Microacoustic Metagratings at Ultra-High Frequencies Fabricated by Two-Photon Lithography" (Advanced Science, 2022, with A. Melnikov et al.), and "Acoustic meta-atom with experimentally verified maximum Willis coupling" (Nature Communications, 2019, with A. Melnikov et al.). She welcomes PhD enquiries on acoustic and elastic wave metamaterials, including experimental design and characterisation.