2026 Yuan-Cheng Fung: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	85	375	123	288	68476

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Engineering and Technology

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Research.com Recognitions

2000 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his pioneering research and leadership in the fields of bioengineering and aeroelasticity. As author, teacher, editor, and leader, his work and enthusiasm have founded the rigorous study of biomechanics, particularly of the lungs and arteries.", Presented by Dr. Neal Lane, Assistant to the President for Science & Technology, at a black-tie dinner awards ceremony at the National Building Museum, Washington, DC, Friday, December 1, 2000.
1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1991 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1991 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1976 - Theodore von Karman Medal
1958 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Yuan-Cheng Fung was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields, predominantly engineering and medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiation, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Surgery.

Their recent publications demonstrated diversity in topics and venues. These included:

Project on a fully automated evaluation of a virtual comparison of mass using the Digital Calibration Certificate (DCC) schema, 2024, Measurement Sensors
Feasibility validation of "hyper C-band" BDF/EDF hybrid amplifier with 9 THz gain bandwidth, 2023, IET conference proceedings.
Issue Information, 2023, ANZ Journal of Surgery
CLINICAL EFFICACY OF NEUROMODULATION ON TREATMENT OF OVERACTIVE BLADDER IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, 2023, Continence
Shaping a world-class medical device regulatory regime in Hong Kong, China, 2025, Hong Kong Medical Journal

Yuan-Cheng Fung collaborated frequently with several co-authors throughout their career. Notable collaborators included Beatrice Rodiek, Gregorio Álvarez Clara, Clifford E. Brown, Stuart Davidson, and Muhammed-Ali Demir.

Their research covered various main topics, including:

Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation
Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques
Nuclear Physics and Applications
Optical Network Technologies
Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
Photonic and Optical Devices
Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases

Several academic journals and conferences served as frequent publication venues such as Measurement Sensors, IET conference proceedings, ANZ Journal of Surgery, Continence, and Hong Kong Medical Journal.

During their career, Yuan-Cheng Fung received multiple awards, including:

US President's National Medal of Science in 2000, recognized for pioneering research and leadership in bioengineering and aeroelasticity
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1992
Timoshenko Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1991
Member of the National Academy of Medicine, 1991
Theodore von Karman Medal, 1976
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1958

Their published work contributed notably to both theoretical and applied knowledge in engineering and medical sciences. The scope of study ranged from biomechanics involving lungs and arteries to photonic communication systems and medical device regulatory frameworks.

Best Publications

Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues

Y. C. Fung;Richard Skalak

12322
Citations
Foundations of solid mechanics

Yuan-Cheng Fung

3340
Citations
An introduction to the theory of aeroelasticity

Yuan-Cheng Fung

1830
Citations
The fluid mechanics of large blood vessels

T. J. Pedley;Y. C. Fung

1673
Citations
Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress, and Growth

Y. C. Fung;S. C. Cowin

1354
Citations
Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues, 2nd ed.

Y. C. Fung;S. C. Cowin

1026
Citations
Pseudoelasticity of arteries and the choice of its mathematical expression.

Y. C. Fung;K. Fronek;P. Patitucci

919
Citations
Classical and Computational Solid Mechanics

YC Fung;Pin Tong;S Bechtel

801
Citations
A first course in continuum mechanics

Yuan-Cheng Fung

789
Citations
Improved measurements of the erythrocyte geometry.

Evan Evans;Yuan-Cheng Fung

787
Citations
On Residual Stresses in Arteries

C. J. Chuong;Y. C. Fung

751
Citations
Three-dimensional stress distribution in arteries.

C. J. Chuong;Y. C. Fung

596
Citations
Transmural myocardial deformation in the canine left ventricle. Normal in vivo three-dimensional finite strains.

L K Waldman;Y C Fung;J W Covell

514
Citations
What are the residual stresses doing in our blood vessels

Y. C. Fung

473
Citations
Foundation of Solid Mechanics

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443
Citations
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular remodeling: role in the development of pulmonary hypertension.

Mehran Mandegar;Yuan Cheng B. Fung;Wei Huang;Carmelle V. Remillard

428
Citations
Flow in Locally Constricted Tubes at Low Reynolds Numbers

Jen-Shih Lee;Yuan-Cheng Fung

413
Citations
Stochastic flow in capillary blood vessels.

Yuan-Cheng Fung

385
Citations
Engineering analysis of biological variables: An example of blood pressure over 1 day

Wei Huang;Zheng Shen;Norden E. Huang;Yuan Cheng Fung

316
Citations
Residual Stress in Arteries

C. J. Chuong;Y. C. Fung

315
Citations
Theory of sheet flow in lung alveoli.

Y C Fung;S S Sobin

290
Citations