Bingen ""Ben"" Yang is a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Southern California, where he has taught for more than 30 years. His work in the areas of structures, dynamics, vibrations, controls, and mechanics has appeared in more than 250 publications. Dr. Yang's current research interests include modeling, analysis and control of flexible structures and dynamic systems, electromechanical systems, and computational methods for problems in engineering. A fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, he earned his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.