Education
He studied basic processes, including fracture, deformation, polarization, and diffusion, driven by various thermodynamic forces (eg, stress, electric field, electron wind, chemical potential).
He studied basic processes, including fracture, deformation, polarization, and diffusion, driven by various thermodynamic forces (eg, stress, electric field, electron wind, chemical potential).
His research centers on the mechanical behavior of materials and structures. Suo received a Bachelor of Surgery degree in Solid Mechanics from Xi"an Jiaotong University in 1985 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University in 1989, advised by John West. Hutchinson.
Suo joined the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara, and established a research group studying the mechanics of materials and structures.
The group moved to Princeton University in 1997, and to Harvard University in 2003. He developed applications for microelectronics, large-area electronics, soft materials, active materials, and lithium-ion batteries.
With Teng Li, Suo co-founded iMechanica, the web of mechanics and mechanicians. In 2015, iMechanica has over 20,000 registered users.
Suo is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award.
Suo is the author of many peer-reviewed articles, including "Mixed mode cracking in layered materials", (JW Hutchinson, Z Suo), Advances in applied mechanics 29 (63) and "Fracture mechanics for piezoelectric ceramics", (Z Suo, Master in Surgery Kuo, Doctor of Medicine Barnett, JR Willis), Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 40 (4). In 2015, he contributed to the article "Syringe-injectable electronics", which was published in Nature Nanotechnology.
He is a member of the Executive Committee (2005-2010, Chair 2010) of the Applied Mechanics Division, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), and is a member at large of the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (2006-2012). He received the William Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Sciences He is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.