Dr. Gongye Zhang is currently an assistant professor of Engineering Mechanics at Southeast University, China. He obtained an M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering in May 2014 from the UT-Dallas, and received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in Dec 2018 from the Southern Methodist University. He has conducted research in multi-scale materials modeling, higher-order continuum theories, elastic wave propagation and micro- and nano-mechanics. He has authored 41 journal papers and 1 conference publication. He has been a reviewer for over 20 journals.