Bingen Yang is a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Southern California, where he has taught and conducted research over three decades. His work in the areas of structures, dynamics, vibrations, controls, and mechanics has appeared in more than 270 publications, including two monographs, one handbook, and two textbooks. Dr. Yang’s current research interests include modeling, analysis and control of dynamic systems and flexible structures, electromechanical systems, and computational methods for problems in engineering. A fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, he earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.