Dr. Kang was born in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, in 1969.
From September 1987 to July 1992, he studied on metal materials and heat treatment at the Department of Material Engineering, Tsinghua University, and obtained a bachelor’s degree; From September 1992 to February 1994, he pursued master’s degree in metal materials at the Department of Materials, Southwest Jiaotong University; From March 1994 to December 1997, he engaged in cutting-edge researches on solid mechanics at the Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University and was awarded a doctoral degree.
Dr.Kang has been working at Southwest Jiaotong University since December 1997. He was accredited with different academic titles such aslecturer, associate professor, professorandChief Professor of the University, and acted successively as Deputy Dean, Dean, Director of State Key Laboratory of Traction Power and Vice President of Southwest Jiaotong University.
He is now appointed as the executive member of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, chairman of Sichuan Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Society and member of the Steering Committee of Mechanics of the Ministry of education. He serves as the co-editor of Int. J. Fatigue, regional editor of Int. J. Fracture and editorial board member of Int. J. Plasticity.
Dr. Kang has been committed to researches on material constitutive equation, fatigue and fracture, and has made many innovative achievements in ratcheting of advanced materials, ratcheting-fatigue interaction, thermo-mechanical coupling cyclic deformation behavior and fatigue failure behavior of shape memory alloys, mesoscopic mechanics of composites, multi field coupling constitutive equation, and multi-scale mechanical behavior analysis.
To meet the major national demands, he has carried out the fatigue analysis of wheel-rail rolling contact of high-speed railway, the study on bending fretting fatigue of wheel axles, the assessment of the residual life of key components of heavy hual railway vehicles, and the survey of service safety and reliability of key components in large structures.
Dr. Kang has published more than 350 academic papers, including more than 280 SCI papers, one English monograph, three Chinese monographs and three graduate textbooks. He has supervised more than 80 postdoctoral and graduate students, including one winner of The Excellent Doctoral Thesis and one nomination award winner of the excellent doctoral thesis of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He has received many awards for his research and teaching, including two second prizes of Natural Science of the Ministry of Education (ranking first and third respectively), one second prize of Scientific and Technological Progress of Sichuan Province (ranking third), and two second prizes of National Teaching Achievements (ranking first and fourth respectively). Since 2014, he has been included in Elsevier’s list of highly cited Chinese scholars every year.
Dr. Kang has been awarded numerous titles such as Grant Recipient of National Natural Science Fundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars of China, Scholar of German “Humboldt Research Fellowship”, National Outstanding Educator, Expert Enjoying Special Government Allowance named by the State Council, Young and Middle-aged Leading Talent in Scientific and Technological Innovation of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Academic and Technological Leaders in Sichuan Province, Outstanding Talent in the New Century of the Ministry of Education, Winner of Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation Fund for Excellent Young Teachers, Winner of Outstanding Young Leaders Training Fund in Sichuan Province. He is nominated as doctorate holder with outstanding contributions in Sichuan Province.
As a member of the University leadership, he is responsible for liaison with the School of Electrical Engineering, Mao Yisheng Honors College (Tangchen Residential College), Global Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and the School of Distance Education.
