The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Apr. 2019 –Mar. 2022)
Doctor of Engineering
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Oct. 2016 – Mar. 2019)
Master of Engineering
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (Sept. 2012 – Jun. 2016)
Bachelor of Engineering

July. 2025-Present, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
June. 2022-June. 2025, Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Mirror Additive manufacturing, Robotic Manufacturing

JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research –(JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP 21J11337), April 2021 – March 2023.
“Creation and plastic forming of lightweight multi-layer composite sheets consisting of 3D CFRP core and metallic face sheets”
Role: PI
JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) – (Contract No. 20H00300)), April 2020 – March 2023.
“Creation and production of lightweight multi-layer composite sheets composed of 3D CFRP core and metallic face sheets”

*=Corresponding author
1. J. Zhang*, J. Yanagimoto. "Design and fabrication of formable CFRTP core sandwich sheets." CIRP Annals 68.1 (2019): 281-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2019.04.060
2. J. Zhang*, Y. Sato, J. Yanagimoto. "Homogenization-based topology optimization integrated with elastically isotropic lattices for additive manufacturing of ultralight and ultrastiff structures." CIRP Annals 70.1 (2021): 111-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2021.04.019
3. J. Zhang*, J. Yanagimoto. "Topology optimization of CFRP hierarchical pyramidal structures fabricated by additive manufacturing." Composites Part B: Engineering 224 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109241
4. J. Zhang*, J. Yanagimoto. "Density-based topology optimization integrated with genetic algorithm for optimizing formability and bending stiffness of 3D printed CFRP core sandwich sheets." Composites Part B: Engineering 225 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2021.109248
5. J. Zhang*, T. Taylor, T. Kizaki, J. Yanagimoto. "Bendable metal-based composite sheets with a truncated dome core made of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastics." Composite Structures 236 (2020): 111918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.111918
6. T. Kizaki, J. Zhang*, Q. Yao, J. Yanagimoto. "Continuous manufacturing of CFRP sheets by rolling for rapid fabrication of long CFRP products." Composites Part B: Engineering 189 (2020): 107896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.107896
7. J. Zhang*, J. Yanagimoto. "Topology optimization of microlattice dome with enhanced stiffness and energy absorption for additive manufacturing." Composite Structures 255 (2021): 112889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112889
8. J. Zhang*, T. Taylor, L. Shukla, J. Yanagimoto. "Rapid fabrication of 3D CFRP parts by hot forming of pre-cured CFRP sheets." Composite Structures 268 (2021): 113942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.113942
9. J. Zhang*, T. Taylor, J. Yanagimoto. "Mechanical properties and cold and warm forming characteristics of sandwich sheets with a three-dimensional CFRTP core." Composite Structures 269 (2021): 114048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114048
10. J. Zhang*, S. Ding, J. Yanagimoto. " Bending properties of sandwich sheets with thin metallic face sheets and additively manufactured 3D CFRP lattice cores." Journal of Materials Processing Technology 300 (2022): 117437, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2021.117437
11. J. Zhang*, J. Yanagimoto. "Design of bendable sandwich sheets with 3D printed CFRP cores via multi-stage topology optimization." Composite Structures 287 (2022): 115372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.115372
12. S. Ding, J. Zhang*, SA. Khan, Y. Sato, J. Yanagimoto. “Metadynamic recrystallization in A5083 aluminum alloy with homogenized and as-extruded initial microstructures.” Materials Science and Engineering A 838 (2021): 142789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2022.142789
13. Y. Shibuya, J. Zhang, Y. Sato, J. Yanagimoto. “Evaluation of the mechanical properties and deformability of metal-based composite sheets made of thin stainless-steel sheets and carbon fiber reinforced plastics” Int J Mater Form 15, 47 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-022-01661-z
14. S. Ding, J. Zhang, J. Yanagimoto. "Static recovery of A5083 aluminum alloy after a small deformation through various measuring approaches." Journal of Materials Science & Technology 104 (2022): 202-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2021.06.053
15. T. Taylor, K. Kim, J. Zhang, D. Penney, J. Yanagimoto. "TRIP assisted press hardened steel by the anisothermal bainitic ferrite transformation." Journal of Materials Processing Technology 289 (2021): 116950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2020.116950
16. T. Taylor, J. Zhang, J. Yanagimoto. "Evaluation of a concept out-of-autoclave process for manufacturing carbon fibre reinforced polymer automotive parts." Procedia CIRP 86 (2019): 162-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.01.030

CIRP Research Affiliate
JSPS Fellow
Member, The Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity (2017 – Present)

JSPS Fellowship
Chinese government award for outstanding self finance students abroad 2020
Scholarship from the School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo