Yingchao Yang, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is a co-lead author of the paper, “Toughening Graphene by Integrating Carbon Nanotubes,” according to a release from Rice University. Yang worked with a team of researchers from Rice University, Brown University and others to test fracture-resistant rebar graphene, which was developed at Rice in 2014. Graphene read more Yang co-lead author of paper on toughening graphene, media report