研究领域
（1）超支化材料的制备和性能
低介电材料，高强高韧材料，光致发光材料
（2）高性能热固性材料
高强高韧和低介环氧制备，固化动过程的优化和残余应力控制
（3）有机无机杂化材料和高分子合金
（4）高聚物的黏弹性（讲授高聚物黏弹性与松弛研究生课程）
材料的物理老化和长储性能，应用流变学
（5）高聚物的热分析
近期论文
（1）Y. Meng and S.L. Simon，Relation between Mobility Factor and Diffusion Factor for Thermoset Cure，Thermochim. Acta, 437(1-2): 179 (2005).
（2）Y. Meng and S.L. Simon，Pressure Relaxation of Polystyrene and its Comparison to Shear Response, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., 45:3375 (2007).
（3）Y. Meng, P. Bernazzani, P.A. O’Connell, G.B. McKenna and S.L. Simon，A New Pressurizable Dilatometer for Measuring the Time-Dependent Bulk Modulus and PVT Properties of Polymeric Materials，Rev. Sci. Instrum., 80, 053903 (2009).
（4）Yan Meng and Joshua U Otaigbe，Mechanism of unexpected viscosity decrease of polymer melts by low-Tg inorganic phosphate glass during processing，Appl. Rheol. 21(4): 42654 (2011).
（5）Qi Li, Xiaoyu Li, Yan Meng, Curing of DGEBA epoxy using a phenol-terminated hyperbranched curing agent: Cure kinetics, gelation, and the TTT cure diagram, Thermochim. Acta, 549: 69–80 (2012)