Members
Front row (from L): Jennifer, Katie, Darpan, Pham
Back row (from L): Yong, Shuang, Doyun, Fedi, Ali, Tiansong, Jihong, Kun [updated Spring 2024, Jin not in the picture]
Principal Investigator
Andrew A. Adams Distinguished Professor
University of Science and Technology of China, BS (1999)
Northwestern University, MS (2001) and PhD (2005)
Address: Engineering Building 3, Rm 3238
1840 Entrepreneur Dr., Campus Box 7910, Raleigh, NC 27695
Email: yong_zhu@ncsu.edu or yzhu7@ncsu.edu
Phone: (919) 513-7735
Group Members
Kun Luan Research Associate |
Doyun Kim Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Jin Xu Postdoctoral Research Fellow (co-advised with Dr. Qingshan Wei) |
5th year PhD student |
Katherine Moody 3rd year PhD student |
Jennifer Lee (NSF GRFP awardee) 2nd year PhD student |
Tiansong Wang 1st year PhD student |
Ali Akbari 1st year PhD student |
Fedi Fehri 1st year PhD student |
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Phuonganh Pham 1st year PhD student |
Jihong Shi (Stan Shek) Visiting PhD student from City University of Hong Kong |
| Currently Undergraduate Students working in the lab:
Michael Zheng Madison Mitchell Shivani Karanth Jessica Eng Maddie Hefner |
Alumni (gone but not forgotten)
- Hongyu Wang, PhD (December 2023), Title: “In Situ TEM Investigation of Deformation Mechanisms in Metallic Nanowires”, Currently: Research Scientist, Virginia Tech
- Yuxuan Liu, PhD (December 2022), Title: “Sustainable Printed Soft Wearable Electronics Based on Silver Nanowires”, Currently: ASML
- Zheng Cui, PhD (December 2018), Title: “Silver Nanowire-based Flexible and Stretchable Devices: Applications and Manufacturing”, Currently: Zenomics, CA
- Chengjun Li, PhD (December 2018), Title: “Development of Microelectromechanical Systems for Advanced Nanomechanical Characterization”, Currently: Amazon
- Farhan Rahman (co-chaired), PhD (December 2018), Title: “Development of a novel multiaxial miniature testing system for micro-specimen testing, and multi-scale modeling for continuum-scale material property”: Currently: postdoc at Sandia National Lab
- Felipe Poblete, PhD (August 2018), Title: “Rate-dependent Interfacial Mechanics in Advanced Material Systems”, Currently: Align Technology
- Yuqi Zhang, PhD (July 2018), co-advised for 2 years, Currently: Assistant Professor at Zhejiang University
- Jianxun Cui, PhD (October 2017), Title: “Self-folding of Engineering Materials Actuated by Heat Shrinkable Polymers”, Currently: Postdoc at UW Madison
- Shanshan Yao, PhD (October 2016), Title: “Nanomaterial-Enabled Soft Sensors and Actuators”, Currently: Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University
- Guangming Cheng, PhD (October 2016), Title “In Situ Investigation of Deformation Mechanisms in Crystalline Nanowires”, Currently: Research Scientist at Princeton
- Tzu-Hsuan Chang, PhD (August 2016), Title: “In situ Scanning Electron Microscopy Mechanical Characterization of Crystalline Nanowires using MEMS Devices”, Currently: Intel, OR
- Qingquan Qin, PhD (December 2012), Title: “Mechanical Properties of One-Dimensional Nanomaterials: Size, Time and Temperature Dependent Effects”, Currently: Schlumberger
- Feng Xu, PhD (August 2012), Title: “Applications of One-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Stretchable Electronics”, Currently: Semtech, CA
- Gabrielle Kistner, MS (May 2023), Title: “Measuring Joint Angles using Soft Wearable Strain Sensors”, [Gabby was a student athlete on the NCSU gymnastics team]
- Hun Ki Sim, MS (February 2020), Title: “Wearable Strain Sensors for Measuring Diastolic Blood Pressure”, Currently: Applied Materials, CA
- Ziyang Xie, MS (April 2019), Title: “Silver nanowire-based heater: it’s fabrication and applications in self-folding structure and wearables”, Currently: Phd student at NC State
- Victor J. Ouyang, MS (December 2011), Title: “Piezoresistive Self-Sensing and Feedback Control of a Z-Shaped Thermal Actuator”, Currently: Knowles Corporation, IL
- Changhong Guan, MS (December 2009), Title: “Development of a Closed-loop MEMS Capacitive Force Sensor”, Currently: Timo Laboratories Inc.
- Qijin Huang, Postdoc (September 2015 – July 2017),
- Alper Gurarslan, Postdoc (August 2015 – September 2016), Currently: Assistant Professor and Marie Curie Fellow at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
- Tao Jiang, Postdoc (January 2012 – January 2014), Currently: Professor at Jinan University, China
- Kalyani Deshmukh, MSN (2022-2024), smart masks for respiratory monitoring, Currently: Thermo Fisher
- Sabrina Fleming, MSN (2021-2023), artificial venus flytrap, Currently: Associate Process Engineers, HZO
- Jayesh Jadhav, MSN (2021-2023), mechanical metamaterials, Currently: Research Engineer, NC State
- G. Langston Baker, PhD (2019-2020)
- Malvika Mishra, MSN (Dec. 2019)
- Aravind Murugan, MSN (May 2019), Currently: Product Engineer at Lenovo, NC
- Siddarth Mahendran, MSN (May 2019), Currently: Manufacturing Engineer at Vibrant America Clinical Laboratory, CA
- Joseph Sizemore, MSN (May 2016), Currently: General Dynamics Mission Systems, NC
- Amanda Myers, MSN (May 2014), Currently: NC State
- Jose Caceres, MSN (May 2013), Currently: Product Engineer at Cummins Inc., IN
- John Pearce, MSN (Aug. 2012)
- John Durham, MSN (May 2012), Currently: R&D Manager at Dexcom
- Raul Campos, MSN (May 2012), Currently: Staff Mechanical Engineer at Fermilab, IL
- Christian Perea, MSN (Dec. 2011), Currently: Controls Engineer at Bosch, MN
- Undergraduate researchers (over 50):
- Madison Mitchell (MAE and Textiles), Oct 2022 – present
- Shivani Karanth (MAE), Sep 2022 – present
- Michael Zheng (MAE), Oct 2021 – present
- Alex Draghici (MAE), Oct 2021 – May 2022
- Abhiroop Kollipara (MAE), May 2021 – May 2023
- Grant Stevenson (MAE), August 2020 – May 2021
- Holy Newman (MAE), June 2020 – May 2021
- Anthony Kyu (BME), August 2019 – May 2020
- Wenzheng Heng, July – August 2019, GEAR program
- Zhangli Lu, July – August 2019, GEAR program
- Brian Vogel, August 2018 – May 2019
- Rohith Koduru, August 2018 – May 2019
- Brian Turi, August 2018 – May 2019
- Kelly Jones, January – May 2018
- Nick Mininni, May 2017 – December 2017
- Priya Loganathar, May 2017 – December 2017
- John Sharp, January – May 2017
- Noah Russ, January – May 2017
- John Adams, August 2016 – December 2017
- Ameer Ghanem, July – September 2016, GTI program
- Alao Deh, July – September 2016, GTI program
- Joseph Meyers, August 2015 – May 2016
- Mai Abdo, June – July 2015, NCSU GTI
- Khalid Alrubaya, May – June 2015, KAUST program
- Adam Cunningham, May 2015 – August 2015
- Yan Huang, July – August 2015, GEAR program
- James Turner, August 2011 – May 2015
- K’Ehleyr James, May 2014 – May 2015
- Michael Suguitan, May – August 2014
- Erik Anderson, May – August 2014
- Jocelyn Yu, July – August 2014, GEAR program
- Yuyang Zhou, July – August 2014, GEAR program
- Watan Fayes, June – August 2014, PTU program
- Elizabeth Fortin, May – August 2013
- Lingnan Song, July – August 2013, GEAR program
- Yu Zhang, July – August 2013, GEAR program
- Caleb Hansen, August 2012 – May 2013
- Matt Caroll, August – December 2012
- David Gebb, August – December 2012
- Michael Mazzoleni, January 2010 – May 2012
- Greg Bennett, August 2010 – August 2011
- Margaret McDonald, BS 2012, last seen: graduate student at Georgia Tech
- Connor Bradfield, BS 2011, last seen: graduate student at UPenn
- Shanevea Foster, BS 2011, last seen: working at GE
- Laura Rucker, BS 2011, last seen: working at Cook Medical
- Raul Campos, BS 2010, last seen: graduate student at NC State
- Chris Dopira, BS 2010, last seen: graduate student at NCSU
- Barrett Lawson, BS 2009, last seen: working at kDy Automation Solutions
- Shreyasi Mukerji, BS 2009, last seen: graduate student at Cornell
- John A. Chiulli, BS 2009, last seen: graduate student at Clemson
- Ben Stiles, BS 2009, last seen: graduate student at NCSU
- Brian Honeycutt, BS 2008
- Fangfang Ding, visiting graduate student from Northwestern Polytechnic University, China (Sep 2010 – Feb 2011)
- Thao Phan, REU student from MIT (Summer 2011)
- Jose Caceres, visiting UG student from Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador (Summer 2010)
- High School students
- Simeon Scott, Eric Ye, Isabel Chang, Grace Westmoreland, summer 2023, Cary Academy
- Ava Hsu, Hannah Serwin, Joshua Kendall, summer 2022, Cary Academy
- Jake Deng, summer 2021, NCSSM