Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Advisor: Dr. James H. Pikul
Dec 2024
Honours Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Xinyu Liu
June 2020
Exchange Student at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore, 2016) and Korea University (Korea, 2016).
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Postdoc Researcher
Advisor: Dr. James H. Pikul
Feb 2025 – Present
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. James H. Pikul
Oct 2020 – Dec 2024
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Xinyu Liu
Sept 2019 – Sept 2020
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Visiting Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Robert Langer and Dr. Giovanni Traverso
July 2018 – July 2019
College of Engineering, University of Liverpool
Visiting Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Ahmed Elsheikh
June 2017 – Aug 2017
Peer reviewer for Science Robotics (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Peer reviewer for Microsystems & Nanoengineering (Springer Nature)
Peer reviewer for EES Battery (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Peer reviewer for Processes (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute )
Teaching assistant for MEAM 2110 – Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (Spring 2023, University of Pennsylvania)
Teaching assistant for MEAM 321 – Vibrations of Mechanical Systems (Spring 2022, University of Pennsylvania)
Teaching assistant for MEAM 110 – Introduction to Mechanics (Fall 2021, University of Pennsylvania)
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