2019
2018
- 10/2019 Professor Wang co-organized a session "3D/4D printed functional materials and structures: 3D/4D printing of active structures" at 2019 Society of Engineering Science (SES) conference at St. Louis, MO, and gave two talks “Freestanding 3D Mesostructures, Functional Devices, and Shape-Programmable Systems Based on Mechanically Induced Assembly of Shape Meomory Polymers” and “Development of Three-Dimensional Electronic Scaffolds for Monitoring and Regulation of Multifunctional Hybrid Tissues”.
- 09/2019 Our group received a grant from ONR. Prof. Wang is the PI for this effort. Many thanks ONR for the support and congratulations to the group!
- 09/2019 Prof. Wang was selected to receive the the 2019 Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grant by the Applied Mechanics Division of the ASME. Thanks the Haythornthwaite Foundation and ASME AMD for the support!
- 09/2019 Prof. Wang's co-author paper "Battery-free, lightweight, injectable microsystem for in vivo wireless pharmacology and optogenetics" was accepted into PNAS for publication!
- 09/2019 Dr. Guangfu Wu joined our group as a postdoc. Welcome!
- 08/2019 Mr. Xin Gao and Yi Li joined our group as Ph.D. students. Both of them obtained the MAE department fellowship! Welcome and congratulations!
- 07/2019 Professor Wang attended 2019 Science of Adhesion Gordon Research Conference and gave an invited poster "Interface Mechanics for Assembly of 3D Mesostructures and Electronics in Advanced Materials".
- 07/2019 Our group hosted high school students summer camp!
- 07/2019 Prof. Wang received faculty incentive funds for travelling from the College of Engineering (CoE) at Mizzou. Thanks CoE for the support!
- 06/2019 Professor Wang's first-author paper "Harnessing the interface mechanics of hard films and soft substrates for 3D assembly by controlled buckling" has been accepted for publication in PNAS!
- 06/2019 We received seed funding from the University of Missouri Coulter Translational Partnership (MU Coulter) Program. Thanks the MU Coulter Program for the support!
- 06/2019 Professor Wang co-organized a session "Fracture in Soft and Time-dependent Materials 3: Adhesive Failure" and gave a talk "Freestanding 3D Mesostructures, Functional Devices, and Shape‐Programmable Systems Based on Mechanically Induced Assembly with Shape Memory Polymers" in 2019 Annual Society for Experimental Mechanics conference at Reno, Nevada.
- 06/2019 Professor Wang's co-author paper "Multimodal Sensing with a Three-Dimensional Piezoresistive Structure" has been accepted for publication in ACS Nano!
- 05/2019 Professor Wang's co-author paper "Battery-free, fully implantable optofluidic systems for wireless optogenetic and pharmacological neuromodulation of peripheral nerves" has been accepted for publication in Science Advances!
- 05/2019 Professor Wang's co-author paper "Buckling and twisting of advanced materials into morphable 3D mesostructures" has been accepted for publication in PNAS!
- 04/2019 We received a grant from the research council (RC) at Mizzou. Thanks RC for the support!
- 04/2019 Prof. Wang received faculty incentive funds for travelling from the College of Engineering (CoE) at Mizzou. Thanks CoE for the support!
- 04/2019 Prof. Wang attended the 2019 NSF ENG Career Proposal Writing Workshop at Washington, D.C.
- 03/2019 Prof. Wang gave an invited talk "Mechanics, Materials, and Structures: From Energy Storage to Human Healthcare" in the department of Chemistry at the Southern Illinois University. Thanks Prof. Kohli for the invitation!
- 03/2019 Professor Wang's co-author paper "Passive, non-pharmacological sweat collection and analysis using a skin-interfaced, soft microfluidic system with colorimetric biomarker assays relevant to kidney disorders" was published in Lab on a Chip.
- 02/2019 Prof. Wang gave an invited talk "Mechanics, Materials, and Structures: From Energy Storage to Human Healthcare" in the College of Engineering Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
- 02/2019 Prof. Wang gave an invited talk "Mechanics, Materials, and Structures: From Energy Storage to Human Healthcare" in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Thanks Prof. Chen for the invitation!
- 01/2019 Graduate student Zizheng Wang and undergraduate student Ruidong Ma joined the group. Welcome!
2018
- 11/2018 Prof. Wang gave two talks "Freestanding 3D Mesostructures, Functional Devices and Shape-Programmable Systems" and "Mechanics of Fracture in Lithium-Ion Storage Materials" at IMECE 2019 at Pittsburgh, PA
- 10/2018 Prof. Wang's first-author paper "Freestanding 3D Mesostructures, Functional Devices and Shape-Programmable Systems based on Mechanically Induced Assembly with Shape Memory Polymers" was accepted into Advanced Materials for publication!
- 10/2018 Undergraduate students Joseph Gilden, Gavin Pfieffer, James Mertens, and Michael Murphy joined the group. Welcome!
- 09/2018 Graduate student Tejas Adak joined the group. Welcome!
- 08/2018 Prof. Wang started as an assistant professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
