News - WANG RESEARCH GROUP

2023

04/2023 Prof. Wang gave an invited talk on morphing materials and structures in the 2023 Spring MRS conference at San Francisco! Thanks Prof. Charles Dhong for the invitation!

2022

12/2022 Zizheng is the Frist Place Winner of the 2022 Graduate Elevator Pitch Competition! Congratulations to Zizheng!

11/2022 Prof. Wang received the EML Young Investigator Award! Thanks EML for the recognition!
08/2022 Prof. Wang received the NIH Trailblazer award! Thanks NIH for the support!
08/2022 Our paper "Three-Dimensional Thermochromic LCE Structures with Reversible Shape-Morphing and Color-Changing Capabilities for Soft Robotics" was accepted for publication in Soft Matter! Congratulations to Yi and Yasmin!
08/2022 Our paper "Morphing of Stiffness-Heterogeneous Liquid Crystal Elastomer Structures Via Mechanical Training and Locally Controlled Photopolymerization" was accepted for publication in Matter! Congratulations to Yi and collaborators!
08/2022 Our paper "Soft, Pressure-Tolerant, Flexible Electronic Sensors for Sensing Under Harsh Environments" was accepted for publication in ACS Sensors! Congratulations to Yi and Guangfu!
08/2022 Welcome postdoc Dr. Yongyu Lu, Ph.D. student Zachary Arenella, and master student Thong Cu to join our group!
04/2022 My advised senior design team consisting of Camille Martinez, Robert Williams, Liam Gerety, and Cole Accardi won first place for their project "Optimization of the Poly(methyl methacrylate) Annealing Cycle by Minimizing the Residue Stress"! Congratulations on the team!
04/2022 Our Ph.D. student Yi Li received the Doctoral Dissertation Research Award; our undergraduate research assistant Gina Parlato received the Outstanding Research Award. Congratulations to Yi and Gina!
03/2022 Our paper on "Shape-Programmable Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Structures" has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces! Congrats to Zizheng!
03/2022 Prof. Wang was selected as a 2022 Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator Awardee!
02/2022 Prof. Wang gave an invited talk on morphing materials and structures in the Mechanical and Civil Engineering Department at Caltech. Thanks Prof. Kaushik Bhattacharya for the invitation!
02/2022 Shao-Hao Lu passed the MSE qualifying exam. Congrats to Shao-Hao!
01/2022 Prof. Wang received the NSF CAREER award! Thanks NSF for the support!

2021

10/2021 Prof. Wang's co-author paper "Complex 3D microfluidic architectures formed by mechanically guided compressive buckling" was published in Science Advances.
09/2021 Our paper "Talioring the Multistability of Origami-Inspired, Buckled Magnetic Structures via Compression and Creasing" was accepted for publication in Materials Horizons! Congratulations to Yi and the collaborators!
06/2021 Our paper "Reconfiguration of multistable 3D ferromagnetic mesostructures guided by energy landscape surveys" was accepted for publication in Extreme Mechanics Letters. Congrats to Yi and the collaborators!
08/2021 Shao-Hao Lu and Yasmin Teixeira joined our group as PhD students. Welcome!
06/2021 Our co-author paper "Bioinspired oil-infused slippery surfaces with water and ion barrier properties" was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
06/2021 Professor Wang organized a session " Advances in Mechanics of Deformation, Plasticity, and Failure" and gave a talk "Mechanics of Reconfigurable 3D Mesostructures in Active Materials" at the 2021 Annual SEM conference.
06/2021 Professor Wang's co-author paper "Three-Dimensional Electronic Microfliers With Designs Inspired by Wind-Dispersed Seeds" was accepted for publication in Nature!
5/2021 Our Research Excellence Program (REP) proposal was selected for funding. Thanks UConn for the support!
4/2021 Professor Wang was invited to give a talk at the MSE EAB meeting.
4/2021 Professor Wang was invited to give a talk at the IMS external advisory board (EAB) meeting.
03/2021 Professor Wang received the ASME ORR Early Career Award!
03/2021 Our paper "Reconfigurable 3D Mesotructures of Spatially Programmed Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Their Ferromagnetic Composites" has been accepted for publication in Advanced Functional Materials. Congratulations to Yi Li and the co-authors!
02/2021 We received a DURIP award to acquire an advanced laser system for the design and manufacturing of advanced materials and functional structures! Thanks ONR for the support!
02/2021 Our paper "Remotely Controlled, Reversible, On-Demand Assembly and Reconfiguration of 3D Mesostructures via Liquid Crystal Elastomer Platforms" has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Congratulations to Yi Li and the co-authors!
01/2021 Professor Wang was invited to give a lightning talk at the BLUE UCI 2021 workshop supported by NSF.

2020

12/2020 Professor Wang was invited to give a virtual seminar at Kennesaw State University. Thanks Professor Bo Li for the invitation!
11/2020 Professor Wang organized a session "Material Processing of Flexible Electronics, Sensors, and Devices" at the virtual 2020 ASME IMECE conference.
10/2020 Professor Wang participated the 2020 Smart Oceans workshop (https://www.smartoceans2020.org/program).
09/2020 Professor Wang was invited to give a virtual seminar entitled "Mechanics, Materials, and Functional Structures: From Energy Storage to Flexible Electronics" at St. Louis University. Thanks Professor Chi Hou Lei for the invitation!
09/2020 Professor Wang was invited to give a virtual seminar entitled "Mechanics, Materials, and Functional Structures: From Energy Storage to Flexible Electronics" at Syracuse University. Thanks Professor Teng Zhang for the invitation!
09/2020 Dr. Gyuho Song joined our group as a postdoc. Welcome, Gyuho!
08/2020 Our group moved to the University of Connecticut.
08/2020 Professor Wang was invited to give a talk entitled "Multifunctional 3D Microsystems: From Mechanics and Materials Design to Applications" at the EASF forum. Thanks the EASF committee for the invitation!
08/2020 Our group received a grant from NSF CMMI to work on Tailoring Energy Landscapes to Harness the Multistability for Reconfigurable 3D Buckled Structures, in collaboration with Professor Teng Zhang at Syracuse University. Thanks NSF for the support!
06/2020 Our paper "Mechanics and deformation of shape memory polymer kirigami microstructures" was accepted for publication in Extreme Mechanics Letters.
02/2020 Professor Wang was invited to give a talk at TMS.
02/2020 Our smart bandage project was reported by Mizzou news. https://news.missouri.edu/2020/smartphones-smart-cars-smart-bandages/
01/2020 Our paper "Three-dimensional electronic scaffolds for monitoring and regulation of multifunctional hybrid tissues" was accepted for publication in Extreme Mechanics Letters.

2019

12/2019 Professor Wang received the Richard Wallace Faculty Incentive Award from Mizzou Alumni Association. Thanks Mizzou Alumni Association for the support!
11/2019 We have received tranche funding from the MU Coulter Transnational partnership Program. Thanks MU Coulter for the support!
11/2019 Professor Wang received the 1907 Women in Engineering Faculty Award from the College of Engineering at Mizzou in recognition of her significant contributions to the College of Engineering and the engineering field in academic achievement, leadership, and service. Thanks the College of Engineering!
11/2019 Professor Wang co-organized a session "Material Processing of Flexible/Emerging Electronics, Sensors, and Devices" at 2019 IMECE conference at Salt Lake City, UT. Professor Wang also received the ASME Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award at the ASME Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) Banquet at IMECE. Thanks ASME AMD and the Haythornthawaite Foundation for the support!
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.