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Principle investigator
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Xueju "Sophie" Wang, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and  Engineering, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut
​Email: xueju.wang@uconn.edu
Postdoc fellow, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University (Sept. 2016-July 2018)
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (Aug. 2016)
M.S.  Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (Aug. 2016)

B.E., Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (June 2011)

B.A., English, Dalian University of Technology (June 2011)
Faculty profile: 
https://mse.engr.uconn.edu/xueju-sophie-wang
Awards: 

2022 EML Young Investigator Award
2022
NIH Trailblazer
 Award
2022 PMSE Young Investigator Award
2022  NSF Career Award

2021  ASME Orr Early Career Award
2019  ASME Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Award
2019  1907 Women in Engineering Faculty Award, University of Missouri
2019   Richard Wallace Faculty Incentive Grant Award, University of Missouri
2016   Gary L. Cloud Scholarship Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics

Postdoc
Dr. Yongyu Lu
Dr. Manikandan Muthu
Ph.D. students
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​Yi Li
08/2020-present: ​Ph.D. student, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut
​M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing (2017-2019)
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing (2013-2017)

Awards: Doctoral Dissertation Research Award
Publications (1st author): Matter, 2022; ACS sensors, 2022; Materials Horizons, 2022; Soft Matter, 2022; EML, 2021; AFM, 2021; ACS AMI, 2021

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​    Zizheng Wang
    
01/2020-present:  PhD student, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut
    B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Award: 
Frist Place Winner of the 2022 Graduate Elevator Pitch Competition
    Publications (1st author): ACS AMI, 2022; 

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​   Shao-Hao (Charles) Lu
    08/2021-present: PhD student, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut
    M.S., Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University
    B.S., Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University

    Publications (1st author): Sensors and Actuators Report, 2022; ​

Master student
Thong Cu

Undergraduate researchers

Camille Martinez (08/2021-present)
Martin Birnbach (06/2021-present)
Pablo Zarama (06/2021-present, McNair scholar)

Gina Parlato (summer 2021); received the 2022 Undergraduate Outstanding Research Award

Alumni
Tejas Adak (MS, 09/2018-08/2020; current position: engineer at Spectrum Plastics Group)
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Ian Heck (MS, 10/2019-10/2021; current position: engineer at Johnson & Johnson)
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