• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, 2004
• Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, 2007
• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2010

Journal Articles

• CAB Mid-Career Investigator Award, Chinese Association for Biomaterials, February 2023

• ASME Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award, ASME, November 2022

• Society of Engineering Science Young Investigator Medal Award, Society of Engineering Science, January 2021

• NIH Trailblazer Award, National Institutes of Health, 2020

• SPIE 2020 DCS Rising Researchers, SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics), 2020

• SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, SME, 2019

• ONR Young Investigator Program Award, Office of Naval Research, 2018

• MIT Technnology Review Innovators Under 35, MIT Technnology Review, 2017

• NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2016

• Paul Holloway Young Investigator Award, American Vacuum Society, 2015

• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Studying Abroad, Chinese Government, 2011

• Doctoral New Investigator, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, 2016

• 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 3M, 2018

• Emerging Leader, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2019

• JMR Early Career Scholars in Materials Science, Journal of Materials Research, 2020

Service to Penn State:

• Contributions to Programs to Enhance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Committee Member, ESM DEI Committee, September 2022

• Academic Leadership and Support Work, Chairperson, BME Qualifying Exam Committee Chair, BME Department, BME Qualifying Exam Committee, January 2022

Service to External Organizations: