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Education
- North Carolina State University, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2016
- Xi’an Jiaotong University, Microelectronics & Solid-State Electronics, M.E. 2012
- Xi’an Jiaotong University, Microelectronics, B.E. 2009
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2020 – present
- Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2017-2019
Research Interests and History
Shanshan Yao joined the Mechanical Engineering Faculty at Stony Brook University in
the Spring
of 2020. Her research is primarily in the areas of functional materials, smart structures,
advanced manufacturing, and soft electronics. Professor Yao's research aims to provide
new solutions and/or explore new applications in personal healthcare, fitness tracking,
rehabilitation, soft robotics, and entertainment through combined innovations in materials
engineering, mechanical design, and multi-scale manufacturing and integration.
Examples of her research interests include synthesis and characterization of nano/micro materials and structures; manufacturing and integration techniques for smart devices; soft actuators and soft robotics; flexible and stretchable electronics for healthcare, motion tracking, and human-machine interaction.
Professor Yao serves as a reviewer for many journals including Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Materials Horizons, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Nanoscale.