Xinchen Ni
xinchen.ni@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-6914
Mailstop: ECW 31
Office: ECSW3.150A
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020
SM, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Fudan University, 2012
Research Interests
Mechanics, programmable materials, soft robots, machine learning
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- J. Kim†, T. Kim†, H. Jung, Y-T Huang, Y. Jeon, F. Liu, S. Cheng, J. Park, J. Park, B. Jeffery, T. Kim, X. Ni, N. Kim, D. You, L. P. Chamorro, X. Ni, and J. A. Rogers, “Shape morphing programmable systems for enhanced control in low-velocity flow applications.” Advanced Intelligence Systems 2500457 (2025)
- C. Furtado*, R. Kopp, X. Ni, C. Sarrado, E. Kalfon-Cohen, B. L. Wardle, and P. P. Camanho, “J‑integral experimental reduction reveals fracture toughness improvements in thin-ply carbon fiber laminates with aligned carbon nanotube interlaminar reinforcement.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16, 20980 – 20989 (2024)
- S. Li, D. Lu, S. Li, J. Liu, Y. Xu, Y. Yan, J. Rodriguez, H Bai, S. Kang, X. Ni, H. Luan, H. Guo, W. Bai, C. Wu, X. Zhou, Z. Hu, M. A. Pet, C. W. Hammill, M. R. MacEwan, W. Z. Ray, Y. Huang, and J. A. Rogers*, “Bioresorbable, wireless, passive sensors for continuous pH measurements and early detection of gastric leakage.” Science Advances 10, eadj0268 (2024)
- R. Kopp*, X. Ni, P. Nordin, P. Hallander, L. Selegård, and B. L. Wardle “Hygrothermal progressive damage in open-hole compression of composite laminates with aligned carbon nanotube interlaminar reinforcement studied by X-ray micro-computed tomography.” Composites Part B: Engineering 278, 111391 (2024)
- Y. Zhang, F. Liu, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, D. D’Andrea, S. Li, H. J. Yoon, M. Wu, S Li, T. Wang, J. Walters, Y. Bouricha, I. Huang, Z. Hu, H. Guo, X. Ni, J. Choi, Y. Wu, G. Lee, A. Lantsova, F. Jiang, E. Dempsey, K. Bailey, Y. Huang, C. K. Franz, and J. A. Rogers, “Self-powered, light-controlled bioresorbable platforms for programmed drug delivery.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, e2217734120 (2023)