People

Principle Investigator

Dr. Jie Yin
Office: RM 3240(EB3)
Lab: RM 1413 (EB3)
jyin8@ncsu.edu, (919) 515-7030, Twitter@JieYinLab, Youtube channel Yin lab@NCSU

Research Interest: mechanics of materials and structures, mechanical metamaterial, soft robotics, mechanical instability, wetting

 

 

Group Members

Ph.D. Students

Fangjie Qi (Ph.D. student, Joined 08/2021)
M.S.  University of Southern California (2021)

 

 

 

Haitao Qing (Ph.D. student, joined 12/2021)
M.S. ME, Hanyang University (2021)
B.E.  ME, Hanyang University (2019)

 

 

 

Haoze Sun (Ph.D. student, joined 08/2022)

B.E. Southern University of Science and Technology (2022)

Caizhi Zhou (Ph.D. student, joined 08/2023)

M.S. ME, Shanghai Jiaotong University (2023)

B.S. ME, Shanghai Jiaotong University (2020)

 

Postdoctoral Associate

 

 

Dr. Yanbin Li (joined 09/2022)
Research Area: Mechanical metamaterials
Ph.D. North Carolina Stat University (2022)
M.S. Mechanics, Beijing Jiaotong University (2017)
B.S. Henan Polytechnic University (2014)

 

 

 

Undergraduate Researcher

Ms. Jade Martens (joined 09/2021)

NCSU ME

 

 

 

  Ms. Frances McBride (Joined 01/2022), NCSU AE

 

Student Award

  • Advances in Mechanics Award (graduate student poster award) by ASME (Yinding Chi), 2019
  • Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Yichao Tang), 2019
  • Chinese government award for outstanding self-finance students abroad (Yichao Tang), 2018
  • Dissertation Completion Award, Temple University (Qiuting Zhang), 2018
  • Dissertation Completion Award, Temple University (Gaojian Lin), 2017
  • 3rd place in SES student poster competition (Qiuting Zhang), 2017
  • ASME IMECE Student Travel Award from Haythornthwaite Foundation (Yichao Tang), 2016
  • ASME IAM3D Competition Finalist (Haley Lawler, Jane Mittelman, and Jasmine Merali from the Senior Design Group), 2016
  • Summer Research Fellowship from Temple University (Gaojian Lin), 2016
  • Graduate Student Travel Award from Temple College of Engineering (Gaojian Lin and Yichao Tang), 2015

Alumni

Ph.D. Students

Yaoye Hong (Ph.D. 08/2018  – 07/2023)
Research Area: Metamaterials & Soft machines

Dissertation: “Mechanics guided morphological intelligence in kirigami structures”

M.S. ME, Boston University (2018)
B.E.  ME, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2015)

Current position: Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pennsylvania

 

 

Yinding Chi (Ph.D. student, Ph.D. 01/2018 – 10/2022)
Research Area: Soft Machines
Dissertation: “Harnessing Bistability and Multistability for High-Performance Soft Robots”
M.S. ME, University of Colorado, Boulder (2017)
B.E.  ME, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2014)
Current position: Postdoctoral Associate at University of Pennsylvania

 

Yanbin Li (Ph.D. 01/2018 – 06/2022)
Research Area: Mechanical metamaterials
Dissertation: “Reconfigurable three-dimensional modular kirigami metamaterials: science and applications”
Ph.D. ME, North Carolina State University (2022)
M.S. Mechanics, Beijing Jiaotong University (2017)
B.S. Henan Polytechnic University (2014)
Current position: Postdoctoral Associate at NC State

 

 

qiutingQiuting Zhang (Ph.D. 08/2014 – 05/2019)
Dissertation: “Mechanics and Functionality of Extreme Mechanical Instabilities through Buckling Driven Delamination”
Ph.D. ME, Temple University (2019)
B.E. Mechanics, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) (2013)
Current position: Associate Professor at Beihang University

 

 

yichao tangYichao Tang (Ph.D. 08/2014 – 12/2018)
Dissertation: “Deformation Driven Programmable Metamaterials and Soft Machines”
Ph.D. ME, Temple University (2018)
M.S. Materials Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), MA, USA (2014)
B.E.  Materials Science, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) (2012)
Current position: Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai China

 

gaojianGaojian Lin (Ph.D. 08/2014 – 05/2018)
Dissertation: “Instability Driven Reconfigurable Soft Materials: Mechanics and Functionality”
Ph.D. ME, Temple University (2018)
B.E. ME, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China (2014)
Current position: Assistant Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology

 

Postdoctoral Associate

  • Dr. Yao Zhao (11/2020 – 05/2024)

    Research Area: Soft active machines
    Ph.D. Temple University (2019)

     

     

  • Dr. Qiuting Zhang (06/2019 – 07/2019), Temple University
  • Dr. Yichao Tang (01/2019 – 02/2019), Temple University
  • Dr. Zhuolei Zhang (01/2018 – 10/2018), Temple University, co-advised with Dr. Fei Ren

Visiting Scholar

  • Mr. Yujie Ke (06/2018 – 07/2018), Ph.D. student from Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Undergraduate Research Students

  • Cassie Paulin ( 01/2020 – 05/2020, ME, NCSU)
  • Sid Collins ( 01/2020 – 05/2020, ME, NCSU)
  • Josh Mitchell ( 09/2019 – 05/2020, ME, NCSU)
  • Ryan Harradine ( 09/2019 – 05/2020, ME, NCSU)
  • Yanghong Wang (05/2018 – 08/2018, EE, Temple University)
  • Julie Lee (05/2018 – 08/2018, ME, Temple University)
  • Albert Hagan (05/2018 – 08/2018, ME, Temple University)
  • Ahmed Amin (05/2017-08/2017)
    Mechanical Engineering, Temple University
  • Stephen Henry Doroba (06/2016-08/2016)
    Mechanical Engineering, Temple University
  • Connor O’Rourke (05/2015 – 08/2015) (06/2016 – 08/2016)
    Mechanical Engineering, Temple University
  • Joshua Robison (05/2015 – 08/2015)
    Mechanical Engineering, Temple University
  • Joseph Teitelman (05/2015 – 08/2015)
    Mechanical Engineering (class of 2018), Temple University
  • Jonathon Wommer (05/2015 – 08/2015)
    Electrical Engineering, Temple University
  • Lucas Andrade de Barros (05/2015 – 08/2015)
    Mechanical Engineering
  • Thiago Azevedo Guerra (05/2015 – 08/2015)
    Mechanical Engineering
  • Rodrigo Pereira (05/2015 – 08/2015)
    Mechanical Engineering