Cunjiang Yu

Cunjiang Yu
Cunjiang Yu he/him/his
Founder Professor

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Education

  • 2010, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, USA
  • 2007, M.S., Electronic Engineering, Southeast University, China
  • 2004, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, China

Academic Positions

  • 2024-present, Founder Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering (Joint), Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Joint), Department of Bioengineering (Joint), Beckman Institute for Science and Technology (Part time faculty), Materials Research Laboratory, Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests

  • Soft Electronics (flexible/stretchable)
  • Bioelectronics and Biosensors
  • Organic Electronics
  • Robotic Interfaces
  • Semiconductor Electronic Devices
  • Micro/Nano/Additive Manufacturing

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Research Areas

  • Bionanotechnology
  • Biosensors and bioelectronics

Research Topics

  • Healthcare and medical technologies

Selected Articles in Journals

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Journal Editorships

  • Founding Editor: Soft Science, 2021-2024
  • Associate Editor: Bioactive Materials, 2024-present
  • Associate Editor: IEEE Transaction on Nanotechnology, 2019-present

Honors

  • IEEE Nanotechnology Council Distinguished Lecturer (2024)
  • ASME Fellow (2023)
  • ASME Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award (2023)
  • ASME Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (2023)
  • Young Investigator Medal Award, Society of Engineering Science (2021)
  • NIH Trailblazer Award (2020)
  • ONR Young Investigator Award (2018)
  • MIT Technology Review 35 Top Innovators under age of 35 China (Inaugural) (2017)
  • NSF CAREER Award (2016)

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