Xuanhe Zhao

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During the AASF-Hoover Forum tomorrow, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary of State & Director of the @HooverInst, will talk with host Arun Majumdar, Dean of @stanforddoerr. This fireside chat will address advancing policy through conversation: ticket.aafuturefoundation.org

It is a great pleasure to give the eWear seminar at @Stanford. The room was so packed that several colleagues and students had to join the seminar via Zoom. Thanks very much for @zhenanbao kind invitation and hosting. Great interactions with Guosong Hong, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Ruike…

I am looking for a PhD scientist to work together @SanaHeal. Will work on products based on our bioadhesive technology platform internally & with large publicly traded company partnered on diverse medical devices. Our office/lab is in Boston & competitive salary & compensation

Devices that pull water out of thin air poised to take off | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

I aim to write each chapter for a lecture. The previous chapter on thermal system was too long. I’ve just split the chapter into two chapters, titled thermal system and thermal reservoir. docs.google.com/document/d/1Tf…

🧲 How does shell thickness affect adhesion? Elastomeric hemispherical shells show: ⚖️ Thick → Hertz-JKR-like pull-off 📉 Thinner → weaker adhesion 📈 Ultra-thin → adhesion increases again! 🧪 Experiments + FEM agree 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.… #adhesion #mechanics

Our paper is now in @NewtonCellPress: "Revealing chain scission modes in variable polymer degradation kinetics" We show how degradation curves reveal where polymers break at the chain end or randomly and uncover solubility as a key driver.

China’s energy dominance in three charts trib.al/8hQmRWn

🌀 Biomimetic TPMS hybrids with tailorable plasticity! 📐 Hybridized along [001], [011], [111] to combine global heterogeneity & local homogeneity 🔧 Enables tunable energy absorption without sacrificing continuity 🧪 RVE + experiments validate 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.…

Day four of my trip began with an impressive plenary talk by Prof. Takao Someya followed by a rapid-fire set of short presentations and associated panel discussions here at an amazing facility in Bintan, Indonesia, spanning all key areas of research in flexible/stretchable…

🌊 What makes starfish ossicles mechanically robust? 🔬 Dual-scale microlattices: calcite crystal + diamond-TPMS structure 📐 Atomic–lattice alignment enhances isotropy 🧠 Computational study reveals bioinspired design insights 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.…

Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water with no power source | Jennifer Chu, MIT News MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that produces fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California. Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack access…

🧵 High-resilience conductive nanocomposite via directional freeze-drying! 💡 PVA+AgNW scaffold + PDMS matrix ⚡ Conductive at just 0.47 vol% AgNW 💪 3.5× strength vs. PDMS 🔁 82.7% recoverability 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.… #nanocomposite #flexibleelectronics #EML

Anantha Chandrakasan named MIT provost: A faculty member since 1994, Chandrakasan has also served as dean of engineering and MIT’s inaugural chief innovation and strategy officer, among other roles. news.mit.edu/2025/anantha-c…

Dean Anantha Chandrakasan has been named MIT’s new provost, effective July 1. He has served as the dean of the School of Engineering since 2017 and as MIT’s inaugural chief innovation and strategy officer since 2024. news.mit.edu/2025/anantha-c…

🪢 Why do stopper knots fail? A study of figure-8 knots shows: 🔄 Friction-induced twist triggers capsizing 🧪 Experiments + FEM reveal: rougher stopper plates delay failure 🎯 Insights for climbing, sailing & more 🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.… #mechanics #friction #EML

Congratulations to @KejieZhao, recipient of the 2025 A.J. Durelli Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (@SocietyExpMech): sem.org/awardsdurelli