ABOUT ME |
Hi! I'm Zhao Qin, and I am obsessed in material innovations
Education and work experience:
Syracuse University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Assistant Professor, 2019 till present Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Research Scientist, 2013-2019 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Postdoctoral Associate, 2013 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. in the field of Structures and Materials, 2013 Tsinghua University, Engineering Mechanics, M.Eng., 2008 Tsinghua University, Engineering Mechanics, B. Eng., 2006 Selected Publications: (90+ peer reviewed articles, 1800+ citations, h-index=25 by google scholar and Orcid)
Teaching and Mentoring: Teaching in Class Fall 2019, Class CIE 600 "Multiscale Material Modeling and Simulations" Spring 2018, Class 1.102 “Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design II”, with Admir Masic Spring 2017, Class 1.102 “Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design II”. with Admir Masic Spring 2013, Class 3.021J/1.021J/10.333J/18.361J/22.00J “Introduction to Modeling and Simulation”, with Markus Buehler and Jeff Grossman As mentor of undergraduate/K-12 students Summer 2016, Research Mentor for K-12 students (middle school) Luke Pautler, Elizabeth Jennings, Tim Swain, Nicolas Moy and their teacher Douglas Shattuck on the project of complex web construction: a possible clue to mechanical properties. Spring 2016, Co-advisor for MIT CEE Master of Engineering student, Min Jeong Kang, on the Master thesis of High Performance Curtain Wall Mullion Section Design with Various Densities of Gyroid. Summer 2016, Research Mentor for Research Scholar Institute (RSI) for K-12 students, mentoring the high school student Phillip Yu on the project of spider web mechanics. Fall 2015, Research Mentor for MIT UROP freshman student Jacob J Higgins on the project of automatic 3D scanning of 3D spider web. Summer 2015, Research Mentor for MIT UROP student Shruti Sharma and Jamie L Voros on the project of 3D printing of hydroxyapatite. Summer 2015, Research Mentor for high school student Ersin Arioglu on the project of silk mechanics under ultralow temperature. Summer 2015, Research Mentor for Research Scholar Institute (RSI) for K-12 students, mentoring the high school student Kristine Zhang, who won the top 10 prize (out of 70) on the project of MoS2 mechanics. Spring 2015, Research Mentor for senior student CAPSTONE project of Santé Nyambo, Yvonne Wangare and Billy Ndengeyingoma on the project of 3D spider web scanning. Summer 2014, Research Mentor for RSI mentoring the high school student Phillip Yu, on the project of spider web modeling and Berfin Gögercin on the project of water filtering. Spring 2014, Research Mentor for MIT CEE Master of Engineering student, Bogdan Demian on the project of 3D spider web modeling. Spring 2014, Research Mentor for MIT UROP student Mary Hwang from Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) on the project of graphene wrinkling. Summer 2011, Research Mentor for Research Scholar Institute (RSI) for K-12 students, mentoring the 3rd year high school student Hadass Inbar, who won the top 10 prize (out of 70), on the project of collagen/hydroxyapatite modeling. 2010-2011, Research Mentor for MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) sophomore undergraduate student Andrea Fabre from Bio-Chemical Engineering, on the project of alpha helix stability. FULL CVcv_2019_syr.pdf |