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Interdisciplinary research in materials and advanced manufacturing holds the key to solving the existential challenges of energy, healthcare and
the environment facing humanity. many of the technological advances that we take for granted today, such as transistors and sensors, came from fundamental advances in materials research and manufacturing techniques. Professor xu's expertise lies at the intersection of molecular engineering, functional polymers, heat and charge transport, integrated devices and systems, and advanced manufacturing

In particular, professor xu’s group focuses on exploring fundamental relationships between material structures and properties at an atomic level; engineering polymers and carbon-based nanomaterials to improve thermal, electrical and optical properties; translating materials into integrated devices and systems by leveraging advanced manufacturing; and enhancing functionality during manufacturing (fig. 2). potential target applications include electronics, optics, optoelectronics, and thermal energy storage and conversion, such as inject molding of heat conducting polymers for thermal management applications and printed polymer-based supercapacitors and sensors.

We are looking for like-minded scientists and engineers with synergistic research interests to work together on multifunctional polymers, integrated devices and systems, and advanced manufacturing, and address challenges of energy, healthcare and the environment. applicants should send cover letter and curriculum vitae through email to yanfeixu@umass.edu.

For more details about prestigious fellowship opportunities , please visit:
https://mie.umass.edu/assistantship-opportunities.
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导师简介： Professor xu has worked on thermally conductive polymers in professor gang chen's group at massachusetts institute of technology. prior to joining mit, she worked on printable organic electronics, and secured marie-curie fellowships with major european institutions and
companies, including the max planck institute for polymer research, humboldt university, university of cambridge, italian national research council, université de strasbourg, and the headquarters of basf se. for her work on printable energy storage devices, she was awarded“featured speaker on accelerating the commercialization of global innovation, techconnect world innovation 2015”. she was also awarded “top 10 reviewers for the royal society of chemistry, jmcc 2016” and “top 100 most influential scientific researchers, p. r. China, 2009.”

To read more about dr. xu's work:

https://mie.umass.edu/faculty/yanfei-xu

https://scholar.google.com/citat ... aaaaj&hl=en

Her research on heat conducting polymers has been featured in mit news, where she also provides her motivation and future plans: https://news.mit.edu/2018/engine ... heat-conductor-0330

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