About Zhijie (朱旨劼)
I'm engineer, roboticist, and designer currently working at the 3M Company as a Senior Research Scientist. I received my PhD in mechanical engineering from University of Minnesota (co-advised by Prof. Michael C. McAlpine and Prof. Hyun Soo Park). My research focuses on 3D printing of functional materials and devices enabled by AI-assisted fabrication process.
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Degree & Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
McAlpine Research Group (Advisor: Prof. Michael C. McAlpine, co-advisor: Prof. Hyun Soo Park)
Sep 2015 - Aug 2020
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Autonomous Systems Laboratory (Advisor: Prof. Marco Pavone)
Sep 2013 - Jun 2015
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Sep 2009 - Jun 2013
Honors & Rewards
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Material Research Society (MRS) Gold Student Award, 2019
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Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of Minnesota, 2019-20
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Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of Minnesota, 2017-18
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Conference Travel Grant, The Council of Graduate Students, University of Minnesota, 2015, 2018
Experiences
Graduate Research Assistant
McAlpine Research Group, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA (PI: Michael C. McAlpine)
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AI-powered 3D printing on moving, deformable surfaces
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3D printing of electronic materials
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Hydrogel-based electrical impedance tomography (EIT) sensors
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Sinter-free conductive silver ink for wearable electronics
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3D printable viscoelastic damping materials
Jan 2016 - Aug 2020
Senior Research Scientist
3M Corporate Headquarters, Saint Paul, USA
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Corporate Research Processing Lab - Robotics
Sep 2020 - Present
Teaching Assistant
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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ME 4231 Motion Control Lab
Jan 2016 - May 2016
Control Engineer Intern
Tactical Haptics Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Controller design for a hand-held haptic device
Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
Graduate Research Assistant
Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA (PI: Marco Pavone)
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Motion planning for mobile robots
Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Institute of Vehcile & Traffic, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (PI: Zijie Fan)
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Modeling and optimization of the dynamic system of vehicle suspension
Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
Car Body Engineer Intern
Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center Co., Shanghai, China
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Structural optimization of the B-pillar (body in white stage).
Jul 2012 - Sep 2012
Media Coverage
3D printing electronics directly on a breathing lung
3D printing electronics directly on moving hands
Professional Services
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Reviewer of Journals
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Reviewer of Refereed Conference Papers
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Nature Electronics (Springer), Matter (Cell Press), Advanced Materials (Wiley), Advanced Functional Materials (Wiley), Advanced Healthcare Materials (Wiley), Advanced Electronic Materials (Wiley), Advanced Intelligent Systems (Wiley), Small (Wiley), Biomaterials (Elsevier), Sensors (MDPI)