Lihua Jin

Lihua Jin

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

37-134, Engr IV

Email: lihuajin@seas.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 206-5115

Websites

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Mechanics of soft materials: instability, fracture, and stimuli-responsive materials. Continuum mechanics and applications in technologies: additive manufacturing, soft robotics, and stretchable electronics. Nanomechanics and multiscale modeling. Biomechanics.
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
Harvard University, 2014
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • PMSE Early Stage Investigator Award, 2023
  • ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award, 2023
  • Emerging Investigator by Soft Matter, 2023
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2021
  • UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, 2020
  • Hellman Fellowship, 2019
  • Extreme Mechanics Letters Young Investigator Award, 2018
  • Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award, 2016