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Prof. Shengqiang Cai is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University in 2011, following a Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Technology of China. Prof. Cai worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2011 to 2012. His research primarily focuses on the mechanics of soft materials, including electro-chemo-mechanics, energy materials, bio-inspired design, and biomechanics. He investigates innovative designs to optimize structures made from soft materials for various applications, such as energy harvesting and fluid regulation. Currently, his work includes exploring mechanical instability phenomena associated with the large deformation of soft materials and their capabilities in guiding electromagnetic waves.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).