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Xiaoyue Ni is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University, where her research group focuses on human-oriented materials intelligence. Her work integrates soft electronics with digital metamaterials, enabling materials to sense human signals and adapt their functional properties according to human actions and statuses. Through a technical approach that incorporates epidermal electronics, advanced sensing, and closed-loop programmable matter, her research addresses the creation of digital-physical interfaces for dynamic material property control. Ni's interests span biomechanics, biomaterials, computation, artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomy, and the study of soft matter and nanoscale materials.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)