====== The Zhang Research Group ======
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**Sulin Zhang**\\ Professor\\ 411D EES Bldg\\ Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics\\ The Pennsylvania State University\\ University Park, PA 16802

email: [[suz10@psu.edu]]\\ Tel: 1-814-865-7640\\ Fax: 1-814-865-9974

===== Education =====
  * 2002	Ph.D.	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)\\
  * 1997	M.S.	Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China\\
  * 1994	B.S.	Engineering Mechanics (Major), Computer Science (Minor), Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

===== Awards and Honors =====
  * 2016, PSEAS Outstanding Research Award, PSU
  * 2011, ICS Fellow, PSU
  * 2011, Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, PSU 
  * 2007, NSF Early CAREER Development Award
  * 2006, The Oak Ridge Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
  * 2002, The Arthur Newell Talbot Graduate Award, UIUC, 2002


===== Research Interests: Mechanics of active materials =====
  * Electrochemomechanics of energy-storage and energy-harvesting materials
  * Mechanics of nano-bio interfaces
  * Cell and tissue Mechanics
  * Modeling of multiscale, multiphysical irreversible  processes

===== Professional Associations =====
  * American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  * Society of Engineering Science
  * Materials Research Society (MRS)
  * Biophysical Society