Bio

I am a PhD candidate at The Johns Hopkins University Department of Civil and Systems Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Jochen Mueller, working on 3D printing.

I received master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, where I worked under Dr. Carmel Majidi and Dr. Gina Olson, on liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) actuators for haptics and wireless robots. I obtained bachelor’s degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Computer Science.

Research Keywords

• Metal extrusion additive manufacturing
• Liquid metals
• Liquid crystal elastomer actuators
• Printing path planning

Contact

Feel free to contact me at zli299(at)jh(dot)edu