# Lihua Jin

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

37-134, Engr IV

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

Websites

- Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab

##### 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

Google Scholar page

##### IN THE NEWS

- Soft Focus: A Flexible Future for Robots | UCLA Newsroom, June 2021

##### EDUCATION

Harvard University, 2014

##### AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

- 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