3D Printing Research Opportunities at the University of Utah

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Multiscale additive manufacturing of nanomaterials-based
functional devices and biomedical electronics

Research Description:
The synergistic integration of nanomaterials with 3D printing can enable the creation of architecture and devices with an unprecedented level of functional integration. Such freeform fabrication capability could overcome the geometrical, mechanical and material dichotomies between conventional manufacturing technologies and a broad range of three-dimensional systems. Our research group focuses on the multiscale integration of nanomaterials in an extrusion-based 3D printing process,[1] enabling the creation of unique functional bioelectronics [2] that can address unmet clinical needs.[3]

• B. Elder, R. Neupane, E. Tokita, U. Ghosh, S. Hales, Y. L. Kong*. "Nanomaterial Patterning in 3D Printing." Advanced Materials 1907142 (2020).
• S. Hales, E. Tokita, R. Neupane, U. Ghosh, B. Elder, D. Wirthlin, Y. L. Kong*. "3D Printed nanomaterial-based electronic, biomedical, and bioelectronic devices." Nanotechnology 31, 172001 (2020).
• U. Ghosh, S. Ning, Y. Wang, Y. L. Kong*. "Addressing unmet clinical needs with 3D printing technologies." Advanced Healthcare Materials 1800417 (2018).
  

Join Us!

We are currently looking for outstanding, highly motivated candidates of all levels to join our group for Spring and Fall 2022.

Fully funded positions:

• Ph.D. candidates for students passionate to learn about 3D printing/additive manufacturing of nanomaterials-based biomedical electronics and robots, and/or soft matter physics phenomena (e.g., nanomaterials patterning and deposition);
• Students pursuing M.D.-Ph.D. at the University of Utah;
• Postdocs with outstanding publications record in the related area.
  

Other research positions:

• Master students
• Visiting students and scholars
• Undergraduate students
  

Please send an email to yong.kong@utah.edu with the following:

• Title the email with “[APPLY] - 'Position of interest' - 'your full name' ”.
• Attach a CV, all academic transcripts since undergraduate studies, and a copy of GRE and TOEFL/IELTS score reports.
  

Short-listed candidates will be contacted as soon as possible. We have several openings and the applications will continue to be considered until the position has been filled. Please send the application no later than November 2021 for Spring 2022 admission, and February 2022 for Fall 2022 admission.



About the University of Utah:
With its exceptional strength in clinical and biomedical research, state-of-the-art facilities, and its world-class entrepreneurship culture, the University of Utah offers a unique foundation to grow synergistic interdisciplinary collaborative opportunities, to drive and ultimately to translate our laboratory research efforts towards the well-being of the society. The University of Utah has been ranked as the best United States university for technology transfer in the 2017 Milken Institute report, and has been ranked 19th in the world on the Nature Index on its broad influence on inventions. It has also been ranked 7th by Nature Biotechnology 35, 203 (2017) in the highest total life science licensing income among the top United States Universities and 30th by Reuters as the World's Most Innovative Universities (2018).



Biography:
Yong Lin Kong is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah (2018 - Present). Previously, he was a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2016 - 2017), working with Professor Robert Langer and Dr. Giovanni Traverso. He received a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honors from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2010), an M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University (2012) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from Princeton University (2016) with Professor Michael C. McAlpine and Professor Howard A. Stone. Yong Lin's research focuses on the additive manufacturing of nanomaterial-based functional devices and biomedical devices. Yong Lin's research focuses on the additive manufacturing of nanomaterial-based functional devices and biomedical devices. He is a recipient of the NIH NIBIB Trailblazer Award, Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Award, 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, SPIE Rising Researcher Award, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, TMS Functional Materials Division Young Leaders Professional Development Award, Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award, The Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, Sayre Graduate Prize, the HKUST Academic Achievement Medal, and the University of Utah College of Engineering Top Undergraduate Teachers & Top Graduate Teachers Awards.

For more information, please visit
kong.mech.utah.edu