CV
Professional Appointments
- Incoming Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, Jan 2027 –
- Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, NJ, USA, 2026–2027
- Advisor: Prof. Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
- Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Yale University, CT, USA, 2024–2026
- Advisor: Prof. Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
Education
- Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA, 2020-2024
- GPA: 3.96/4.0,
- Advisor: Prof. Alex Chortos
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 2017-2020
- GPA: 3.54/4.0, #19/406 Comprehensive ranking including GPA and achievements in research
- Advisors: Prof. Hao Wang & Genliang Chen
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China, 2013-2017
- GPA: 4.0/4.0, #1/240 Major ranking
Funding & Grants
- NSF 2301509 — The Role of Macroscopic Defects on Electromechanical Instability in Elastomer Dielectrics and Strategies for Mitigation, 2021–2024 (Main Proposal Contributor; Project Researcher)
- NSF 2149946 — Regulation of Hyaluronan Production and Function by Biomechanical Signals, 2021–2024 (Project Researcher)
- NSF BII 2120200 — Emergent Mechanisms in Biology of Robustness, Integration & Organization (EMBRIO), 2021–2024 (Project Researcher)
- ONR N00014-24-1-2162 — Toward A Deep Water Amphibious Robotic Turtle, 2024–2025 (Project Researcher)
- NSF 1954591 — Fabric-Embedded Dynamic Sensing for Adaptive Exoskeleton Assistance, 2024–2025 (Project Researcher)
Publications
Patents
- Apr. 2021
- System for shape error in-situ measurement of large-scale torus, U.S. Patent, No. 10976146
- Apr. 2021
- Method for shape error in-situ measurement of toruses, U.S. Patent, No. 16/321991
- Nov. 2018
- Single-Input-Multi-Output Control System and Method Based on Magnetic Coupling Resonance, CHN Patent, No. ZL 201811176743.9
- Nov. 2018
- Large Span Variable Stiffness Drive Unit, CHN Patent, No. ZL 201811131659.5
- Oct. 2018
- Flexible Bionic Gripper, CHN Patent, No. ZL 201810741426.0
- Oct. 2018
- Large Span Rope Driven Measuring Robot, CHN Patent, No. ZL 201810741423.7
Selected Awards
Invited Talks and Presentations
Invited Talks and Presentations
Conference Abstract
- Jue Wang, Alex Chortos, Harnessing Deep Learning of Point Clouds for Inverse Control of 3D Shape Morphing, Fast Machine Learning for Science Conference, 2024
- Jue Wang, Aritra Chatterjee, Clarisse M. Zigan, Alex Chortos, Deva D. Chan, A Pneumatically Controlled Device for Uniaxial and Biaxial Cell Stretching, Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), 2023
Teaching and Mentoring
Academic Service
- Organizer, IROS 2026 Workshop — When Muscles Think: The Embodied Intelligence of Biological and Robotic Actuation, Sept 2026
- Organizer, RoboSoft 2026 Workshop — Adaptive Intelligence in Adaptive Bodies: AI for General Shape-Changing Robots, Apr 2026
- Main Organizer, IROS 2025 Workshop — S’MORE: Shape-Morphing Robotics via Embodied Sensing and Mechanisms, Oct 2025
- Main Organizer, RoboSoft 2024 Workshop — Shape Morphing Robots: From Pattern-to-pattern to Programmable Shape Morphing, Apr 2024
- Guest Editor, Special Issue, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems — Shape-Morphing Robotics via Embodied Sensing and Mechanisms, 2025–2026
Internship
- Aug 2017 - Aug 2019: One of Three Project Leaders
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University-Fraunhofer Smart Manufacturing Project Center
- Developed a digital twin system for robot arms, mobile robots and FESTO assembly line with Hololens (the MR glass developed by Microsoft). In this system, we collected data from above devices for driving the virtual 3D model in OSG and then displayed in Hololens (by using Unity).
- Created the myoelectricity control system for UR robot that can control the robot arm by using the human-being’s arm orientation and collected its data to the CPS system for digital twin. Designed a flexible bionic robot hand and a myoelectric signal collector that can use the myoelectric signal to control the grasping function of the robot hand.
- Developed a multi-robot assembly unit that two UR robot arms can collaborate to assemble parts: Responsible for the robot arm trajectory planning and designing the collector for CPS system.
- Designed a modular product with 24 kinds of topologies according to project’s needs.
- Participated in the design of the CPS system. Renovating the FESTO automatic assembly line to assemble the new product I designed and established its connection with CPS systems.
- May 2020 - Aug 2020: Independent Project
- Shanghai Platform of Smart Manufacturing
- Proposed an active and passive compliance control method with non-contact combination of coil and coaxial and developed an electromagnetic force control device with variable stiffness based on the principle of electromagnetic variable stiffness.
- Applied the device on a robot arm for auto body surface defect grinding.
Selected Engineering Projects
- Jan 2022 - May 2022: Autonomous Mobile Robot
- Supervisor: Prof. Nina Mahmoudian
- Developed a mobile robot with slam and camera that can achieve map reconstruction by RRT-exploration and route planning by A* algorithm under the ROS.
- Nov. 2018 - Sept. 2019: Precision Parts Intelligent Assembly System
- Supervisor: Prof. Guoliang Chen
- Designed a human-robot assembly system based on the machine vision and automatic screw driver with the function of recording its torque and status.
- Specific funtion description: The camera guides the robot arm to the target position and then uses the automatic screw drvier to complete the screwing. At the same time, the information of component, equipment status and screw torque are recorded and then uploaded to the CPS system.
- Sept. 2018 - Oct. 2018: Electric Vehicle Battery Automatic Assembly Production Line
- Supervisors: Prof. Hao Wang and Prof. Andrea Matta
- Based on the process of electric vehicle battery assembly, created 3D model and of automated electric vehicle battery assembly line and simulate it in the virtual environment.
- Nov. 2015 - Jun. 2016: Cable Tunnel Inspection Robot
- Supervisor: Prof. Zhenyu Wu
- Designed a mobile robot that can autonomously move in a cable tunnel by using slam and detect all kinds of harmful gas.
- The robot has been purchased and utilized by the local government for practical use.