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Prof. Xuanhe Zhao. His current research goal is to understand and design new soft materials with unprecedented properties for impactful applications. MIT Room 1-310D 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139. Google Scholar. By harnessing surface instabilities such as wrinkles and creases in 2014, he dynamically varied both surface textures and colors of an electro-mechano-chemically responsive elastomers to achieve the dynamic-camouflage function of cephalopods. Xuanhe Zhao joined the MIT faculty in September 2014 as an assistant professor. Xuanhe is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, ONR YIP Award, and the Early Career Researchers Award from AVS Biomaterial Interfaces Division.For the latest information about MIT’s response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus 2019), visit
His current research projects are centered on three bioinspired themes: artificial muscle (dielectric polymers & electromechanics), tough cartilage (tough and bioactive hydrogels & biomechanics), and transformative skin (functional surface instabilities & thin film mechanics).
Xuanhe has 3 jobs listed on their profile. Telephone: 617-324-6367 Fax: 617-258-8742 Email: zhaox@mit.edu Assistant: Marjorie A. Joss / maj@mit.edu Research Website: https://zhaox.org For a full pdf of Xuanhe Zhao’s Curriculum Vitae
MIT MechE website. Xuanhe’s discovery of new failure mechanisms of dielectric polymers in 2011 and 2012 can potentially enhance electric energy densities of dielectric elastomers and gels over ten times. Xuanhe Zhao received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Harvard University in 2009, MS in Materials Engineering from University of British Columbia in 2006, and BE in Electrical Engineering from Tianjin University in 2003. He earned his PhD at Harvard University in 2009. GENERAL INQUIRIES. MAILING ADDRESS. This work was highlighted as Nature News, reported by the Washington Post, and featured on the front page of MIT webpage: “How to hide like an octopus”. CV ResearchID. Xuanhe Zhao joined the MIT faculty in September 2014 as an assistant professor. Before joining MIT, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University. Before joining MIT, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University. Xuanhe conducts research on the interfaces between solid mechanics, soft materials and bioinspired design.