Xin Zhang (engineer)
Xin Zhang [1] is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University (BU).
Xin Zhang | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Metamaterials, Microsystems |
| Title | Distinguished Professor of Engineering |
| Awards | Sigma Xi Walston Chubb Award for Innovation (2023) IEEE EMBS Technical Achievement Award (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science |
| Institutions | Boston University |
| Website | people |
Education edit
Zhang received her Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She was a postdoctoral researcher and then a research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Career edit
Zhang joined the faculty of Boston University in 2002, and became Inaugural Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Engineering in 2009, and Distinguished Professor of Engineering in 2022.
Research edit
Zhang leads the Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (LMST) [2] at Boston University that focuses on the broad areas of metamaterials and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS or microsystems).
Professional memberships edit
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2015) [3]
- Fellow of the Optica (2016) [4]
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2016) [5]
- Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2017)
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2016) [6]
- Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2017) [7]
- Fellow of the American Physical Society (2019) [8]
- Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2019) [9]
Honors, awards and special recognitions edit
- 2023: IET Excellence and Innovation Awards - International Award (Finalist)
- 2023: Sigma Xi Walston Chubb Award for Innovation [10][11]
- 2023: Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year (Finalist)
- 2023: IEEE EMBS Technical Achievement Award [12]
- 2023: STAT Madness All-Star Award [13]
- 2023: ASME Per Bruel Gold Medal [14]
- 2022: IET Innovation Award on Chief Engineer of the Year (Finalist)
- 2022: Guggenheim Fellowship[15][16]
- 2022: Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Boston University[17]
- 2021: Rajen Kilachand Fund for Integrated Life Science and Engineering [18]
- 2021: IET Innovation Award on Digital Health and Social Care (Finalist)
- 2021: IET Innovation Award on Tech for Good (Finalist)
- 2021: Invented Here! Honoree, Boston Patent Law Association [19]
- 2020: IET Achievement Medal (Finalist) [20]
- 2020: Invented Here! Honoree, Boston Patent Law Association
- 2020: IET Innovation Award on Excellence in R&D (Finalist)
- 2019: Fellow of National Academy of Inventors[21]
- 2019: IET Innovation Award on Emerging Technology Design [22][23]
- 2018: Boston University Innovator of the Year Award [24]
- 2018: Charles DeLisi Award and Distinguished Lecture [25][26]
- 2016: IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award [27]
Recently, Zhang's research on metamaterials, both those [28] that enable highly efficient, air-permeable sound silencing and noise reduction and those [29] that markedly boosts MRI signal-to-noise ratio and thus significantly improves the performance of MRI, have drawn significant worldwide interest from the scientific community and industry, with the stories having been picked up by hundreds of media outlets.[30][31][32][33][34][35]
Education and outreach edit
Zhang is Director of both the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site [36] and Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site [37] in Integrated Nanomanufacturing at Boston University. She also serves as Associate Director of the Boston University Nanotechnology Innovation Center.[38]
References edit
- ^ "Xin Zhang". bu.edu.
- ^ "Laboratory for Microsystems Technology". bu.edu.
- ^ "List of all ASME Fellows" (PDF). asme.org.
- ^ "2016 OSA Fellows". osa.org.
- ^ "AIMBE College of Fellows". aimbe.org.
- ^ "AAAS 2016 Elected Fellows". aaas.org.
- ^ "IEEE Fellows Directory". ieee.org.
- ^ "2019 American Physical Society fellows announced". eurekalert.org.
- ^ "National Academy of Inventors Announces 2019 Fellows" (Press release). prnewswire.com.
- ^ "Announcing Sigma Xi's 2023 Award Winners". sigmaxi.org.
- ^ "Xin Zhang Earns Sigma Xi's Chubb Award". bu.edu.
- ^ "IEEE EMBS Technical Award". embs.org.
- ^ "Xin Zhang Wins STAT Madness 2023 All-Star Award". bu.edu.
- ^ "Per Bruel Gold Medal for Noise Control and Acoustics". asme.org.
- ^ "Announcing the 2022 Guggenheim Fellows". gf.org.
- ^ "Engineer Xin Zhang Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship". bu.edu.
- ^ "Four Named Term Distinguished Professors of Engineering". bu.edu.
- ^ "Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science". bu.edu.
- ^ "A Zhang Patent Honored Again". bu.edu.
- ^ "Achievement Medals". theiet.org.
- ^ "Xin Zhang Elected to National Academy of Inventors". bu.edu.
- ^ "The IET Excellence and Innovation Awards". theiet.org.
- ^ "Zhang Receives Award from the Institution of Engineering and Technology". bu.edu.
- ^ "ENG's Xin Zhang Is BU's 2018 Innovator of the Year, First Woman Chosen". bu.edu. 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Xin Zhang to Deliver DeLisi Lecture". bu.edu.
- ^ "Xin Zhang Presents DeLisi Distinguished Lecture". bu.edu.
- ^ "2016 IEEE Sensors Council Awards". ieee-sensors.org. 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Acoustic Metamaterials and Metasurfaces". bu.edu.
- ^ "MRI & Metamaterials: Intelligent Metamaterials for Enhanced MRI". bu.edu.
- ^ "Making the World a Lot Quieter". bu.edu. 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Magnetic Metamaterial Can "Turn Up the Volume" of MRI". bu.edu. 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Speeding Up MRI Scans to Save Lives". bu.edu. 9 November 2019.
- ^ "No More Noise 2: Metamaterials Can Make the World a Quieter Place". wsj.com.
- ^ "This Bizarre Looking Helmet Can Create Better Brain Scans". bu.edu. 6 April 2022.
- ^ "A Wearable Metamaterial Could Make MRI Crisper, Faster, and Cheaper". bu.edu.
- ^ "NSF REU in Integrated Nanomanufacturing". bu.edu.
- ^ "NSF RET in Integrated Nanomanufacturing". bu.edu.
- ^ "Nanotechnology Innovation Center". bu.edu.