Professor
Dr. Ge Qi is the associate head of the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, tenured professor, doctoral supervisor, and deputy director of Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Intelligent Manufacturing of Soft Materials. He has been selected as a national young talent, a high-level talent in Guangdong Province, and an overseas high-level talent in Shenzhen. He serves on the editorial board of high-level journals such as International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Microsystems & Nanoengineering. He has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and as an assistant professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Since returning to China full-time in June 2019, he has successively presided over projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology. His main research areas include smart materials and structures, 4D printing, soft robotics, flexible electronics, etc. Dr. Ge has published more than 100 journal papers, including Science Advances, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, etc. as the first author or corresponding author. With more than 12,000 citations and an H-index of 47, he has been selected as an Elsevier China Highly Cited Researcher and one of the top 2% scientists in the world at Stanford University.
Southern University of Science and Technology China
Associate Professor (Tenured) (6/2019~now)
Singapore University of Technology and Design Singapore
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) (4/2016~6/2019)
Singapore University of Technology and Design Singapore
Postdoctoral Fellow (12/2014~3/2016)
Advisors: Professor Martin L. Dunn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow (09/2013~11/2014)
University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO, USA
Postdoctoral Research Associate (01/2013~08/2013)
University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO, USA
Ph. D. in Applied Mechanics (08/2009~12/2012)
Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China
M. Sc. in Solid Mechanics (09/2006-06/2008)
Tongji University Shanghai, China
B. Sc. in Engineering Mechanics (09/2002-06/2006)
4D printing, multi-function 3D printing, soft material mechanics, soft robot, intelligent material and structure, flexible electricity
2021-2023, selected as an Elsevier China Highly Cited Scholar
2021-2022, selected as one of the top 2% scientists in the world at Stanford University
2021, excellent paper of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
2020, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (IJEM) Best Paper Award
2020, Microsystems and Nanoengineering MINE2020 Outstanding Speaker Award
2020, selected as a high-level talent project in Guangdong Province
2019, selected into the National Youth Talent Project
2019, selected into the Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent Project
2018, International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) Young Scientist Medal
2013, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, University of Colorado
2012, Haythornthwaite Foundation Travel Award of ASME Applied Mechanics Division
Associate Dean of the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
Editorial Board Member of Microsystems & Nanoengineering
Director of [Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, SUSTech-Guangdong Jingyun Intelligent Technology] Joint Laboratory
Deputy Director, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Intelligent Manufacturing of Soft Materials
Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Member: Fluid Transmission and Control Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
Visiting Professor, China Academy of Engineering Physics
Member: The First Committee of the Extreme Manufacturing Branch of the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
Member of the 1st Intelligent Composite Materials Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Composite Materials
