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Exploring the Potential of Frictional Mechanical Metamaterials
MIE Associate Professor Yaning Li was awarded a $531,056 NSF grant to explore a new category of mechanical metamaterials – “Frictional Mechanical Metamaterial.”
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those […]
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Using Spark Fund Award to Create 3D-Printed Materials Inspired by Nature
With a Spark Fund from the Center for Research Innovation at Northeastern, MIE Associate Professor Yaning Li is designing better ways to protect EV batteries by creating a tiled auxetic metamaterial inspired by nature.
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Fall 2022 Spark Fund Awardees
ChE/COS Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons, ECE Professor Edmund Yeh, ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes, and MIE Associate Professor Yaning Li are recipients of the Fall 2022 Spark Fund Awards.
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New Sutural Gabions will Resist Impact and Vibrations
MIE Associate Professor Yaning Li, in collaboration with Jongmin Shim from the University at Buffalo, is leading a $667K NSF grant for “Bio-Inspired Impact-Resistant Phononic Sutural Gabions.”
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New Faculty Spotlight: Yaning Li
Yaning Li joins the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering department in August 2019 as an Associate Professor.