About Us

  Our research group is based in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University). 
​  Our research focuses on the mechanics, design, and manufacturing of soft functional materials with tailored microstructures for desired mechano-physical properties. The targeting application areas include stretchable and wearable electronics, sensing and actuation, soft robotics, etc.  Right now, we are actively working on the processing and modeling of soft conductive composites, especially those based on liquid metals. We are thrilled at discovering both new mechanics theories and novel materials. Our research has been funded by NSF, SBIR, IEEC and industry.   ​ 

​Principal Investigator

​Pu Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Director
Department of Mechanical Engineering
State University of New York - Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY 13902, US
Email: [email protected]
Office: ES1328 - ITC
Department Profile
​​Education
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
  • B.S. & M.S., Mechanics, Hunan University​
Employment​
  • Associate Professor (2025- ), Binghamton University
  • Assistant Professor (2018-2024), Binghamton University
  • Research Associate (2016-2017), University of Manchester
Research Areas
  • Soft functional materials
  • Multiscale and multiphysics modeling
  • Additive and hybrid manufacturing
Teaching
  • Elasticity - Fall​
  • Intro to Solid Mechanics - Spring
Recognition

Group Members


​Jason Jiexian Ma
​PhD ​(8/2019 - 5/2025)
BS & MS, South China University of Technology

Research: liquid metal composites

Aminur Rahman
​PhD Candidate  (8/2022 - present)
MS, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
BS, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology

Research:  3D printing; soft functional materials

Mohammad Madadi
​PhD Candidate  (8/2022 - present)
MS, Amirkabir University of Technology
BS, Arak University

Research: Modeling of soft functional materials

​Truong-Thang Pham
PhD Student (1/2024 - present)
MS, Inje University
​BS, Hanoi University of Science and Technology

​Research: soft functional composites

Alumni

Ph.D. Students​​​M.S. Students
  • Zihan Liu, 2020-2021 (PhD student at Binghamton Univ.)​
  • ​Fanghang Deng, 2019-2020 (Chongqing Jiaotong Univ.)​
  • Jay Zhang, 2018-2019 (Blue Origin, WA)
  • ​​Jessie Linamen, 2018 (Raymond Co, NY)
B.S. Students Visiting Students
  • Xin Shu, 2018-2020 (from Hunan Univ.)
  • Brandon Orticke, 2019 (from Xavier Univ. of Louisiana)