Jing Du
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Phone: (814) 863-1043
The Pennsylvania State University
Fax: (814) 865-9693
316B Leonhard Bldg
Email : [email protected]
University Park, PA 16802-6817
Website: http://www.mne.psu.edu/jingdu/
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Solid mechanics; Fracture mechanics; Biomechanics and Biomaterials; Bio-inspired design; Medical devices;
Electronic devices; Nanomaterials and nanomechanics
EDUCATION
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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2012, Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
“ Adhesion and Contact in Soft and Hard Materials: From Organic Electronics to Medical Devices”
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2009, M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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2007, M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
“ Calculation and Analysis on the Molecular Vibration of Fullerenes via Bonding Element”
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2005, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Automation
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department
2015-present
Postdoctoral Scholar: Professor Sunita Ho at University of California, San Francisco
2013-2015
Research Assistant: Professor Wole Soboyejo at Princeton University
2008-2013
Intern Scientist: Cordis Corporation - a Johnson & Johnson Company
2010
Research Assistant: Professor Pan Zeng and Professor Dehai Wu at Tsinghua University
2005-2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, ME 461 Finite Elements in Engineering, Penn State University
Lecturer, African University of Science and Technology (Abuja, Nigeria)
Fall 2015
Summer 2011
Teaching Assistant for 4 courses and 7 semesters, Princeton University
2009-2012
Mentor for Undergraduate Independent Work for 4 students, Princeton University
2011-2012
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
17. Vitalis C. Anye, Martiale Gaetan Zebaze Kana, Jing Du, Wole Soboyejo, Effect of pressure and MoO3 hole
injection layer on the current-voltage characteristics of organic light emitting diodes. Advanced Materials
Research, 1132, pp 160–165, 2015.
16. Oluwaseun K. Oyewole, Deying Yu, Jing Du, Joseph Asare, Vitalis C. Anye, Adebayo A. Fashina, Martiale
Gaetan Zebaze Kana, Wole. Soboyejo, Lamination of organic solar cells and organic light emitting devices:
Models and experiments, Journal of Applied Physics, 118, pp 075302-075302-12, 2015.
15. Jing Du, Jihyun Lee, Andrew Jang, Allen Gu, Arthur J Miller, Richard Prevost, Mehran Hossaini-Zadeh, Don
Curtis, Sunita Ho, Biomechanics and strain mapping in bone as related to immediately-loaded dental implants,
Journal of Biomechanics, 48(12), pp 3486-3494, 2015.
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14. Oluwaseun K. Oyewole, Deying Yu, Jing Du, Josph Asare, D. O. Oyewole, Vitalis C. Anye, Adebayo Fashina,
Martiale Gaetan Zebaze Kana, Wole. Soboyejo, Micro-wrinkling and delamination-induced buckling of
stretchable electronic structures, Journal of Applied Physics, 117(23), pp 235501-235501-11, 2015.
13. Jing Du, Xinrui Niu, Wole Soboyejo, Creep-assisted slow crack growth in bio-inspired dental multilayers,
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 46, pp 41-48, 2015.
12. Deying Yu, Oluwaseun K. Oyewole, David Kwabi, Tiffany Tong, Vitalis C. Anye, Joseph Asare, Egidius
Rutatizibwa Rwenyagila, Adebayo Fashina, Onobu Akogwu, Jing Du, Wole Soboyejo, Adhesion in flexible
organic and hybrid organic/inorganic light emitting device and solar cells, Journal of Applied Physics, 116(7),
pp 074506-074506-9, 2014.
11. Jing Du, Vitalis Anye, Emmanuel Vodah, Tiffany Tong, Martiale Gaetan Zebaze Kana, Wole Soboyejo,
Pressure-assisted fabrication of organic light emitting diodes with novel MoO3 hole-injection layer materials,
Journal of Applied Physics, 115(23), pp 233703-233703-9, 2014
10. Jing Du, Xinrui Niu, Nima Rahbar, Wole Soboyejo, Bio-inspired dental multilayers: Effects of layer architecture
on the contact-induced deformation, Acta Biomaterialia, 9(2), pp 5273-9, 2013.
9. Jing Du, Tiffany Tong, Wali Akande, Androniki Tsakiridou, Wole Soboyejo, Pressure effects on the lamination
of organic light emitting devices, Journal of Display Technology, 9(8), pp 601-606, 2013.
8. Wanliang Shan, Jing Du, Emily Hampp, Hannah Li, George Papandreou, Cynthia Maryanoff, Wole Soboyejo,
Adhesion and cohesion in structures containing suspended microscopic polymeric films, Acta Biomaterialia,
8(4), pp 1469–1480, 2012.
7. Jing Du, Emily Hampp, Wanliang Shan, Hannah Li, George Papandreou, Cynthia Maryanoff, Wole Soboyejo,
Adhesion between a suspended polymeric film and a metallic substrate: Experiments and models, Journal of
Materials Research, 27(14), pp 1797-1805, 2012.
6. Wanliang Shan, Jing Du, Emily Hampp, Hannah Li, Michele Johnson, George Papandreou, Cynthia
Maryanoff, Wole Soboyejo, Degradation and adhesive/cohesive strengths of a reservoir-based drug eluting
stent. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 14, pp 208-215, 2012.
5. Ismaiel Yakub, Jing Du, Wole Soboyejo, Mechanical properties, modeling and design of porous clay-based
ceramics. Materials Science and Engineering A, 558(15), pp 21-29, 2012.
4. Jing Du, Pan Zeng, Molecular vibrational modes of C60 and C70 via finite element method. European Journal of
Mechanics A/Solids, 28(5), pp 948-954, 2009.
3. Pan Zeng, Xuegui Yang, Jing Du, A C-C bonding element and coordinate transformation for vibrational
analysis of C60 nano-molecule, Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics, 02, pp 150-155, 2008.
2. Pan Zeng, Jing Du, Xuegui Yang, An equivalent C-C bonding element for representing the force-energy
relation of carbon-carbon covalent bond, Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 04, pp 325-332, 2007.
1. Pan Zeng, Xuegui Yang, Jing Du, Computational investigation for Raman vibration modes of C60 molecule.
Journal of Vibration Engineering, 02, pp185-188, 2007.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Jing Du, Xinrui Niu, Wole Soboyejo, “Bio-inspired Design of Dental Functionally Graded Multilayer (FGM)
Structures”. In Bio-inspired Design, Editors: Wole Soboyejo and Leo Daniel, Cambridge University Press, 2014,
in press.
INVITED TALKS
9. "Adhesion and Contact in Healthcare or Energy Related Materials and Structures", Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Clemson University, March 2015
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8. "Adhesion and Contact in Healthcare or Energy Related Materials and Structures", Department of Mechanical
and Nuclear Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, March 2015
7. "Adhesion and Contact in Biomedical Materials and Structures", Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Nevada, Reno, February 2015
6. "Adhesion and Contact in Healthcare or Energy Related Materials and Structures", Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, February 2015
5. "Adhesion and Contact in Healthcare or Energy Related Materials and Structures", School of Mechanical
Engineering, Purdue University, February 2015
4. "Adhesion and Contact in Biomedical Materials and Structures", Department of Biomedical Engineering and
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, February 2015
3. "Adhesion and Contact in Healthcare or Energy Related Materials and Structures", Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Rochester, January 2015
2. "Adhesion and Contact in Soft and Hard Materials: From Organic Electronics to Drug Eluting Stents",
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida, March 2012.
1. "Design of Dental Multilayer Structure", Structural Analysis and Plastic Forming Lab, Tsinghua University,
December 2009.
SELECTED CONFERENCES
6. Jing Du, Caleb Tam, Jeremy Lin, Jihyun Lee, Richard Prevost, Arno Merkle, Mark Ryder, Sunita Ho, Adaptive
Biomechanics of Diseased Dentoalveolar Joints. 93rd General Session & Exhibition of the IADR/44th Annual
Meeting of the AADR/39th Annual Meeting of the CADR, Boston MA, Mar 11-14, 2015.
5. Jing Du, Ismaiel Yakub, Wole Soboyejo, Materials Characterization and Failure Analysis of Porous Ceramic
Water Filters. The 6th International Conference of African Materials Research Society, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe,
Dec 11-16, 2011.
4. Jing Du, Wali Akande, Tiffany Tong, Androniki Tsakiridou, Doumon Yao, Zebaze Kana, Wole Soboyejo,
Optimization of Contact and Adhesion during Lamination and Roll-to-Roll Process of Organic Electronic
Structures. Materials Research Society Fall 2011 Meeting, Boston MA, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2011.
3. Jing Du, Wali Akande, Tiffany Tong, Wole Soboyejo, Modeling of Adhesion and Contact during Cold Welding,
Lamination and Roll-to-Roll Fabrication, Materials Research Society Fall 2010 Meeting, Boston MA, Nov
29-Dec 3, 2010.
2. Jing Du, Wali Akande, Yifang Cao, Wole Soboyejo, Modeling of Lamination and Cold Welding Processes for
the Fabrication of Organic Electronic Structures. The 5th International Conference of African Materials
Research Society, Abuja Nigeria, Dec 14-18, 2009.
1. Jing Du, Xinrui Niu, Nima Rahbar, Wole Soboyejo, Bioinspired Design of Multilayers: Effect of Layer
Thickness. Materials Research Society Fall 2009 Meeting, Boston MA, Nov 30-Dec 4, 2009.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Biomineralization Group of International Association of Dental Research Young Investigator Award
2015
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Princeton University Harari Post Generals Fellowship
2008
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Princeton University First Year Graduates Fellowship
2007
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Tsinghua University Best Thesis Award
2005
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Beijing City Honored Graduate
2005
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China National First Class Scholarship
2004
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
 Materials Research Society (MRS)
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 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
 The Society of Engineering Science (SES)
 International Association of Dental Research (IADR)
 The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
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