Biography:Xin Zhang (professor)

Xin Zhang is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and the Photonics Center at Boston University (BU). She received her Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to joining BU, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher and then a Research Scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her research interests are in the broad areas of Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), and Metamaterial structures and devices. She is an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and The Optical Society (OSA), and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). In 2016, she was selected as the recipient of the IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award (Advanced Career) for "distinguished contributions to the field of micro/nanoelectromechanical systems, addressing a wide range of important problems in advanced materials, photonics and energy." In 2018, she was selected as the recipient of the Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture, an honor that "recognizes faculty members with extraordinary records of well-cited scholarship, senior leaders in industry and extraordinary entrepreneurs who have invented and mentored transformative technologies that impact our quality of life, and provides the recipient with a public forum to discuss his or her work before the Boston University academic community and the general public." She served as associate chair for mechanical engineering graduate programs at Boston University from 2008 to 2011, and is now associate director of the Boston University Nanotechnology Innovation Center and director of both the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site and the NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site in Integrated Nanomanufacturing at Boston University.