Dr. Jingang Li

Email: jingang@purdue.edu

2025 – present Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Engineering, Purdue University (ME Directory; MSE Directory)

2022 – 2025 Postdoc, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

2017 – 2021 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin

2013 – 2017 B.S., Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Junyuan Lu

Email: lu1301@purdue.edu 

2025 – present Ph.D. Student, Materials Engineering, Purdue University

2021 – 2025 B.Eng., Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Awards:

2025 – 2026 Lynn Fellowship,  Purdue University

2025 Best Bachelor Thesis (Top 1%), Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Anh Khoa Le

Email: le452@purdue.edu   

2026 – present Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

2021 – 2025 B.Sci. (magna cum laude), Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Awards:

2026 – 2027 John H. Smith Fellowship,  Purdue University

2025 Outstanding Graduation Award, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Yuhan Shi

Email: yuhanshi@purdue.edu 

2026 – present Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

2025 – 2026 Exchange Student, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley  

2022 – 2026 B.Eng., Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology 

Rana Yuvraj

Email: ryuvraj@purdue.edu 

2026 – present Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

2022 – 2026 B.Sci., Physics & Mathematics, Purdue University

Awards:

2024, 2025 College of Science Scholarship,  Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University

2024 Helen Clark Wight Scholarship, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University