06/2022: Jingcheng has joined Professor Bozhi Tian's group at the University of Chicago as a postdoctoral scholar. A new journey starts!

04/2022: Our paper "Slippery omniphobic covalently attached liquid coatings mitigate carbon deposition by autoxidation of jet fuel" is accepted by Cell Report Physical Science.

04/2022: Our paper "Ultra-low ice-substrate adhesion and self-deicing during droplet impact freezing" is accepted by Cell Report Physical Science.

04/2022: Our paper "Ultra-thin self-healing vitrimer coatings for durable hydrophobicity"​ is among Nature Communication's Top 25 chemistry and materials sciences articles from 2021! See the full news here.

03/2022: Jingcheng has been selected to receive the prestigious "Stanley I. Weiss Outstanding Thesis Award"!  This is the annual departmental award established to recognize an ME student for the related outstanding MS/PhD thesis.

03/2022: Our paper "A lipid-inspired highly adhesive interface for durable superhydrophobicity in wet environments and stable jumping droplet condensation" is accepted by ACS Nano! Jingcheng is the lead and corresponding author.

03/2022: Our paper "High efficiency cooling via the monolithic integration of copper on electronic devices" is accepted by Nature Electronics! Jingcheng is a co-author. He contributed to the thermal characterization of the electrodeposited metal coating.

03/2022: Our paper "Biphilic jumping-droplet condensation" is accepted by Cell Report Physical Science! Jingcheng is a co-author. He contributed to the nanofabrication of the biphilic surfaces.

02/2022: Our paper "Scalable siloxane-silane surfaces enable dropwise condensation of low surface tension liquids" is accepted by Advanced Functional Materials! Jingcheng is a co-author. He contributed to the materials characterization of the siloxane-silane surfaces.

02/2022: Dr. Ma passed his Final Exam! The committee members are: Prof. Nenad Miljkovic (MechSE), Prof. David G. Cahill (MatSE), Prof. Paul V. Braun (MatSE) and Prof. Anthony Jacobi (MechSE). Many thanks to many people!

01/2022: Our invited review paper "Opportunities in nanoengineered surface designs for enhanced condensation heat and mass transfer" is accepted by ASME Journal of Heat Transfer! Jingcheng is a co-author. He reviewed the progress of achieving stable dropwise condensation.

12/2021: Jingcheng attended the 2021 MRS Fall Conference and served as the session chair of the session "Phonon dynamics and thermal transport".​​ He also gave a talk on lipid-inspired durable coating interfaces.

11/2021: Our self-healing vitrimer coating was featured in the Q&A section of "Tech Brief" magazine. See the q&a here.

11/2021: Our paper "Role of Thin Film Adhesion on Capillary Peeling" is accepted by Nano Letters. Jingcheng is the lead and corresponding author.

10/2021: Our paper "Superior Anti-degeneration Hierarchical Nanoengineered Wicking Surfaces for Boiling Enhancement" is accepted by Advanced Functional Materials. Jingcheng is a co-author. He contributed to the understanding of how VOCs affect metal surfaces' free surface energy.

08/2021: Our paper "Fabrication Optimization of Ultra-Scalable Nanostructured Aluminum-Alloy Surfaces" is accepted by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Jingcheng is a co-author. He contributed to the materials characterization of the superhydrophobic SAM coating.

07/2021: Our paper "Scalable Slippery Omniphobic Covalently Attached Liquid Coating for Flow Fouling Reduction" is accepted by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Jingcheng is a co-author. He contributed to the materials characterization of the covalently attached liquid coating.

07/2021: Our paper "Ultra-thin self-healing vitrimer coatings for durable hydrophobicity"​ is accepted by Nature Communications. Jingcheng is the lead author. 

04/2021: Jingcheng attended the 2021 MRS Spring Conference and gave two talks on adhesion measurement and vitrimer hydrophobic coating, respectively.

02/2021: Jingcheng passed his Preliminary Exams and is now a PhD Candidate! The committee members are: Prof. Nenad Miljkovic (MechSE), Prof. David G. Cahill (MatSE), Prof. Paul V. Braun (MatSE) and Prof. Anthony Jacobi (MechSE).

07/2020: Jingcheng received the prestigious 2020-2021 PPG-MRL Fellowship ($65,000) for his work on durable hydrophobic thin films.

06/2020: Our invited perspective paper "Recent developments, challenges, and pathways to stable dropwise condensation: A perspective" is accepted by Applied Physics Letters. Jingcheng is the lead author.

04/2020: Our paper "Condensation Induced Blistering as a Measurement Technique for the Adhesion Energy of Nanoscale Polymer Films" is accepted by Nano Letters. Jingcheng is the lead and corresponding author.

10/2019: Jingcheng attended AVS 66th International Symposium and Exhibition and gave a talk on condensation-induced blistering phenomena.

10/2019: Our paper "In Situ Droplet Microgoniometry Using Optical Microscopy" is accepted by ACS Nano. Jingcheng is a co-author and contributed to the optical characterization of hydrophilic surfaces.

10/2019: Jingcheng passed his Qualifying Exams! The committee members are: Prof. Lili Cai and Prof. Sophie Wang.

08/2019: Our paper "Condensation induced delamination of nanoscale hydrophobic films" is accepted by Advanced Functional Materials. Jingcheng is the lead and corresponding author.

02/2019: Jingcheng attended 2019 Gordon Research Conference and presented his work on “The origins of condensation-driven degradation of hydrophobic thin films”.

10/2017: Our paper "Droplet impact on vibrating superhydrophobic surfaces" is accepted by Physical Review Fluids. Jingcheng is a co-lead author.

08/2017: Jingcheng joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and started his journey as a Ph.D. student.