[March 2025] [Paper] Our paper "Mechano-Diffusion of Particles in Stretchable Hydrogels" is just published in Soft Matter. This is a joint work with Prof. Chenglin Wu at TAMU and Prof. Zhaojian Li at MSU. Hearty congrats to Chuwei Ye, Congjie Wei, Jiabin Liu, and Tsz Hung Wong. Thank the efforts from Prof. Xinyue Liu at MSU and Prof. Ziyou Song a UMich. Also, Congrats Jiabin's image of diffusion pattern in a deformed hydrogel layer selected as Inside Front Cover. Link

[March 2025] [News] PhD student Jiabin Liu won the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Mechanical Engineering for 2024-25. This is a highly prestigious recognition, with only one being awarded each year.

[Feb 2025] [Paper] Our group is invited by Science to write a perspective "Hot and Cold Hydrogel with Still Water". Link

[Feb 2025] [Paper]  PhD student Chuwei Ye's co-first-authored paper "Torsion-mediated instabilities in confined elastic layers" is accepted by in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. This is a joint collaboration with Prof. Tal Cohen at MIT. Hearty Congrats! Link

[Feb 2025] [News] PhD student Tsz Hong, Wong passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam. Congrats!

[Jan 2025] [Talk] Dr. Lin gave an invited talk titled "Extreme Soft Materials by Polymer-network Design" in the MAE Colloquium at Cornell University. Link

[Jan 2025] [Talk] Dr. Lin gave an invited talk titled "Extreme Soft Materials by Polymer-network Design" in the Corporate Technology Webinar series.

[Jan 2025] [News] Our group receives another NSF grant titled "Collaborative Research: Mechanics of End-Linked Polymer Networks with Strain-Induced Crystallization Regulated by Topological Defects". This is a joint project in collaboration with Prof. Ruobing Bai at Northeastern University. Look forward to the collaboration. Link

[Jan 2025] [Paper] PhD student Jiabin Liu's first-authored paper "Pressure-sensitive in-situ underwater adhesives" is published in Communication Physics. Congrats! Link

[Dec 2024] [News] Our group receives the 2024 Fall MTRAC AgBio Starter Grant, entitled "Tactile-Integrated Intelligent Vacuum System for Efficient Robotic Tree Fruit Harvesting ". This is a joint project in collaboration with Prof. Zhaojian Li within MSU.

[Dec 2024] [Talk] Dr. Lin gave an invited talk titled "Extreme Soft Materials by Polymer-network Design" in the Symposium on Frontiers in Nano, Heat, Energy, and Water in honor of Prof. Gang Chen's 60th birthday.

[Oct 2024] [Paper] PhD student Jiabin Liu's first-authored paper "Fatigue-Resistant Mechanoresponsive Color-Changing Hydrogels for Vision-Based Tactile Robots" is published in Advanced Materials. Congrats! Link

[Oct 2024] [Talk] Dr. Lin gave an invited talk titled "Extreme Soft Materials by Polymer-network Design" at the MSU Robotics and Control Seminar. Link

[Sep 2024] [News] Our recent NSF grant on Tactile Gel-Robots and Nature Communications paper on Polymeric Thermal Switch are highlight on MSU Engineering Social, MSU Today, ROBOT REPORT, Tech Xplore.

[Sep 2024] [Paper] PhD student Tsz Hung Wong's first-authored book chapter "Extreme Mechanics of Hydrogels Toward In Situ Hydrogel Bioelectronics" is online. Congrats! Link

[Aug 2024] [Talk] Dr. Lin gave an invited talk titled "Extreme Soft Materials by Polymer-network Design" in the session of EML 10th Anniversary Symposium at 2024 SES Annual Technical Meeting. Link

[Aug 2024] [Talk] Dr. Lin gave an invited talk titled "Strain-programmable Particle diffusion in Stretchable Polymeric Medium" in the session of Bio-Inspired Soft Composites: Structures, Mechanics, and Applications at 2024 SES Annual Technical Meeting. Link

[Aug 2024] [Service] Dr. Lin, together with Prof. Walter Voit at UT Dallas, Prof. Tao Xie at Zhejiang University, Prof. Xinyue Liu at Michigan State University, Prof. Hong Chen at Sichuan University, Prof. Heling Wang at Tsinghua University, Prof. Jie Zheng at the University of Arkon, Prof. Zhao Qin at Syracuse University, Prof. Xiaoguang Dong at Vanderbilt University, and Prof. Xue Feng at Tsinghua University organized a session on "Extreme Mechanics of Soft Materials by Polymer-network Design" at 2024 SES Annual Technical Meeting at Hangzhou China. Link

[Aug 2024] [News] Our group receives a NSF grant from Foundational Research in Robotics Program, entitled "Physics-empowered Vision-based Tactile Gel-Robots for Multi-physical Perception and Ultra-gentle Manipulation". This is a joint project in collaboration with Prof. Wei Li at Stony Brook University and Prof. Yu She at Purdue University. Look forward to the collaboration. Link

[Aug 2024] [News] Our group receives a grant from U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center on "Revealing the Design Principles of Extremely Tough and Stretchable Fiber-reinforced Hydrogel Composites". Hearty Congrats. 

[Aug 2024] [Talk] Dr. Lin gave an invited talk titled "Printable Superabsorbent Paste for In Situ Adhesives Towards Underwater Robotic Repair" at 2024 ICCES. Link

[July 2024] [Paper] PhD student Chuwei Ye published his paper entitled "A Mechano-diffusion Characterization Platform for Probing Strain-programmable Nanoparticle Diffusion in Hydrogels" in MRS Communications. This is an invited article collection for Early Career Materials Researcher. Link

[July 2024] [Paper] Our paper entitled "Reversible two-way tuning of thermal conductivity in an end-linked star-shaped thermoset" is published in Nature Communications. Congrats! Link

[June 2024] [News] Our group receives the NSF Early Career Award on "Multiscale Mechanics of Particle Transport in Soft Active Materials".  Hearty Congrats. Link

[June 2024] [News] PhD student Chuwei Ye won the Exploration Level Award for the 2024 MTRAC AgBio Innovation Challenge. Hearty Congrats! This is a project collaborating with Dr. Zhaojian Li at MSU. Link

[June 2024] [News] PhD student Jiabin Liu won the Inspiration Level Award for the 2024 MTRAC AgBio Innovation Challenge. Hearty Congrats! This is a project collaborating with Dr. Zhaojian Li at MSU. Link

[June 2024] [Paper] PhD student Jiabin Liu published her first paper entitled "Strain-engineered Particle Diffusion in Uniaxially Deformed Polymer Networks". Link Hearty Congrats!

[May 2024] [Talk] Dr Lin gave an Invited talk "Impact of Topological Defects on Strain-induced Crystallization and Solid-state Cooling in Elastocaloric Polymers" at AmeriMech Symposium. PhD student Jiabin Liu gave a poster presentation on "Strain-programmable Particle Diffusivity in Soft Materials". Great to connect with experts and pioneers in the field of fracture of soft materials. Link

[April 2024] [Paper] Dr. Lin's co-authored paper entitled "Control of polymers' amorphous-crystalline transition for hydrogel bioelectronics miniaturization and multifunctional integration" is published on Nature Communications. Congrats! Link

[March 2024] [Talk] Invited talk "Mucus-mimicking Selective Permeable Hydrogels" by the Symposium of Biological Materials Science at TMS 2024. 

[Feb 2024] [Outreach] As part of our University-Industry Soft Material Technology workshop series, we invited Dr. Hyunwoo Yuk, Founder and CTO of biomedical device startup SanaHeal, to give an invited talk on "Bioadhesives Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications: Design, Development, and Bench-to-Bedside Translation" in Mechanical Engineering at MSU.

[Dec 2023] [Paper] Dr. Lin's co-first-authored paper entitled "An Elastomer with Ultrahigh Strain-induced Crystallization" is published on Science Advances. Congrats! Link

[Nov 2023] [Paper] Dr. Lin's co-authored paper entitled "Plausible Photomolecular Effect Leading to Water Evaporation Exceeding the Thermal Limit" is published on PNAS. Congrats! Link

[Nov 2023] [Service] Dr. Lin co-chaired the Mechanics of Soft Materials Symposium at 2023 IMECE.

[Oct 2023] [News] PhD student Jiabin Liu received the 2023 Haythornthwaite Foundation Student Travel Award to attend IMECE 2023. Hearty Congrats!

[Aug 2023] [Talk] Invited talk "Strain-programmable Hopping Diffusion in Hydrogels" by the Session of Surface, Interface, and Coating Materials at ACS Fall 2023. 

[Aug 2023] [News] My PhD student Jiabin Liu, together with Dr. Thamira Hindo at Lansing Community College, successfully completed the NSF-funded Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site on "Mechano-chromic Soft Materials for Tactile Sensing".

[Aug 2023] [News] My undergraduate students Clara Liao and Aditya Swarnkar successfully completed the 13th annual Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experience (Mid-SURE). Aditya Swarnkar's poster was selected for exhibition in the Brady Hall at MSU. Link

[Aug 2023] [News] Dr. Lin, as the lead PI, receives a NSF grant on Chemo-Physics and Molecular Design of In-situ Hydrogel-MXene Biosensors. This is a project collaborating with Dr. Chenglin Wu at Missouri S&T and Dr. Xinyue Liu at MSU.

[July 2023] [Service] Dr. Lin serves as the instructor for the 2023 Detroit Area Pre-college Engineering Program (DAPCEP, an institution that brings black students from the Detroit Area). Many thanks for the assistance from undergraduate mentors and members in Lin Research Group, as well as the wonderful organization by the K-12 Engineering Education & Outreach Office. Link

[June 2023] [Service] Dr. Lin serves as the instructor for the 2023 High School Engineering Institute (HSEI, a residential program to give in-depth experiences in engineering majors for high school students). Many thanks for the assistance from undergraduate mentors and members in Lin Research Group, as well as the wonderful organization by the K-12 Engineering Education & Outreach Office. Link

[May 2023] [Talk] Invited virtual talk "Extreme Soft Materials for Long-term Healthcare and Sustainable Water Harvesting" in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics Engineering at Tsinghua University.

[May 2023] [News] My PhD student Jiabin Liu passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam. Congrats!

[April 2023] [Service] A group of K12 students and their parents in the local area of Lansing visited my lab. Glad to see their interests in diving into the mechanics and science of polymers. 

[April 2023] [News] My undergraduate student Sean Blanchard was selected for the 2022-23 Undergraduate Student Service Award. Hearty congrats!

[April 2023] [News] My PhD student Tsz Hung Wong has been selected to attend the BioPACIFIC MIP MIP 2023 Summer School at UCSB and UCLA. Huge congrats! Link

[April 2023] [News] Our work on "unusual temperature dependence of water sorption in semi-crystalline hydrogels' is highlighted by MIT News. Link

[Mar 2023] [Paper] The first research paper in Lin Research Group entitled "Unusual temperature dependence of water sorption in semi-crystalline hydrogels" has been accepted for publication in Advanced Materials. Huge congrats!

[Jan 2023] [Service] Dr. Lin is elected as the new editor of the ASME Technical Committee of Mechanics of Soft Materials. Congrats!

[Dec 2022] [Teaching] Dr. Lin successfully completed his first-semester teaching on Dynamics. 81 students, 15 homework, 26 lecture notes, 3 semester exams, and 1 final exam. What a memorable teaching experience!

[Dec 2022] [News] Dr. Lin received the Trifecta Initiative Facilitating Funds Award. Congrats! Link

[Nov 2022] [Talk] Invited Talk "Extreme Soft Materials by Design" at Dow in Midland, MI.

[Oct 2022] [Service] Dr. Lin, together with Jie Zheng at the University of Arkon, Zhao Qin at Syracuse University, Xiaoguang Dong at Vanderbilt University, Aniruddh Vashisth at the University of Washington organized a session on Extreme Mechanics of Soft Materials by Polymer-network Design at SES2022 at Texas A&M Engineering. What high-quality talks! Link

[Sep 2022] [News] Chuwei's research paper entitled "Smart Steering Sleeve (S3): A Non-Intrusive and Integrative Sensing Platform for Driver Physiological Monitoring" has been published in Sensors. Congrats! Link

[Sep 2022] [Talk] Invited Talk "Polymer-network Design off Hydrogels for Fatigue-resistant Hydrogel Coatings" in the session of Thin Films and Coatings Technology in KLA Instruments. 

[Oct 2022] [News] Our lab at Anthony Hall is finally ready to move in. Such great news to share!

[Aug 2022] [Service] Dr. Lin was invited to join the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing as the Youth Editor. Link

[Aug 2022] [News] Dr. Lin joined Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor!

[June 2022] [Service] I am thrilled to share my new role as Editorial Board Member with the journal Giant. Link