Faculty profile
Dr. Kejie Zhao is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science in 2012 from Harvard University, and his bachelor's and master's degrees from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2005 and 2008, respectively. He worked as a postdoctoral associate at MIT in 2012-2014. He joined the faculty at Purdue in 2014 and was promoted to Professor in 2023. His group focuses on chemomechanics of electrochemically active materials using experimentation and multi-scale modeling approaches. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, Extreme Mechanics Letters Young Investigator Award, 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, Energy Storage Materials Young Scientist Award, J. W. Dally Young Investigator Award, A. J. Durelli Award, Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, and B.F.S. Schaefer Scholarship. He is a fellow of ASME. He serves on the Board of Directors of Society of Engineering Science and is an Associate Editor of Applied Mechanics Reviews and a Technical Editor of Experimental Mechanics.

Address: 585 Purdue Mall, RM3166, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: kjzhao@purdue.edu
Phone: Phone: 765-496-0224

Xixian Yang
School of Mechanical Engineering
2021.01 - present: PhD student
yang1989@purdue.edu

Yetong Jia
School of Mechanical Engineering
2023.08 - present: PhD student
jia170@purdue.edu

Aishwary Shrivastava
School of Mechanical Engineering
2024.01 - present: PhD student
shriva16@purdue.edu

Yimin Zeng
School of Mechanical Engineering
2025.08 - present: PhD student
zeng346@purdue.edu

Zubair Mumin Wahed
School of Mechanical Engineering
2024.08 - present: PhD student
zwahed@purdue.edu

Jeongok Choe
School of Mechanical Engineering
2024.08 - present: PhD student
choe42@purdue.edu

Sameep Rajubhai Shah
Postdoctoral Associate
2025.08 - present
shah484@purdue.edu