Faculty profile
Dr. Kejie Zhao is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and B.F.S. Schaefer 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. His group focuses on the chemomechanics of electrochemically active materials using experimentation and multi-scale modeling approaches. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, EML Young Investigator Award, 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, EnSM Young Scientist Award, and James W. Dally Young Investigator Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics. He is a fellow of ASME.

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

Xixian Yang
School of Mechanical Engineering
2021.01 - present: PhD student
585 Purdue Mall, RM2166, West Lafayette, IN
yang1989@purdue.edu

Yetong Jia
School of Mechanical Engineering
2023.08 - present: PhD student
585 Purdue Mall, RM2166, West Lafayette, IN
jia170@purdue.edu

Aishwary Shrivastava
School of Mechanical Engineering
2024.01 - present: PhD student
585 Purdue Mall, RM2166, West Lafayette, IN
shriva16@purdue.edu

Sameep Rajubhai Shah
School of Mechanical Engineering
2018.11 - 2019. 12: Thesis Master
2020.01 - present: PhD student
585 Purdue Mall, RM2166, West Lafayette, IN
shah484@purdue.edu

Jiaxiu Han
School of Mechanical Engineering
2019.08 - present: PhD student
585 Purdue Mall, RM2166, West Lafayette, IN
han602@purdue.edu

Nikhil Sharma
Postdoctoral Associate
2023.08 - present
585 Purdue Mall, RM2166, West Lafayette, IN
sharm316@purdue.edu