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yifan rao

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PhD in Engineering Mechanics at UT-Austin; Andlinger Center Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton

Joined January 2019
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RT @ghpaulino: As part of The Princeton SMatCH Seminar series, Dr Tuo Zhao is delivering a fascinating lecture on “Modular Chiral Origami M….
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Grateful to organize the 2025 GRS Adhesion Science, creating a space for young researchers to share their work. Excited to have experts from academia & industry join us for a career panel discussion! @ProfZhaoMIT @Junsoo_twit Welcome to apply!!! @GordonConf @Princeton @UTAustin
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RT @EPrinceton: A team led by @ghpaulino reported that they used strategic cutting and folding to turn a single sheet of paper into a metam….
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yifan rao
7 months
Our fantastic time at the Annual ORIGAMI workshop! My beer and keg lol🍻
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RT @nanshulu: @CranfordMATTER Steve created a rap for my paper with the help of AI. I played it as the summary of my talk at #F24MRS https:….
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RT @Princeton: For Professor @ghpaulino, origami engineering is a way to blend multiple disciplines to make our world more efficient, dynam….
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RT @AndlingerCenter: We are thrilled to welcome Amy Honnig Bassett and @rao_yifan to the Andlinger Center as our newest Distinguished Postd….
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RT @ghpaulino: A smooth maximum regularization approach for robust topology optimization in the ground structure setting | Structural and M….
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yifan rao
11 months
Also, sincere thanks to Prof. Sturm in PU ECE for all the wonderful things.
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11 months
Enjoyed a cozy day at the beach 🏖️ Thanks to Prof. Chen and the Andlinger Center. Can't wait to bring new work soon!
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Curious about how tip-membrane interactions and membrane sliding impact drumhead nanoindentation? Wondering if these tests can reveal shear strength? Discover the answers and explore the intriguing mechanics in our latest JMPS paper!
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RT @AndlingerCenter: Congratulations to @MinjieChen05 and @KelseyHatzell of @EPrinceton and the Andlinger Center on being promoted to assoc….
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1 year
It took me three days to drive alone from Austin to Princeton 🚗 Starting everything from zero in a new city feels frightening😥 Fortunately, I have a Texas corner with gifts 🎁 from all my friends 🫶
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RT @ghpaulino: Our new paper in origami robotics just made the cover of PNAS - check it out! ⁦@Princeton⁩ ⁦@EPrinceton⁩ ⁦@PrincetonMSE⁩ ⁦@P….
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1 year
RT @nanshulu: So proud to show my PhD advisor Prof. @zhigangsuo and Suo family our lab in EER @CockrellSchool today!
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1 year
I am deeply honored to present a poster session at the AmeriMech Symposium: SoftFracture. You are warmly invited to join me next Tuesday! Special thanks to our esteemed organizers: @RuiHuangUTAus, @ProfZhaoMIT, and Prof Ravi-Chandar 👏
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The technical program for the upcoming AmeriMech Symposium on Fracture of Soft Materials has been posted online: featuring many prominent speakers @zhigangsuo @NPeppas @CretonCost @ProfZhaoMIT @NguyenLabJHU @ShuYangPenn @kevin_t_turner and more.
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RT @zhigangsuo: I'll give a 30-minute talk, titled "Fractocohesive Length" .Time: 13 May 2024, Monday, 9:30 am Austin time. Workshop Progra….
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1 year
Thank you all so much! The ceremony really means a lot 🥹.
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1 year
Graduated today!!! Huge thanks to the incredible mentorship of Prof @nanshulu over the past six years 🫶 Got my life video too–what a lovely journey 🧚‍♀️
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RT @ghpaulino: Caterbot? Robotapillar? It crawls with ease through loops and bends- Princeton Engineering
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