yifan rao @rao_yifan
PhD in Engineering Mechanics at UT-Austin; Andlinger Center Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton Joined January 2019-
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I really enjoy GRS/GRC Adhesion Science this year! Big thanks to our panelists @ProfZhaoMIT, @Junsoo_twit, Chris, and Alex for an open and inspiring career discussion with early-career researchers during GRS. Also, got a nice little reward for asking good questions during GRC 😉
Just received The Belytschko Medal during the #USNCCM conference in Chicago! Congrats to all other award winners for such great honors! @Princeton @EPrinceton @ASMEdotorg @ASCETweets @SocEngScience usnccm18.usacm.org
Smooth road trip from Princeton to Mount Holyoke College 🚘😄 Only complaint—the traffic was insanely fast!Excited for a fun and inspiring week with the adhesion science community! @GordonConf
Glad to see. Thanks for sharing @rao_yifan’s progress, @ghpaulino!
Glad to see. Thanks for sharing @rao_yifan’s progress, @ghpaulino!
Dr Yifan Rao is delivering a visionary lecture on Optimal Energy Embedding for Modular Origami-Inspired Soft Robots, distinguished postdoc Fellowship, Andlinger Center at Princeton Univ @Princeton @EPrinceton @UTAustin @AndlingerCenter
As part of The Princeton SMatCH Seminar series, Dr Tuo Zhao is delivering a fascinating lecture on “Modular Chiral Origami Metamaterials” associated to his upcoming paper in Nature @Princeton @EPrinceton @Nature
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
A team led by @ghpaulino reported that they used strategic cutting and folding to turn a single sheet of paper into a metamaterial — a material that demonstrates unique properties based on form and geometry. This video explains. Learn more at our website: engineering.princeton.edu/news/2025/01/2…
Our fantastic time at the Annual ORIGAMI workshop! My beer and keg lol🍻
@CranfordMATTER Steve created a rap for my paper with the help of AI. I played it as the summary of my talk at #F24MRS
@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://t.co/x2ggi5Fife
For Professor @ghpaulino, origami engineering is a way to blend multiple disciplines to make our world more efficient, dynamic and resilient. bit.ly/4dPxw5a
We are thrilled to welcome Amy Honnig Bassett and @rao_yifan to the Andlinger Center as our newest Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows! bit.ly/3Y3WFEu
A smooth maximum regularization approach for robust topology optimization in the ground structure setting | Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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! kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…
Congratulations to @MinjieChen05 and @KelseyHatzell of @EPrinceton and the Andlinger Center on being promoted to associate professors, effective today! 🎊🙌🥳 bit.ly/4eX21rA
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 🫶
Our new paper in origami robotics just made the cover of PNAS - check it out! @Princeton @EPrinceton @PrincetonMSE @PrincetonCST @ncstatemae bit.ly/4bF9uZY

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