Prof. Junfei Li — Research Profile
Purdue University · School of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
School of Mechanical Engineering
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
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Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
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Source: engineering.purdue.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Junfei Li at Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering lists Acoustic tweezers, Acoustofluidics, Acoustic metamaterials, Ultrasound control, Underwater communication, Ultrasound imaging, Multiphysics wave propagation theory, Noise control and energy harvesting as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- Acoustic virtual walls enable open, scalable, and programmable microfluidicsScience Advances · Aug 14
- A transfer matrix approach for characterizing spherically symmetric acoustic metamaterials and structuresThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · May 1
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