Prof. Shengqiang Cai — Research Profile
University of California, San Diego · Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 2, 2026
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Fall 2027Application deadline
Jan 13, 2027
Source: mae.ucsd.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Shengqiang Cai at University of California, San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering lists Mechanics of Soft Materials; Electro-chemo-mechanics of Solids; Mechanics of Energy Materials;Bio-inspired Design and Bio-mechanics; 3D Fabrications as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- Fluorine-free polymer binder enables circular manufacturing and recycling of lithium-ion batteriesNature Communications · Oct 9
- Loosely crosslinked liquid crystal elastomers of high compliance with prolonged creep lifetimenpj Soft Matter · Oct 1
- Recyclable Zinc Ion Structural Supercapacitor Enabled by Porous VitrimerACS Energy Letters · Aug 11
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