Dr. Cheng is the James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State University. He has been affiliated with the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, the Materials Research Institute (MRI), the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), the Engineering, Energy, & Environmental Institute (E3I), the Sustainability Institute, and varying centers at Penn State. He has also served as an advisor or the Graduate Faculty for the Schreyer Honors College, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing and Design. His research group focuses on the design, fabrication, and application of the standalone stretchable device platform. He also serves as the associate editor for 7 journals and reviewer for > 200 journals.
This faculty member is associated with the Penn State Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (IGDP) in Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) where a multitude of perspectives and cross-disciplinary collaboration within research is highly valued. Graduate students in the IGDP in MatSE may work with faculty members from across Penn State.
- 2023 Emerging Investigator for Journal of Materials Chemistry C
- Future Chemical Engineering Scholar, Global Academy of Chinese Chemical Engineers (2023)
- 2023 Emerging Investigator for Nanoscale
- Invitee to attend the 6th World Laureates Forum, Shanghai China, November 6 8, 2023
- Finalist for the Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2023 in Engineering and Technology
- 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, June 25 30, 2023
- EnvironMentors Faculty Mentor Recognition Award at Penn State, April 29, 2023
- 2022 International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (IJEM) Best Editor Award
- 2022 Rising Star of Science Award, Research.com ranked 71 in United States and 356 in the world
- “World's top 2% of Scientists in 2022, edition by Stanford University
- 2022 IEEE Sensors Journal Best Performing Reviewer Award
- Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, 2022
- The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Functional Materials Division (FMD) Young Leaders Professional Development Award, 2022
- MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35, TR35 China, 2021
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trailblazer Award, 2021
- Scialog Fellow in Advancing BioImaging, 2021
- Invited Participant, the eighth Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), 2021
- Frontiers of Materials Award from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2021
- Invitee to attend the 4th World Laureates Forum, 2021
- Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 2020
- Forbes 30 Under 30: Science, Forbes, 2017
- Elected member of Global Young Academy, 2016 - 2021