AWARDS
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Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award
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Graduate Student Summer Research Dissertation Fellow
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ECE Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship
Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Welcome to the Materials & Mechanics & Manufacturing (MMM) Lab
The MMM lab is part of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. Research in the MMM lab focus on the nanostructured materials and multiscale mechanics with scalable manufacturing.
Principal Investigator:
Tian Li
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Email:
Address:
1034 Ray W. Herrick Laboratories,
177 S Russell St, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Selected Awards
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R&D 100 Finalist 2020
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MRS Postdoctoral Award 2020
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Forbes 30 under 30 (US) in energy category 2018
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Finalist in "Energy Ideas to Change the World" Pitching Competition in ARPA-E 2016
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ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship 2015
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Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award in University of Maryland 2015
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Dean’s Doctoral Research Award Finalist 2015
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Distinguished Summer Research Scholarship 2013
NEWS
Grant
02/01, 2021
We are grateful for the seed funding from Center for High Performance Buildings.
Award
02/01, 2021
Congratulations to Gabriella Schalm on receiving the H. William Bottomley Research Scholarship!
Grant
11/01, 2020
We are grateful for the 2020 Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grant from ASME.
R&D 100 Finalist
09/21, 2020
Our Radiative Cooling Wood was selected as R&D 100 finalist 2020!
Welcome new student
08/11, 2020
The group welcomes Wenhui as Ph.D. student. Wenhui obtained his master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
Welcome new student
07/28, 2020
The group welcomes Kevin Zhu as Ph.D. student. Kevin obtained his master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Welcome new student
07/28, 2020
The group welcomes Rohan to join the group. Rohan obtained his bachelor's degree from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology.
Welcome new student
07/28, 2020
The group welcomes Pengfei Deng as Ph.D. student. Pengfei obtained his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Welcome new student
07/28, 2020
The group welcomes Xiwei Shan to join the group. Xiwei obtained his bachelor's degree in Materials Science Engineering from UIUC.
Welcome new student
07/28, 2020
The group welcomes Dr. Yun Zhang to join the group. Yun obtained her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Tian's Interview on Nature index
12/11, 2019
Tian was interviewed by Nature index "Energy harvesters pick up power".
Tian's paper "Cellulose ionic conductors with high differential thermal voltage for low-grade heat harvesting" on Nature Materials was highlighted.
Tian's Interview on Science Podcasts
05/23, 2019
Tian was interviewed by Science Podcast.
Tian's paper "A radiative cooling structural material" on Science was highlighted.
CONTACT US
1034 Ray W. Herrick Laboratories
177 S Russell St West Lafayette IN 47907