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faculty
Caiwei Shen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Contact
508-999-8449
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Education
| 2018 | University of California at Berkeley | PhD |
| 2013 | Tsinghua University | MS |
| 2010 | Tsinghua University | BS |
Teaching
- Materials Science
Teaching
Programs
Programs
- Engineering and Applied Science PhD
- Manufacturing
- Mechanical Engineering BS, BS/MS
- Mechanical Engineering MS
Research
Research awards
- $ 251,341 awarded by National Science Foundation for Collaborative Research: Thermal Drawing of Composite Fibers for Wearable Supercapacitor
- $ 292,319 awarded by Office of Naval Research for UMassD MUST I: Bi-functional Polymer Matrix Composites for Structural Energy Storage in Marine Systems
Research
Research interests
- Multifunctional composites
- Energy storage materials
- Nanomaterials
- Sensors
- Electrochemistry
Dr. Caiwei Shen received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering and the M.S. degree in microelectronics from Tsinghua University in 2010 and 2013, respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from University of California at Berkeley in 2018. He joined the Mechanical Engineering department at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth as assistant professor in the same year. He is teaching materials science courses for both undergraduate and graduate students. His research focuses on materials and technologies for energy-related applications and various sensors and actuators. He is currently interested in developing flexible and wearable supercapacitors and multifunctional structural energy storage devices. He is also interested in the synthesis of nanomaterials and the development of biomimetic or bio-related sensors and actuators.