Caiwei Shen

Dr. Caiwei Shen is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's College of Engineering. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (2018), an MS in Microelectronics from Tsinghua University (2013), and a BS in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University (2010).

• Education: PhD (2018) - University of California at Berkeley
• MS (2013) - Tsinghua University
• BS (2010) - Tsinghua University

His research focuses on materials and technologies for energy-related applications, including flexible/wearable supercapacitors, multifunctional structural energy storage devices, and mechanical/thermal energy harvesters. Additional work involves nanomaterials synthesis and biomimetic/bio-related sensors/actuators for advanced applications.

Notable research awards include grants from the National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research for projects on composite fibers for wearable energy storage and bi-functional polymer composites for marine systems.

• Teaching: EAS 701 (Doctoral Dissertation Research), MNE 231 (Material Science)
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