Prof. Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng 's group at the University of California, Berkeley, draws principles from mechanics, optics and material science to develop the next generation of additive manufacturing (3D printing) processes, material design and synthesis approaches to create multi-functional materials and all-in-one devices with controlled 3D architectures, compositions and multi-scale features. His research builds at the interface between machine and materials. They actively transfer these materials to a wide array of applications for electronics, structures, robotics, energy storage and transduction, to biology and health care. Our work on scalable additive manufacturing approaches for ultralight, ultrastrong and resilient materials was featured on MIT Technology Review Top 10 Innovations, the Cover on Science Magazine and Nature Materials.
