Zijuan Liang

I am currently a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University in the Mechanical Engineering Department. I am co-advised by Prof. Burak Ozdoganlar. I graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.S. in mechanical engineering.

Previous Experience

Student Researcher -- NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship May 2019 - Aug 2019 - Received the undergraduate research fellowship from Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology - Worked with Dr. Neretina in the Nanomaterial Fabrication Research Laboratory to study fabricating gold nanoplates using Brij 700

Student Researcher -- Compliant Joints Walking Robot Jan 2020 - Nov 2020 - Designed and animated a 6-leg walking robot with 48 compliant joints in Solidworks - 3-D Printed one side of the robot in a single print using TPU & PLA - Tested and critically compared properties of 3 novel compliant joint models

Analyst -- Goldman Sachs July 2021 - July 2022

Publications

• Demille, T. B., Neal, R. D., Preston, A. S., Liang, Z., Oliver, A. G., Hughes, R. A., & Neretina, S. (2021). Epitaxially aligned single-crystal gold nanoplates formed in large-area arrays at high-yield. Nano Research, 15(1), 296-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3473-1
• Talken, I., Liang, Z., & Plecnik, M. (2021). Approximating hinges with multimaterial compliant joints. Volumn 8B: 45th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR). https://event.asme.org/IDETC-CIE2021

Contact Information

• Please contact me by email: zijuanl@andrew.cmu.edu