Changyong (Chase) Cao

, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Study the mechanics, designs, and manufacturing of smart multifunctional materials, soft robotics, soft electronics, and self-powered sensing systems.

Soft Machines & Electronics Lab

Office: 441 Glennan Building Email: ccao@case.edu Delivery Address: 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106.

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Australian National University, 2014
M. S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2010

Awards and Recognitions

2023, Veale Faculty Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
2023, Tanner Award for the most-cited paper, Journal of Food Science
2022, iCANX Young Scientist Award, iCANX
2022, CWRU Faculty Innovator (Discovery) Award, Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests

• Soft (active) Materials, Smart materials & structures, Metamaterials, Bioinspired materials, Multifunctional composites, Programmable materials;

• Soft robotics, Sensors & actuators, Biomedical devices, 3D & 4D printing of multifunctional materials and structures

• Printed/Flexible/Stretchable/Wearable/Bio-integrated electronics, Internet of Things (IoTs), Energy harvesting & storage devices (supercapacitors, batteries, triboelectric nanogenerators, and wave energy converters)

• Solid mechanics, Biomechanics, Computational mechanics

Teaching Interests

• EMAE 401 - Mechanics of Continuum Media;

• EMAE 450 - Advanced Engineering Analysis.

Professional Leadership and Service

President, Electronic Materials Technical Committee, ASME Material Division
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Editorial Board Member, Advanced Electronic Materials (Wiley)
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
Editorial Board Member, Soft Science
Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Editorial Board Member, Micromachines