Jie Yin
Professor
- Phone: (919) 515-7030
- Email: jyin8@ncsu.edu
- Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3240
- Website: https://jieyin.wordpress.ncsu.edu/
Dr. Yin is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NC State University. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University in 2010 and his M.S. in Solid Mechanics from Tsinghua University in 2007. Prior to joining NC State in 2019 Fall, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT from 2010 to 2013 and served as an Assistant and then Associate Professor at Temple University from 2013 to 2019. He is the recipient of several prestigious honors, including the 2026 University Faculty Scholar from NC State, 2024 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the White House, the 2022 Cozzarelli Prize from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the 2019 NSF CAREER Award, and the 2017 Young Investigator Award from Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML).
The Yin Group conducts research on the fundamental mechanics and multifunctionality of novel materials and structures across multiple length scales. For more details, visit Dr. Yin’s Google Scholar profile and the Yin Lab website.
Dr. Yin’s research centers on the mechanics-guided design of soft robotics, mechanical metamaterials, and multifunctional shape-morphing materials and structures. His work aims to advance physically intelligent soft robotics capable of high-performance manipulation, locomotion, autonomy, and adaptability, with broad applications in navigation, rehabilitation, healthcare, and space exploration. He also explores the science and engineering of kirigami—the traditional art of paper cutting and folding—as a powerful tool for creating novel mechanical properties and programmable functionalities. In addition, his group develops shape-morphing materials and structures for applications in sustainable energy and environmental systems. His research integrates theoretical modeling, numerical simulation, and experimental investigation to address fundamental questions and enable real-world impact.
Publications
- Magnetic coupling transforms random snapping into ordered sequences in soft metamaterials
- Sun, H., Alkuino, G., Chi, Y., Zabila, Y., Qing, H., Makarov, D., … Yin, J. (2026, March 20), Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec3182
- Solution-processed electrochromics for synergistic solar and radiative heat management
- Xie, W., Deng, Y., Liu, Y., Zhao, Y., Shin, S. J., Brown, K., … Bai, W. (2026, February 24), Nature Sustainability, Vol. 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-026-01774-2
- Aerial Track‐Guided Autonomous Soft Ring Robot
- Qi, F., Zhou, C., Qing, H., Sun, H., & Yin, J. (2025, April 25), Advanced Science, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202503288
- Autonomous Slip-Prevention Grip Force Control and Its Potential in Shared Control of Robotic Prosthetic Hands
- Berman, J., Nalam, V., Yin, J., & Huang, H. (2025, December 15), IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmrb.2025.3644009
- Enhancing soft robots with chemical shielding for harsh corrosive liquid environments
- Qing, H., Vallabhuneni, S., Chi, Y., Zarei, M. J., Sharbati, P., Sun, H., … Kota, A. K. (2025, December 10), Materials Horizons. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5mh01593f
- Examining the Mechanics of Polyester Coatings to Assess the Opportunity to Replace BPA in Metal Food Packaging
- Shafe, A. A., Wang, H., Brown, C., He, H., Yin, J., Zhu, Y., & O’Connor, B. T. (2025, October 24), ACS Applied Polymer Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.5c02319
- Multistable thin-shell metastructures for multiresponsive reconfigurable metabots
- Zhou, C., Qing, H., Sun, H., Qi, F., Hong, Y., & Yin, J. (2025, October 15), Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx4359
- Programmable seconds-to-days-long delayed snapping in jumping metashells
- Qing, H., Zhou, C., Qi, F., & Yin, J. (2025, June 6), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2503313122
- Reprogrammable snapping morphogenesis in ribbon-cluster meta-units using stored elastic energy
- Hong, Y., Zhou, C., Qing, H., Chi, Y., & Yin, J. (2025, October 10), Nature Materials, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02370-z
- Adaptive hierarchical origami-based metastructures
- Li, Y., Lallo, A. D., Zhu, J., Chi, Y., Su, H., & Yin, J. (2024, July 26), Nature Communications, Vol. 15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50497-5
