Team

Principal Investigator

Hanxun Jin

Hanxun Jin, Ph.D.

Hanxun joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at the University of Cincinnati in January 2026. Before joining UC, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University, Caltech, and Northwestern University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Brown University. His research focuses on integrating experimental solid mechanics, scientific machine learning, high-throughput nanomechanics, and sustainable materials fabrication for healthcare and engineering applications.

Email: jinhx@ucmail.uc.edu | Google Scholar | LinkedIn


Graduate Students

Elif Dursun

Elif Dursun

PhD Student in Materials Science

Email: sahineb@mail.uc.edu | LinkedIn

Sagar Shrestha

Sagar Shrestha

PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering

Email: shrests5@mail.uc.edu

Ali Dursun

Ali Dursun

MS in Engineering Mechanics

Email: dursunab@mail.uc.edu | LinkedIn


Undergraduate Students

Jenna Tran

Jenna Tran

REU Student, Cal Poly Pomona


High School Students

Andrew Shi

Andrew Shi

Mason High School


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