Optics, Mechanical Engineering, Automated Manufacturing, Signal Processing, Hardware Programming

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, US

August 2015 – August 2020    

Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering

Research assistant in Cooling Technologies Research Center (CTRC)

University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

September 2011 – June 2015 

B.E. in Measuring & Controlling Technology and Instrument

   

Assistant researcher, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, March 2026 -

Assistant researcher, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, December 2023 - February 2026

Mechanical engineer, Konvex Instruments LLC, August 2020 – August 2023

   

1. Ryan Wasielewski, Jin Cui, Liang Pan*, Justin A Weibel* (2016). Fabrication of compliant three-dimensional microstructures as surface coatings for dry contact thermal conductance enhancement. 2016 15th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm) (pp. 134–139). https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHERM.2016.7517540.  

2. Jin Cui, Jicheng Wang, Yang Zhong, Liang Pan*, Justin A Weibel* (2018). Metallized compliant 3D microstructures for dry contact thermal conductance enhancement. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 28(5), 055005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6439/aaaf2e.

3. Jin Cui, Liang Pan*, Justin A Weibel* (2018). Metallized Three-Dimensional Centrosymmetric Microstructures to Enhance Dry Contact Thermal Conductance across Nonflat Interfaces. The 16th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC), IHTC16-23666. http://doi.org/10.1615/IHTC16.ctm.023666.  

4. Jin Cui, Jicheng Wang, Liang Pan*, Justin A Weibel* (2019). A compliant microstructured thermal interface material for dry and pluggable interfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 131, 1075–1082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.11.074.  

5. Chunyu Lu, Zheng-Da Hu, Jin Cui, Jicheng Wang*, Liang Pan (2019). Strong light confinement and gradient force in parallel infinite-width monolayer graphene pairs. Applied Physics Express,12(7), 075007. https://doi.org/10.7567/1882-0786/ab2656.

6. Jin Cui, Liang Pan*, Justin A Weibel* (2019). Demonstration of a Compliant Micro-Spring Array as a Thermal Interface Material for Pluggable Optoelectronic Transceiver Modules. In International Electronic Packaging Technical Conference and Exhibition (Vol. 59322, p. V001T02A004). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1115/IPACK2019-6389.

7. Jin Cui, Liang Pan*, Justin A Weibel* (2020). Demonstration of a Compliant Micro-Spring Array as a Thermal Interface Material for Pluggable Optoelectronic Transceiver Modules. Journal of Electronic Packaging, 142(3), 031114. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4047356.  

8. Min Zhong*, Jin Cui, Jae-Sang Hyun, Liang Pan, Peng Duan, Song Zhang* (2020). Uniaxial 3D phase-shifting profilometry using a dual-telecentric structured light system in micro-scale devices. Measurement Science and Technology, 31, 085003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ab63b2.

9. Ke Zhong, Zhiguo Wang, Jin Cui, Xuehua Yu, Zhangjing Yu, Yichao Wang, Zhenfeng He, Yuhui Zhao*, Jibin Zhao* (2024). Mechanical properties and failure behavior of additively manufactured Al₂O₃ lattice structures infiltrated with phenol-formaldehyde resin. Ceramics International, 50(19), 36521-36536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.07.038.

10. Ke Zhong, Zhiguo Wang, Jin Cui, Xuehua Yu, Mingtao Zhang, Zhenfeng He, Yuhui Zhao*, Jibin Zhao* (2025). Mechanical behavior of reinforced Al₂O₃ lattice structures: Effects of structural parameters from experiments and simulations. Thin-Walled Structures, 207, 112753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2024.112753.

11. Ke Zhong, Jin Cui, Zhiguo Wang, Mingtao Zhang, Jianwen Wang, Yiming Li, Yuhui Zhao*, Jibin Zhao* (2025). Synergistic gradient-composite effects on mechanical reinforcement of ceramic lattice structures, Thin-Walled Structures, 216, 113729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2025.113729.

12. Ke Zhong, Jin Cui, Zhiguo Wang, Mingtao Zhang, Jianwen Wang, Yuhui Zhao*, Jibin Zhao* (2025). Bio-inspired gradient design of ceramic lattice structure with enhanced mechanical performances, Composites Communications, Volume 60, 102639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2025.102639.

13. Ke Zhong, Jin Cui, Zhiguo Wang, Zhouwei Liu, Jianwen Wang, Mingtao Zhang, Yuhui Zhao, Jianfeng Chen, Jibin Zhao (2026). Design and mechanical enhancement of additively manufactured ceramics with interleaved layered architectures, Ceramics International, 52(9), Part B, 12786-12800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2026.01.421.

（ 1 ） 一种低冗余算力的长程高精度测距系统, 发明专利, 2025, 第 4 作者, 专利号: CN121186795A

（ 2 ） 一种低冗余算力的长程高精度测距方法, 发明专利, 2025, 第 4 作者, 专利号: CN121142558A

（ 3 ） 光开关快速切换光程的长程高精度调频连续波测距系统, 发明专利, 2024, 第 5 作者, 专利号: ZL 2024 1 1909999.1

Industrial Optical Measurement, Smart Manufacturing

2015-2017 Purdue University Perry Graduate Fellowship

2021 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Best Paper Award