Dr. Huanyu Cheng was appointed an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) and as a member of the Materials Research Institute (MRI) at The Pennsylvania State University in August 2015, and was awarded the Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professorship in September 2015. He has been affiliated with the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment since November 2015, the Institute for CyberScience (ICS) since June 2017, and has served as an advisor for the Schreyer Honors College since August 2015, and on the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering since February 2016. Dr. Cheng received his B.Eng. degree in engineering mechanics and aerospace engineering from Tsinghua University, China (2010), and M.S. (2011) and Ph.D. (2015) degrees in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University. Throughout Dr. Cheng’s research career, he has worked on mechanics design and manufacturing of biologically inspired electronics with applications in robotics, biomedicine, and energy. Dr. Cheng has co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications, and his work has been recognized through the reception of awards including Forbes 30 Under 30 2017 in Science, election to the Global Young Academy, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Student Research Fellowship, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, and many others. He also serves as associate editor for Computers in Biology and Medicine and reviewer for over 60 international journals.
Forbes 30 Under 30: Science, Forbes, 2017
Elected member of Global Young Academy, 2016 - 2020.
Finalist for Forbes 30 Under 30 list, 2016
Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant, 2016-2017
Dorothy Quiggle Career Development Professorship at Penn State, 2015-2018
Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellow, 2013-2015
NSF Student Travel Award at MSEC 2015, 2015
First Place in AMD Student Paper Competition, 2015
Haythornthwaite Foundation Travel Award, 2014/2013/2012
Presidential Fellowship Finalist at Northwestern, 2014
NSF Travel Award at ASME-IMECE, 2013/2012
Royal E. Cabell Terminal Year Fellowship at Northwestern, 2013
Engineering and Health Center Fellowship at Northwestern, 2013
Chinese government award for outstanding self-financed students abroad, 2013
The Graduate School Travel Award at Northwestern, 2013
Second Place in the Science as Art competition for ME at Northwestern, 2012
International Institute for Nanotechnology Outstanding Researcher Award, 2012
Martin Outstanding Graduate Fellow at Northwestern, 2012
Student Presentation Award at SES, 2012
Fellow of Northwestern Predictive Science & Engineering Design Cluster, 2011
NSF Fellowship for Energy Manufacturing Summer Institute, 2011
Walter P. Murphy Fellowship at Northwestern University, 2010
Undergraduate Visiting Researcher Fellowship at Stanford University, 2009
National Scholarship (and National Inspirational Scholarship) in China, 2009/2008/2007
Selected to the Scientific and Technological Innovation Program at Tsinghua, 2007
First Prize in National Math Olympiad, Second Prize in National Math/ Chemistry/ Information/ Biology Olympiad, Third Prize in National Biology/Physics Olympiad in China, 2005/2004
The 5th Soong Ching Ling Scholarship, 2002