Prof. Qiming Zhang (Plenary)
Prof. Qiming Zhang
Harvey F. Brush Chair Professor (2025–Present) · Distinguished Professor (2007–2024)
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Phone: 814-863-8994 · Fax: 814-863-7846 · B.S.: Nanjing University (1981) · Ph.D.: Penn State · H-index: 105 · Member, NAE (2026)
Experience
- 2025 to Present: Harvey F. Brush Endowed Chair Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
- 2007–2024: Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Fall 2018: Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnical University
- 2006-2011: Chairman of the board, Vice President of Technologies (and founder), Novasentis (Acquired by KEMET)
- 2002-2006: Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Fall 2003: Sabbatical leave at California Institute of Technology
- 2001-2002: Professor of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- 1995-2001: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University
- 1994-1995: Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
- 1991-1994: Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University
- 1988-1991: Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Education
- B.S., Electronic Physics, Nanjing University (Nanjing, China), 1981
- Ph.D., Solid State Physics, The Pennsylvania State University
Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Research Award, College of Engineering, Penn State University, 1999
- Fellow, IEEE 2006
- Premier Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 2008
- ZhonShan Lecture, Nanjing University, China, 2010
- Fellow, American Physical Society (APS), 2012
- IEEE Award of Recognition of General Chair of ISE, 2014
- Faculty Scholar Medal in Engineering, Penn State University, 2015
- JiJing Distinguished Lecture, Tsinghua University 2018
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize, 2019
- Lee Hsun Lecture Award, Chinese Academy of Science, Materials Research Institute, 2020
- Fellow, The National Academy of Inventors, 2023
- Fellow, American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2025
- Member, The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2026
- The SPIE Smart Structures and Materials (SSM) Lifetime Achievement Award, 2026
Publications in Refereed Journals (H-index: 105)
Full list contains 370+ papers. Selected recent publications shown below.
1. Hierarchal structures tuned electrocaloric and electromechanical performance in PVDF-based tetrapolymers
2. Giant energy storage and dielectric performance of all-polymer nanocomposites
3. Boosting Discharge Energy Density of Commercially Available Polyethylene via Post-Polymerization Modification
4. Fluorine-Free Strongly Dipolar Polymers Exhibit Tailor-Made Ferroelectricity
5. High crystallinity and polar-phase content in electrospun P(VDF-TrFE) nanofibers with low molecular weight
6. Multicalorics II
7. Dual-functional High Entropy Polymer Exhibiting Giant Cross Energy Couplings at Low Fields
8. Enhanced Breakdown Strength and Reduced Polarization Hysteresis in Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymers with Increased Gamma Phase Content for Energy Storage Capacitors
9. Dilute nanocomposites for capacitive energy storage: progress, challenges and prospects
10. Scalable all polymer dielectrics with self-assembled nanoscale multiboundary exhibiting superior high temperature capacitive performance
11. Sandwich-structured Polymer Dielectrics Exhibiting Significantly Improved Capacitive Performance at High Temperatures by Roll-to-Roll Physical Vapor Deposition
12. Low-entropy Amorphous Dielectric Polymers for High-Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage
Books and Chapters of Books (Selected)
- Electroactive Polymers, Q.M. Zhang, T. Furukawa, Y. Bar-Cohen, and J. Scheinbeim. Editors (Materials Research Society, Vol. 600, 1999)
- Electric Polymers, Q.M. Zhang and J. Scheinbeim, Electroactive Polymer Actuators as Artificial Muscles (Ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, WA, 2001), Chapter 4
- Electroactive Polymers and Rapid Prototyping, Y. Bar-Cohen, D. Chrisey, Q.M. Zhang, S. Bauer, E. Fukada, and S. Danforth. Editors (Materials Research Society, Vol. 698, 2001)
- PVDF and Its Copolymer with TrFE, Q.M. Zhang, V. Bharti, and G. Kavarnos, in The Encyclopedia of Smart Materials Vol. 2 (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002)
- Materials and Devices for Smart Systems, Y. Furuya, Q. Quandt, Q.M. Zhang, and K. Inoue. Editors (Materials Research Society, Vol. 785, 2003)
- Electric Polymers, Q.M. Zhang, C. Huang, F. Xia, and J. Su, in Electroactive Polymer Actuators as Artificial Muscles (Ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, WA, 2004), Chapter 4
- Electro and Acousto-Optical Properties of Relaxor Single Crystals, Q.M. Zhang and Dae-Yong Jeong, in Ferroelectric Single Crystals published in 2004
- Electroresponsive Polymers and Their Applications, Vivek Bharti, Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Zhong-Yang Cheng, Q.M. Zhang, and John Madden, editors (Proc. Mater. Res. Soc. Vol. 889, 2005)
- Electropolymers For Mechatronics and Artificial Muscles, Q.M. Zhang and Z.-Y. Cheng, Chapter 9 in Handbook of Organic Electronics and Photonics (American Scientific Publishers, 2008)
- Electrocaloric Effect (ECE) in Ferroelectric Polymers Near Room Temperature, David S-G. Lu, B. Rozic, Z. Kutnjak, Q.M. Zhang, Chapter 6 in Ferroelectrics (InTech, 2010)
- Electrocaloric Polymers, Xinyu Li, Sheng-Guo Lu, Xiaoshi Qian, Minren Lin, and Q.M. Zhang. Chapter 5 in Electrocaloric Materials: New Generation of Coolers (Springer, 2014)
Patents (Selected)
- US Patent No. 5,142,186: Single Crystal Domain Driven Bender Actuator (1992)
- US Patent No. 5,790,156: Ferroelectric Relaxor Actuator for an Ink-Jet Print Head (1998)
- US Patent No. 6,020,674: Piezoelectric Torsional Actuators (2000)
- US Patent No. 6,423,412: Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymers (2002)
- US Patent No. 6,563,985: Single Resonant Band, Tunable Optical Fiber Wavelength Filter (2003)
- US Patent No. 6,605,246: Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymer Method (2003)
- US Patent No. 6,787,238: P(VDF-TrFE) Based Terpolymers for Electromechanical and Dielectric Applications (2004)
- US Patent No. 6,852,416: High Dielectric Constant Polymer Systems Based on Metallophthalocyanine and PVDF Based Polymers (2005)
- US Patent 7,078,101: Giant Strain VDF/TrFE/CFE Terpolymer (2006)
- US Patent No. 7362035: Polymer Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator (2008)
- Chinese Patent ZL 200680049503.1: Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Based Copolymers and Terpolymers as Dielectric Materials for Capacitors (2006)
- US Patent No. 8,869,542: Polymer-Based Electrocaloric Cooling Devices
- US Patent No. 10,832,868: Thin Film Capacitors (2020)
- US Patent No. 10,825,614: Energy Harvesting Device Using Electroactive Polymer Nanocomposites (2020)
- US Patent No. 10,972,018: Low Frequency Kinetic Energy Harvester
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