Lin Dong
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
- lin.dong@njit.edu
- 973-596-3678
- 325 Mechanical Engineering Center (ME)
About Me
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at NJIT. My research interests lie in the intersection of mechanical engineering, material science and biomedical engineering, covering the topics of functional nanomaterials design and synthesis, soft materials and robots, energy harvesting/sensing devices, and human-machine interaction.
Education
Ph.D.; Stevens Institute of Technology; Mechanical Engineering; 2017
M.E.; Stevens Institute of Technology; Mechanical Engineering; 2011
B.E.; Harbin Institute of Technology; Mechanical Engineering; 2008
Experience
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, 2020 -
Dartmouth College
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2017 - June 2020
Awards & Honors
2023 American Heart Association Institutional Research Enhancement Award,
2019 Dartmouth Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society Award,
2012 - 2017, Stevens Innovation & Entrepreneurship Doctoral Fellowship,
2026 Fall Courses
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ME 491 - MECH ENGR PROJECT B
ME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
ME 618 - ST: FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS FOR BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS
ME 790A - DOC DISSERTATION & RES
Past Courses
ME 215: ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
ME 215: ENGR MATERLS & PROCESSES
ME 615: ADVANCED MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
ME 618: SELECTED TOPICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Research Interests
Our research areas of interest include functional materials design and biomedical devices development. Principal applications of our research include energy harvesting/sensing systems, biomedical devices, soft robots and human-machine interaction. Check out the NJIT YouTube Channel and Teik Talk Channel to see highlights from our lab tour and insights into our work!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRgZo1yZ1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRgZo1yZ1c
Journal Article
Nathan Zhang, Sun Kwon, Lin Dong. 2026. "Flexible Piezoelectric Sensor for Real-Time Comprehensive Cardiovascular Monitoring." ACS Applied Electronic Materials, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 48.
Yuxiao Wang, Zhipeng Jiang, Sun Kwon, Matthew Ibrahim, Alexander Dang, Lin Dong. 2026. "Flexible sensor-based human-machine interfaces with AI integration for medical robotics." Advanced Robotics Research, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. e202500027.
Yuxiao Wang, Lin Dong. 2026. "Integrated Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced PTFE Nanofiber Membranes for Breathable, Super-hydrophobic, and Thermally Resilient Triboelectric Nanogenerators." Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, vol. 9, pp. 94.
Chi Zhang, Sun Kwon, Andrea Huerta, Zhipeng Jiang, Mengdie Sun, Lin Dong. 2025. "Self-polarized piezoelectric hydrogels with flexible-rigid networks for ultrasensitive multifunctional sensors." ACS Materials Letters, vol. 7, pp. 2607.
Chi Zhang, Yuxiao Wang, Johan Urena, Richards Augustin-Lawson, Catherine Eno, Mengdie Sun, Brooke Flammang, Lin Dong. 2025. "Amphibious generator via mechanical coupling for versatile energy harvesting." Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 2500087.
Chi Zhang, Zhipeng Jiang, Mengdie Sun, Richards Augustin-Lawson, Sun Kwon, Lin Dong. 2025. "Nature-inspired helical piezoelectric hydrogels for energy harvesting and self-powered human-machine interfaces." Nano Energy, vol. 136, pp. 110755.
Yuxiao Wang, Mengdie Sun, Sun Kwon, Lin Dong. 2025. "Advancements in flexible biomechanical energy harvesting for smart health applications." Chemical Communications, vol. 61, no. 12, pp. 2424.
Zhipeng Jiang, Chi Zhang, Sun Kwon, Lin Dong. 2024. "Self-powered, soft and breathable human-machine interface based on piezoelectric sensors." Advanced Sensor Research, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 2400086.
Chi Zhang, Sun Kwon, Lin Dong. 2024. "Piezoelectric hydrogels: hybrid material design, properties, and biomedical applications." Small, vol. 20, pp. 2310110.
Sun Kwon, Chi Zhang, Zhipeng Jiang, Lin Dong. 2024. "Textured nanofibers inspired by nature for harvesting biomechanical energy and sensing biophysicalogical signals." Nano Energy, vol. 122, pp. 109334.
Zhaocheng Lu, Chi Zhang, Sun Kwon, Zhipeng Jiang, Lin Dong. 2023. "Flexible hybrid piezoelectric-electrostatic device for energy harvesting and sensing applications." Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol. 10, pp. 2202173.
Sun Kwon, Lin Dong. 2022. "Flexible sensors and machine learning for heart monitoring." Nano Energy, vol. 102, pp. 107632.
Congran Jin, Lin Dong, Zhe Xu, Andrew Closson, Andrew Cabe, Aleksandra Gruslova, Scott Jenney, Danny Escobedo, James Elliott, Michael Zhang, Nanjing Hao, Zi Chen, Marc D. Feldman, John X.J. Zhang. 2021. "Skin-like Elastomer Embedded Zinc Oxide Nanoarrays for Biomechanical Energy Harvesting." Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 2100094.
Zhe Xu, Congran Jin, Andrew Cabe, Danny Escobedo, Aleksandra Gruslova, Scott Jenney, Andrew B. Closson, Lin Dong, Zi Chen, Marc D. Feldman, John X.J. Zhang. 2021. "Implantable Cardiac Kirigami-Inspired Lead-Based Energy Harvester Fabricated by Enhanced Piezoelectric Composite Film." Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 2002100.
Michael Zhang, Congran Jin, Yuan Nie, Yundong Ren, Nanjing Hao, Zhe Xu, Lin Dong, John X.J. Zhang. 2021. "Silver nanoparticle on zinc oxide array for label-free detection of opioids through surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy." RSC Advances, vol. 11, no. 19, pp. 11329-11337.
Andrew Closson, Haley Richards, Zhe Xu, Congran Jin, Lin Dong, John X.J. Zhang. 2021. "Method for Inkjet-printing PEDOT:PSS polymer electrode arrays on piezoelectric PVDF-TrFE fibers." IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 21, no. 23, pp. 26277-26285.
Lin Dong, Congran Jin, Andrew Closson, Ian Trase, Haley Richards, Zi Chen, John X.J Zhang. 2020. "Cardiac energy harvesting and sensing based on piezoelectric and triboelectric designs." Nano Energy, vol. 76, pp. 105076.
Zhe Xu, Congran Jin, Andrew Cabe, Danny Escobedo, Nanjing Hao, Ian Trase, Andrew B. Closson, Lin Dong, Yuan Nie, James Elliott, Marc D. Feldman, Zi Chen, John X.J. Zhang. 2020. "Flexible Energy Harvester on a Pacemaker Lead Using Multibeam Piezoelectric Composite Thin Films." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 12, no. 30, pp. 34170-34179.
Lin Dong, Andrew B. Closson, Congran Jin, Yuan Nie, Andrew Cabe, Danny Escobedo, Shicheng Huang, Ian Trase, Zhe Xu, Zi Chen, Marc D. Feldman, John X.J. Zhang. 2020. "Multifunctional Pacemaker Lead for Cardiac Energy Harvesting and Pressure Sensing." Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 2000053.
Congran Jin, Nanjing Hao, Zhe Xu, Ian Trase, Yuan Nie, Lin Dong, Andrew Closson, Zi Chen, John X.J. Zhang. 2020. "Flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators using metal-doped ZnO-PVDF films." Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, vol. 305, pp. 111912.
Congran Jin, Jinhua Zhang, Zhe Xu, Ian Trase, Shicheng Huang, Lin Dong, Ziyue Liu, Sophie E. Usherwood, John X. Zhang, Zi Chen. 2020. "Tunable, Flexible, and Resilient Robots Driven by an Electrostatic Actuator." Advanced Intelligent Systems, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 1900162.
Guangchao Wan, Yin Liu, Zhe Xu, Congran Jin, Lin Dong, Xiaomin Han, John X.J. Zhang, Zi Chen. 2020. "Tunable bistability of a clamped elastic beam." Extreme Mechanics Letters, vol. 34, pp. 100603.
Lin Dong, Andrew B. Closson, Meagan Oglesby, Danny Escobedo, Xiaomin Han, Yuan Nie, Shicheng Huang, Marc D. Feldman, Zi Chen, John X.J. Zhang. 2019. "In vivo cardiac power generation enabled by an integrated helical piezoelectric pacemaker lead." Nano Energy, vol. 66, pp. 104085.
Lin Dong, Andrew B. Closson, Congran Jin, Ian Trase, Zi Chen, John X.J. Zhang. 2019. "Vibration-Energy-Harvesting System: Transduction Mechanisms, Frequency Tuning Techniques, and Biomechanical Applications." Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 1900177.
Yin Liu, Wei Zeng, Guangchao Wan, Lin Dong, Zhe Xu, John X.J. Zhang, Zi Chen. 2019. "Voltage-actuated snap-through in bistable piezoelectric thin films: A computational study." Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 085021.
Lin Dong, Xiaomin Han, Zhe Xu, Andrew B. Closson, Yin Liu, Chunsheng Wen, Xi Liu, Gladys Patricia Escobar, Meagan Oglesby, Marc Feldman, Zi Chen, John X.J. Zhang. 2019. "Flexible Porous Piezoelectric Cantilever on a Pacemaker Lead for Compact Energy Harvesting." Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1800148.
Lin Dong, Chunsheng Wen, Yin Liu, Zhe Xu, Andrew B. Closson, Xiaomin Han, Gladys Patricia Escobar, Meagan Oglesby, Marc Feldman, Zi Chen, John X.J. Zhang. 2019. "Piezoelectric Buckled Beam Array on a Pacemaker Lead for Energy Harvesting." Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1800335.
Lin Dong, Michael D Grissom, Tahzib Safwat, M G Prasad, Frank T Fisher. 2018. "Resonant frequency tuning of electroactive polymer membranes via an applied bias voltage." Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 114005.
Zhe Xu, Yin Liu, Lin Dong, Andrew B. Closson, Nanjing Hao, Meagan Oglesby, Gladys Patricia Escobar, Sidan Fu, Xiaomin Han, Chunsheng Wen, Jifeng Liu, Marc David Feldman, Zi Chen, John X.J. Zhang. 2018. "Tunable Buckled Beams with Mesoporous PVDF-TrFE/SWCNT Composite Film for Energy Harvesting." ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 10, no. 39, pp. 33516-33522.
Lin Dong, Michael D. Grissom, M. G. Prasad, Frank T. Fisher. 2016. "Application of mechanical stretch to tune the resonance frequency of hyperelastic membrane-based energy harvesters." Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, vol. 252, pp. 165-173.
Lin Dong, M. G. Prasad, Frank T. Fisher. 2016. "Two-dimensional resonance frequency tuning approach for vibration-based energy harvesting." Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 065019.
Lin Dong, Michael Grissom, Frank T. Fisher. 2015. "Resonant frequency of mass-loaded membranes for vibration energy harvesting applications." AIMS Energy, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 344-359.
Conference Proceeding
"Method for Inkjet-printing PEDOT:PSS polymer electrodes on piezoelectric PVDF-TrFE fibers"
August, 2020.
August, 2020.
"Resonant frequency tuning strategies for vibration-based energy harvesters"
January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2017.
January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2017.
"Application of bias voltage to tune the resonant frequency of membrane-based electroactive polymer energy harvesters"
January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2016.
January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2016.
"Analysis of Magnetic Forces in Two-Dimensional Space With Applications for the Tuning of Vibration Energy Harvesting Devices"
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, August, 2015.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, August, 2015.