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Cheng, Lin

Cheng, Lin

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
2108 Glenn L. Martin Hall, College Park, MD 20742

Dr. Lin Cheng joined University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2024. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Cheng was an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Wocester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) for three years.  Dr. Cheng received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from University of Pittsburgh and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University from 2019 to 2021.  

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2019
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2014
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, 2011

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • NSF CAREER Award, 2026
  • James Nichols Heald Award in Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WPI, 2023
  • Fellow Competition Winner in virtual workshop, USACM, 2021
  • Best Research Assistant Award in Mechanical Engineering, UPitt, 2018
  • 1st Place in Poster Competition at RAPID + TCT conference, 2017
  • Graduate Travel Award at International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, 2016, 2017

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

  • Organizer/Chair of Conference: SES 2022, WCCM 2024
  • Journal Reviewer (Selected): Nature, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Computer-Aided Design, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Journal of Manufcturing Science and Engineering, Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Computational Mechanics, Computer & Structures, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Scientific Report, Additive Manufacturing Letters

Cheng Receives NSF CAREER Award for Ceramics Research

UMD faculty member’s novel approach could yield crack-free manufacturing of ceramics.

Dankowicz: Positioning ME for the Future


Outgoing chair took critical steps to promote the success of a top-ranked department.

Six Clark School Faculty Receive 2024 DURIP Awards

DURIP awards support university research in technical areas of interest to the Department of Defense.

Three UMD Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Three University of Maryland professors are among the 124 engineers newly elected to the 2023 Class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Celebrating Two Decades of Partnership in Energy Education

Campus energy provider ENGIE concludes its 20th year of support for UMD engineering students.

New Work by Graham, Colleagues Aids Design of Cooler Electronics

Study identifies gaps in current theories on interfacial heat transfer.

Standing with our Asian-American Community

The Clark School community stands united with our Asian, Asian-American and Pacific Islanders colleagues.

New, superfast method for ceramic manufacturing could open door to AI-driven materials discovery

UMD engineers have reinvented a 26,000-year-old manufacturing process into an innovative approach to fabricating ceramic materials.

University of Maryland Launches Quantum Technology Center

The new research center will catalyze the development of high-impact quantum technologies.

Study validates face recognition experts, but shows humans perform best with an AI partner

New research combines computer vision research, forensic science, and psychology.

Mechanical Engineering Alumna Westmoreland Becomes Assistant Research Professor at US Naval Academy

Sophoria Westmoreland (Ph.D. ’12) will teach a senior design course at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Gilbert Haddad Receives Best Paper Award

CALCE professors and students have strong showing at 2011 IEEE PHM Conference.

Michael Pecht, UM Establish Relationship with the Chinese Research Community

CALCE director establishes collaboration to create international research park near Shanghai.

ExxonMobil Donates to Engineering Societies

Corporate Partner provides funding to assist student groups affected by University budget cuts.

Associate Professor Don DeVoe Issued Patents

Patents address technology designed which allows complex protein samples to be analyzed faster.

NIH Proteomics Award to Benefit Cancer Research, Drug Development

The project is awarded by NIGMS through the interdisciplinary Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRP) program.

Congratulations Graduates!

May 23, 2002 marked Commencement Exercises at the University of Maryland.

5 ME Faculty Present Posters at ISR Research Review Day

ME Faculty showcased their research at the poster session of today's ISR Research Review Day.

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