Xin Ning

Education

• Ph.D. in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 2015
• M.S. in Aeronautics, California Institute of Technology, 2010

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2023 to Present
• Assistant Professor, Materials Research Laboratory (0%), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2023 to Present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, August 2018 to August 2023
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2015 to June 2018
• Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Aerospace Engineering, California Institute of Technology, June 2015 to August 2015

Research Interests

• Soft electronics for aerospace engineering
• Bio-inspired aerospace structures
• In-space manufacturing and assembly of space structures
• Multifunctional space structures

Honors

• Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (2022)
• Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2019)
• Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research Program Mentor Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2016)
• William F. Ballhaus Prize, California Institute of Technology (2015)
• Dow-Resnick Fellowship, Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech (2012)
• Charles D. Babcock Memorial Award, California Institute of Technology (2012)
• Rolf D. Buhler Memorial Award, California Institute of Technology (2010)