Zheng’s research develops additive manufacturing (3D printing) technologies and material synthesis to create multi-functional materials and device systems with controlled micro-architectures and encoded properties. His research combines optics, mechanics and material science to develop new materials and additive manufacturing approaches for applications in intelligent materials and structures, energy storage, electro-mechanical systems, robotics and biology. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Research, DARPA, the Air Force and private industries. Before joining UCLA, Zheng was an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to that appointment, he was a research engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Zheng received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University.
