yonglinkong's profile picture. Assistant Professor at Rice University. Yong Lin's research focuses on the additive manufacturing of nanomaterial-based electronics and biomedical devices.

Yong Lin Kong

@yonglinkong

Assistant Professor at Rice University. Yong Lin's research focuses on the additive manufacturing of nanomaterial-based electronics and biomedical devices.

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Researchers led by @RiceMECH's Yong Lin Kong have developed a soft but strong metamaterial that could transform ingestible and implantable medical devices. news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

RiceEngineering's tweet image. Researchers led by @RiceMECH's Yong Lin Kong have developed a soft but strong metamaterial that could transform ingestible and implantable medical devices. 
news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

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🗣️ @RiceMECH Seminar Series: "Harnessing unconventional column and shell buckling for functional architected materials" by Dr. Lihua Jin from UCLA! 📅 Wed, Sept 10 | 3:30-4:30pm | Maxfield Hall 251 events.rice.edu/event/406511-m…

RiceMECH's tweet image. 🗣️ @RiceMECH Seminar Series: "Harnessing unconventional column and shell buckling for functional architected materials" by Dr. Lihua Jin from UCLA! 

📅 Wed, Sept 10 | 3:30-4:30pm | Maxfield Hall 251
events.rice.edu/event/406511-m…

Can a soft robot swim backwards? As part of our effort to design ingestible robots, we use 3D printing to investigate the propulsion behavior of elastic artificial flagella. Our results, recently published in a Soft Matter Emerging Investigator article, demonstrate that a…


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Today is the day! Will you be part of the 24-Hour Challenge to help us continue to lead in aerospace, energy and robotics? Your contribution directly supports our students and the MECH department. Make your gift before 11:59 pm CT to join the challenge. givecampus.com/y4v34c

RiceMECH's tweet image. Today is the day! Will you be part of the 24-Hour Challenge to help us continue to lead in aerospace, energy and robotics? 

Your contribution directly supports our students and the MECH department. Make your gift before 11:59 pm CT to join the challenge. givecampus.com/y4v34c

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The countdown is on: Tomorrow is Rice’s 24-Hour Challenge! Your gift supports opportunities for students to experience hands-on engineering of real-world design challenges and research. Make your gift to the MECH Department Excellence Fund early today! givecampus.com/y4v34c

RiceMECH's tweet image. The countdown is on: Tomorrow is Rice’s 24-Hour Challenge! Your gift supports opportunities for students to experience hands-on engineering of real-world design challenges and research.

Make your gift to the MECH Department Excellence Fund early today! givecampus.com/y4v34c

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Great symposium on Functional Nanomaterials at TMS 2025, the 154th Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Las Vegas today, organized primarily by Prof. Wenzhuo Wu (@LifeAtPurdue). I presented a keynote talk titled “Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Neural Interface,” in which I emphasized…

ProfJohnARogers's tweet image. Great symposium on Functional Nanomaterials at TMS 2025, the 154th Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Las Vegas today, organized primarily by Prof. Wenzhuo Wu (@LifeAtPurdue). I presented a keynote talk titled “Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Neural Interface,” in which I emphasized…
ProfJohnARogers's tweet image. Great symposium on Functional Nanomaterials at TMS 2025, the 154th Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Las Vegas today, organized primarily by Prof. Wenzhuo Wu (@LifeAtPurdue). I presented a keynote talk titled “Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Neural Interface,” in which I emphasized…

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MECH Alumni, have you registered for the March 28-29 @RiceEngineering 50th Anniversary Celebration yet? You won’t want to miss this exciting lineup of panels, lab tours and networking events with fellow alumni. Register by March 10 to join the celebration! bit.ly/3EqzaxY

RiceMECH's tweet image. MECH Alumni, have you registered for the March 28-29 @RiceEngineering 50th Anniversary Celebration yet? You won’t want to miss this exciting lineup of panels, lab tours and networking events with fellow alumni. Register by March 10 to join the celebration! bit.ly/3EqzaxY

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A Rice group led by our own Prof. Yong Lin Kong along with @NUSingapore collaborators developed new method for fabricating soft electronics, which can be used in smart watches, biomedical sensors, robotics and more. techxplore.com/news/2025-01-m…


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South Main looking like a winter wonderland ❄️ ⛄️


Happy Thanksgiving! I’m thrilled to share the exciting news of our recently graduated Ph.D. students this year. Dr. Samuel Hales has been awarded the prestigious NIST-NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship and will embark on a research career at NIST! Sam has done impressive work in…

yonglinkong's tweet image. Happy Thanksgiving! 

I’m thrilled to share the exciting news of our recently graduated Ph.D. students this year.  

Dr. Samuel Hales has been awarded the prestigious NIST-NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship and will embark on a research career at NIST! Sam has done impressive work in…
yonglinkong's tweet image. Happy Thanksgiving! 

I’m thrilled to share the exciting news of our recently graduated Ph.D. students this year.  

Dr. Samuel Hales has been awarded the prestigious NIST-NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship and will embark on a research career at NIST! Sam has done impressive work in…

Happy Election Day with @RiceUniversity President @RDesRoches! 😁 #OwlsVote

yonglinkong's tweet image. Happy Election Day with @RiceUniversity President @RDesRoches! 😁
#OwlsVote

I am very excited to share that my team and I have moved to @RiceUniversity. We are extremely grateful for the continuous support from the students, faculty, staff, funding agencies and companies, program officers, collaborators, mentors, and friends worldwide. Thank you,…

yonglinkong's tweet image. I am very excited to share that my team and I have moved to @RiceUniversity. We are extremely grateful for the continuous support from the students, faculty, staff, funding agencies and companies, program officers, collaborators, mentors, and friends worldwide.

Thank you,…

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"This ranking is a testament to the hard work of our students, faculty and staff..." -- President Reginald DesRoches. For the first time ever, Rice University has soared high to reach an impressive No. 9 on Forbes' 2024-2025 list of America's Top Colleges! Way to fly, Owls!

RiceUniversity's tweet image. "This ranking is a testament to the hard work of our students, faculty and staff..." -- President Reginald DesRoches. 

For the first time ever, Rice University has soared high to reach an impressive No. 9 on Forbes' 2024-2025 list of America's Top Colleges! Way to fly, Owls!

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Multi-material 3D printing guided by machine vision go.nature.com/3FWJSKd


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This 3D printer can rapidly produce complex, multimaterial objects such as robotic hands. Find out how in this News & Views by @yonglinkong go.nature.com/3G1tbNF


Our group has several new post-docs and Ph.D. positions in the exciting areas of additive manufacturing, soft matter physics, and bioelectronics. Join us! 😁 Group website: kong.mech.utah.edu Email: [email protected]


Please join our upcoming exciting keynote talks at the #TMSAnnualMeeting Functional Nanomaterials symposium in Hilton Sapphire A 😀 March 22nd (Wednesday): Prof. John Rogers (9:30 am) Prof Mark Hersam (10:30 am) Prof. Wei Gao (11:10 am) @WeiGaoLab lnkd.in/gh62t59a


Please join our upcoming exciting keynote talks at the TMS 2023 Functional Nanomaterials symposium in Hilton Aqua 305: Today, March 21st: Prof Sheng Xu (2:30 pm) Prof. Michael McAlpine (4:30 pm) lnkd.in/gEGX6mYp linkedin.com/posts/yonglink…


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We are currently looking for a Capstone Design Coordinator to help coordinate the program in the Mechanical Engineering Department with an emphasis on industry-sponsored projects. Visit the link for more info: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/142785


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