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SUMMARY:MAE Seminar: Soft magnetoelastic bioelectronics for healthcare
DESCRIPTION:MAE Seminar: Soft magnetoelastic bioelectronics for healthcare\
 nDate: February 5\, 2026\nTime: 12:50 PM Location: MAE-A 303\nDr. Yihao Zh
 ou\nPostdoctoral Scholar\nDepartment of Bioengineering\nUCLA\nAbstract\nTh
 e coupling between mechanics and magnetism in soft systems enables a disti
 nct mechanical-to-magnetic transduction mechanism\, in which deformation i
 s directly mapped to measurable magnetic outputs for quantifying biomechan
 ics and motion. This framework supports compliant\, wireless platforms tha
 t conform to soft tissues and track biomechanical biomarkers for healthcar
 e monitoring across diverse diseases. In this seminar\, I will introduce o
 ur recent progress in the understanding and engineering of magneto-mechani
 cally coupled soft systems and demonstrate how these insights translate in
 to the design and development of new bioelectronic devices. In the first p
 art\, I will present our understanding of magnetomechanical coupling in so
 ft magnetoelastic composites and its application in developing portable bi
 oelectronics for quantitative tissue mechanics sensing\, including modulus
  measurement and spatial mapping. In the second part\, I will present our 
 understanding of magnetomechanical coupling in permanent fluidic magnets\,
  a material platform that intrinsically integrates flowability with magnet
 ic functionality\, enabling injectable liquid bioelectronics for minimally
  invasive monitoring of cardiovascular biomechanics. I will conclude with 
 a perspective on integrating functional soft systems\, bioelectronics\, an
 d artificial intelligence to enable multimodal sensing\, signal processing
 \, and system-level integration toward next-generation personalized digita
 l healthcare.\nBiography\nDr. Yihao Zhou is a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCLA
 \, Department of Bioengineering. He received his B.S. from Nanjing Univers
 ity and earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science f
 rom Duke University. His research focuses on soft bioelectronics\, includi
 ng wearable bioelectronics\, portable medical devices\, and biomedical imp
 lants. He leverages theoretical understanding and computational modeling t
 o design and manufacture AI-assisted bioelectronics to address critical he
 althcare challenges\, with applications ranging from skin cancer progressi
 on monitoring to artificial electronic skin. Dr. Zhou has developed expert
 ise in soft magnetoelastic bioelectronics\, leading to several first-autho
 r and co-first-author papers in leading journals\, including Nature Materi
 als\, Nature Electronics\, and Science Advances. His research work was fea
 tured in Nature\, Science\, Nature Materials\, Nature Review Bioengineerin
 g\, UCLA News\, etc. He is listed as the Top 2% Scientists in the world by
  Stanford University and Elsevier. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Research
 ers (cross-field) in 2025.\nFaculty Host: Dr. Xin Tang
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