Dr Yuntong Dai is a lecturer at the School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University. She received her undergraduate degree from China University of Petroleum, her master's degree from Suzhou University of Science and Technology, and her PhD from Southeast University. During her PhD, she visited the University of California, San Diego for one year. Since her PhD graduation in 2018, she has been working at Anhui Jianzhu University and is a member of Anhui Mechanics Society. Her main research interests include self-excited oscillatory systems based on liquid crystal elastomers and digital image correlation method.
Dr. Junxiu Liu is an Associate Professor at the College of Civil Engineering, at Anhui Jianzhu University. He graduated from Hefei University of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in 2009. In 2015, he graduated from Tongji University with a Ph.D. degree. In 2019, he was a visiting researcher in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is mainly engaged in research on the numerical modelling of intelligent materials and constitutive modelling of geotechnical materials.
Prof. Dr. Kai Li is a Professor at the
School of Civil Engineering, at Anhui Jianzhu University, and a member of the
Anhui Mechanics Society. He graduated from the University of Science and
Technology of China with a bachelor’s degree in 2004. In 2010, he graduated
from the University of Science and Technology of China with a Ph.D. degree. In
2017–2018, he was a visiting researcher in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. He is mainly engaged in
research on the static, dynamic, and stability of soft intelligent materials
such as liquid crystal elastomers, dielectric elastomers, magnetic elastomers,
and polyelectrolyte gels, as well as their applications in active devices such
as soft robots.