H. Jerry Qi, Ph.D.

H. Jerry Qi is a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Before joining Georgia Tech, he was an associate professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder (2004-2013) and was a postdoctoral fellow at MIT (2003-2004). Qi is also an ASME Fellow and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Fellow. His research primarily focuses on modeling, development, and 3-D printing of soft active materials. Specifically, his current research focuses on developing 3-D printing technologies for high performance polymers, 4-D printing of active materials, mechanics in 3-D printing, and active polymer design and manufacturing