Yiwen Zheng

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Advisor: Aniruddh Vashisth

I am a third year PhD student in Mechanical engineering at UW advised by Dr. Aniruddh Vashisth. My research focuses on designing and understanding recyclable polymers (also known as vitrimers) by molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning models. By gaining insights into the structure-property relationships and self-healing mechanisms of vitrimers, we hope to widen the potential applications of these sustainable polymers and reduce the energy cost in plastics production and recycling.