Xin Zhang (engineer)

Xin Zhang
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHong Kong University of Science and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forMetamaterials, Microsystems
TitleDistinguished Professor of Engineering
AwardsFast Company World Changing Ideas Awards Honoree (2025);
ASME Thomas A. Edison Patent Award (2025);
Fast Company Innovation By Design Awards Honoree (2024);
ASME Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award (2024);
Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2023);
Sigma Xi Walston Chubb Award for Innovation (2023);
IEEE EMBS Technical Achievement Award (2023);
ASME Per Bruel Gold Medal (2023);
STAT Madness All-Star Award (2023);
Guggenheim Fellowship (2022);
Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (2019);
IET Innovation Award (2019);
Charles DeLisi Award and Distinguished Lecture (2018);
IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsMechanical Engineering,
Electrical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering,
Materials Science
InstitutionsBoston University
Websitepeople.bu.edu/xinz/

Xin Zhang is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University (BU).