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Tao Sun

Research Associate Professor
  • CCAM Fellow
Tao Sun
taosunise@vt.edu
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Research Areas

  • Microelectromechanical System (MEMS)
  • Neural Engineering
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (2006-2010)
  • M.Eng. in Materials Engineering, State Key Lab of Advanced Welding and Joining at Harbin Institute of Technology (2002-2004)
  • B.Eng. in Materials Engineering, State Key Lab of Advanced Welding and Joining at Harbin Institute of Technology (1998-2002)
  • Research Associate Professor, CCAM Fellow, Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. June 2023 – present. 
  • Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University. August 2021 – May 2023.
  • Staff Scientist, Northwell Health (New York). January 2020 – July 2021. 
  • Research Scientist, Media Lab at Massachusettes Institute of Technology. July 2018 – January 2020. 
  • Scientist II, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. April 2018 – July 2018. 
  • Scientist I, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. November 2011 – April 2018. 
 
  1. T. Sun, T. Tsaava, J. Peragine, C. Crosfield, M.F. Lopez, R. Modi, R. Sharma, C. Li, H. Sohal, E.H. Chang, L. Rieth, Flexible IrOx Neural Electrode for Mouse Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Acta Biomaterialia, 2023, 159, 394-409 (This work was reported by WVU Today and WV News).
  2. H. Yao, T. Sun, J.S. Chiam, M. Tan, K.Y. Ho, Z. Liu, C.K. Tee, “Augmented Reality Interfaces Using Virtual Customization of Microstructured Electronic Skin Sensor Sensitivity Performances”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 2008650 
  3. T. Sun, F. Tasnim, R.T. Mclntosh, N. Amiri, D. Solav, M.T. Anbarani, D. Sadat, L. Zhang, Y. Gu, M.A. Karami, C. Dagdeviren, “Decoding of facial strains via conformable piezoelectric interfaces”, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2020. 4: 954-972 (This work was reported by MIT News).
  4. I. Wicaksono, C.I. Tucker, T. Sun, C.A. Guerrero, C. Liu, W.M. Woo, E.J. Pence, C. Dagdeviren, “A Tailored, Electronic Textile Conformable Suit for Large-scale Spatiotemporal Physiological Sensing in vivo”, npj Flexible electronics, 2020. 4: 5 (This work was reported by MIT News).