Rate My Professor Shuying Wu

Dr. Shuying Wu served as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering at Macquarie University from late 2018 to August 2023. She obtained her PhD in polymer science and engineering from Deakin University in 2013. Prior to joining Macquarie, she held Research Fellow positions for approximately five years at RMIT University and the University of New South Wales Sydney. At Macquarie University, she contributed to teaching as the Course Convenor and Lecturer for MECH3005 Manufacturing Engineering. Her academic career at Macquarie was supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellowship from October 2018 to October 2020. She also received an Honourable Mention for Macquarie University Early Career Researcher of the Year in the STEMM category.

Shuying Wu's research specializations include multifunctional polymer nanocomposites, flexible and stretchable sensors, conductors and actuators, nanocarbon-based materials, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, and polymer composites/blends. Her work has advanced the development of deformable strain sensors, piezoresistive sensors, and wearable electronics through innovative use of materials like carbon nanofibers and graphene. Key publications during her affiliation with Macquarie include "Aligning multilayer graphene flakes with an external electric field to improve multifunctional properties of epoxy nanocomposites" (2015), "Novel electrically conductive porous PDMS/carbon nanofiber composites for deformable strain sensors and conductors" (2017), "Strain sensors with adjustable sensitivity by tailoring the microstructure of graphene aerogel/PDMS nanocomposites" (2016), "Improving the toughness and electrical conductivity of epoxy nanocomposites by using aligned carbon nanofibres" (2015), "Carbon nanofiber-reinforced strain sensors with high breathability and anisotropic sensitivity" (2021), and "Wearable supercapacitive temperature sensors with high accuracy based on liquid phase transition" (2023). These contributions have garnered significant recognition in the field of materials engineering and stretchable electronics.