Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

Jing Ding | Research Assistant Professor

Jing Ding portraitPh.D. - 2020, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
B.S. - 2013, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Energy and Power System and Automation

Contact information

139 Ward Hall
jingd@k-state.edu

Professional experience

Jing Ding received his bachelor’s in energy and power system and automation in 2013 and doctorate in power engineering and engineering thermophysics in 2020 from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. From 2020 to 2021, he served as a research assistant in the Department of Energy and Power Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University. In 2021, he joined the Alan Levin Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University as a postdoctoral fellow and has been serving as a research assistant professor since 2024.

Research

Ding’s research focuses on developing electromicrofluidic (EMF) technologies that leverage electrokinetic phenomena, including electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) and dielectrophoresis (DEP), to manipulate fluids, particles, cells and molecules for disease diagnosis, environmental monitoring and biomanufacturing. He is advancing sensing gel techniques that amplify single-cell signals in hydrogel films for quantification and characterization of pathogens and cancer cells. Additionally, he is developing triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) techniques that utilize triboelectrification and electrostatic induction to convert mechanical energy into electricity for self-powered EMF platforms.

Research keywords

Microfluidics, electrokinetics, biosensing, triboelectric nanogenerator

Academic highlights

Ding has authored more than 18 peer-reviewed publications. He serves as a frequent reviewer of Lab on a Chip and Analytical Chemistry.