Scholars@Duke
Po-Chun Hsu

Po-Chun Hsu

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Research Interests

Smart multifunctional textiles, camouflage fabrics, stimuli-responsive polymer, wearable electronics, photon management, radiation heat transfer, solar desalination and water harvesting, electrochemical devices, electrospinning and fiber fabrication

Selected Grants

CAREER: Electrochemical Dynamic Midinfrared Metasurface for Ultra-Low Power Wearable Thermoregulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2027

Solar and Midinfrared Multispectral Thermoregulating Wearable Technology

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by United Berry Industry Co., Ltd. · 2021 - 2024

Multimodal Adaptive Textiles (MULTA-TEX): Wearable Thermostat for Health and Energy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oak Ridge Associated Universities · 2021 - 2022

Bio-Inspired Vascular Structures for High-Rate Performance Batteries by Deep Learning and Additive Micro-Manufacturing

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2020 - 2022

Autonomous Energy-Efficient Wearable Personal Thermal Management and Therapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sony Corporation · 2020 - 2021