Zhipeng Zackk Jiang

Department of Mechanical Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ 07102

I am a final-year PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. I am also pursuing an MS in Computer Science (OMSCS) at Georgia Tech.

My research builds wearable systems that bridge the human body and computational intelligence. I work across three layers — engineering flexible piezoelectric/triboelectric/strain sensors at the material level, processing biosignals such as EMG, ECG, and SCG, and designing AI-driven human-machine interfaces that turn physiological signals into actionable intent. Recent work appears in Nano Energy, Advanced Sensor Research, Advanced Robotics Research, and ACS.

I am currently focused on Sensing + AI — building end-to-end pipelines from flexible sensors and biosignals through model-based decoding to real-world action. I apply these pipelines across four domains: cardiac monitoring, VLM-based driving monitoring, combat sport monitoring, and human-robot interaction.

Beyond research, I train in boxing, kickboxing, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and practice classical Chinese calligraphy.

news

Jun 03, 2026	Our ECG Reasoner project (Team OpenClaw CardioHarness) won 2nd place in the GigaBrain Challenge (PhysClaw Track) at the CVPR 2026 Workshop in Denver. 🏆
May 02, 2026	Our startup LimbVR was pitched at the Hult Prize Startup Competition as a National Top 40 finalist!
Apr 15, 2026	ClAImPilot from GT Sprouts Hacks was accepted into the GT Create-X Pre-Accelerator.
Jan 20, 2026	Presented the Final Pitch of WeTropia at the Rutgers Women’s Health Accelerator.
Dec 10, 2025	LimbVR won 2nd place at the New Jersey New Business Model Competition (NBMC) 2025.
Oct 15, 2025	WeTropia was accepted into the Rutgers Women’s Health Accelerator.
Aug 15, 2025	ReBloom won 1st place in the Maternal Health Hardware track at JHU HopHacks.
May 15, 2025	RPG Craft won Best AI Agent Design at NYC Agent Hacks.
Apr 12, 2025	LimbVR won 1st place in the Healthcare Track at Drexel Dragon Hacks 2025.
Oct 27, 2024	Heartup won the Honorable Mention Award at Rutgers Healthcare Hackathon 2024.
May 10, 2024	My HMI research poster won 1st place at the NJIT Dana Knox Research Showcase 2024.

selected publications

Adv. Robot. Res.

Flexible Sensor-based Human–Machine Interfaces with AI Integration for Medical Robotics

Yuxiao Wang, Zhipeng Jiang, Sun Hwa Kwon, and 3 more authors

Advanced Robotics Research, 2026

DOI Bib

@article{wang2026flexible,
  title = {Flexible Sensor-based Human--Machine Interfaces with {AI} Integration for Medical Robotics},
  author = {Wang, Yuxiao and Jiang, Zhipeng and Kwon, Sun Hwa and Ibrahim, Matthew and Dang, Alexander and Dong, Lin},
  journal = {Advanced Robotics Research},
  volume = {2},
  number = {1},
  pages = {e202500027},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  doi = {10.1002/adrr.202500027},
}

Adv. Sensor Res.

Self-Powered, Soft and Breathable Human–Machine Interface Based on Piezoelectric Sensors

Zhipeng Jiang, Chi Zhang, Sun Hwa Kwon, and 1 more author

Advanced Sensor Research, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{jiang2024self,
  title = {Self-Powered, Soft and Breathable Human--Machine Interface Based on Piezoelectric Sensors},
  author = {Jiang, Zhipeng and Zhang, Chi and Kwon, Sun Hwa and Dong, Lin},
  journal = {Advanced Sensor Research},
  volume = {3},
  number = {12},
  pages = {2400086},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  doi = {10.1002/adsr.202400086},
}

Nano Energy

Nature-Inspired Helical Piezoelectric Hydrogels for Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Human–Machine Interfaces

Chi Zhang, Zhipeng Jiang, Mengdie Sun, and 3 more authors

Nano Energy, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{zhang2025nature,
  title = {Nature-Inspired Helical Piezoelectric Hydrogels for Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Human--Machine Interfaces},
  author = {Zhang, Chi and Jiang, Zhipeng and Sun, Mengdie and Augustin-Lawson, Richards and Kwon, Sun Hwa and Dong, Lin},
  journal = {Nano Energy},
  volume = {136},
  pages = {110755},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.110755},
}

ACS Mater. Lett.

Self-Polarized Piezoelectric Hydrogels with Flexible-Rigid Networks for Ultrasensitive Multifunctional Sensors

Chi Zhang, Sun Hwa Kwon, Andrea Huerta, and 3 more authors

ACS Materials Letters, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{zhang2025self,
  title = {Self-Polarized Piezoelectric Hydrogels with Flexible-Rigid Networks for Ultrasensitive Multifunctional Sensors},
  author = {Zhang, Chi and Kwon, Sun Hwa and Huerta, Andrea and Jiang, Zhipeng and Sun, Mengdie and Dong, Lin},
  journal = {ACS Materials Letters},
  volume = {7},
  number = {7},
  pages = {2607--2616},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  doi = {10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c00268},
}

Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol.

Multi-Channel Sensor Fusion for Real-Time Bearing Fault Diagnosis by Frequency-Domain Multilinear Principal Component Analysis

Abdullah Al Mamun, Mahathir Mohammad Bappy, Ayantha Senanayaka Mudiyanselage, and 7 more authors

The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2023

DOI Bib

@article{almamun2023multichannel,
  title = {Multi-Channel Sensor Fusion for Real-Time Bearing Fault Diagnosis by Frequency-Domain Multilinear Principal Component Analysis},
  author = {Al Mamun, Abdullah and Bappy, Mahathir Mohammad and Mudiyanselage, Ayantha Senanayaka and Li, Jiali and Jiang, Zhipeng and Tian, Zhenhua and Fuller, Sara and Falls, T. C. and Bian, Linkan and Tian, Wenmeng},
  journal = {The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology},
  volume = {124},
  number = {3},
  pages = {1321--1334},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Springer Nature},
  doi = {10.1007/s00170-022-10525-4},
}