# Album ![Yecheng defense with colleagues](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/defense_wang_yecheng1.jpeg) 04/2019 - Yecheng Wang and his colleagues at his Ph.D. defense. ![Yecheng defense1](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/defense_wang_yecheng.jpeg) 04/2019 - Yecheng Wang and his dissertation committee. Congratulations, Dr. Wang! ![Farewell lunch for Shuang, Ruobing, and Kai](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/39298719_274226423176186_5601465857470365696_n.jpg) 08/2018 - Farewell lunch for Shuang Zhou, Ruobing Bai, and Kai Luo. ![Roubing defense](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/ruobing_bai_defense_1.jpg) 03/2018 - Ruobing Bai and his dissertation committee. Congratulations, Dr. Bai! ![55bbf475-cf23-4113-bbd5-5bc04ecc4ef8-1.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/55bbf475-cf23-4113-bbd5-5bc04ecc4ef8-1.jpg) 08/2017 - Xavier Morelle is going back to Europe for a second post-doc at ESPCI Paris. Good luck Xavier! ![SES2017](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/wechatimg28.jpeg) SES 2017 in Boston - Alumni Meeting. From left to right: Qihan, Yuhang, Kejie, Matt, Kevin, Yecheng, Ruobing, Jian, Chao, and Baohong ![ChaoChen](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/img_20170414_195609.jpg) April 2017 - Chao Chen Farewell dinner. Congratulations to Dr. Chen who defended his thesis "Fracture of Stretchable Materials" with success! ![enrui1](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/enruiruobingxavierzhigang.jpg) January 2017 -Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, Enrui Zhang, Xavier morelle ![enrui1](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/enruizhigang.jpg) January 2017 -Enrui Zhang is going back to China after a semester spent in our group. He worked on the fatigue of hydrogels, under the supervision of Professor Suo, Ruobing Bai, and Xavier Morelle. Good luck Enrui! ![Guoyong Farewell Lunch](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/guoyongfarewell_resize05_0.jpg) October 2016 - Guoyong Mao (first row, white shirt) is going back to Zhejiang University to finish his PhD. He spent one year in the Suo Group and has been working on hydrogel-based soft sensors. ![Suo Group - Summer 2016](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/group_pic_resize0.5.jpg) August 2016 - Group Lunch ![Kejiedefense](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/suo/files/kejiedefense.jpg) June 2012 - Kejie Zhao's final oral examination Tim Kaxiras, Joost Vlassak, Zhigang Suo (via skype), Kejie Zhao, David Clarke and Katia Bertoldi ![jian_party.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/jian_party.jpg?itok=X0Ut3rOU) Party at Jian Zhu's Appartment, 13 August 2010 ![100web.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/100web.jpg?itok=PLORkTyw) Daniel Suo graduates from Harvard College, 27 May 2010 ![yuri_and_romain_web.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/yuri_and_romain_web.jpg?itok=DMmtCfYg) Romain Marcombe and Yuri Lapusta, 2010 ![pan_suo_gao_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/pan_suo_gao_small.jpg?itok=1rb7je5t) Ernian Pan, Zhigang Suo, Xiaosheng Gao, The University of Akron, 10 September 2009 ![romain_marcombe_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/suo/files/romain_marcombe_small.jpg?itok=Pp73sduB) Group gathering to send off Romain Marcombe, in the yard between Pierce Hall and the Law School, 17 July 2009 ![bazant_70_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/bazant_70_small.jpg?itok=_bmdUb8S) A Symposium in Honor of Zdenek Bazant on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday, Viginia Tech, 25 June 2009 ![shih_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/shih_small.jpg?itok=tVSCpYH8) Lunch at Westin Hotel, Downtown Providence, 2 June 2009 Front: Huajian Gao, C. Fong Shih, Chun Lu Back: Yonggang Huang, Zhigang Suo ![xuanhezhao_defense_small-2.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/xuanhezhao_defense_small-2.jpg?itok=6n1eMs1Y) John Hutchinson, Zhigang Suo, Xuanhe Zhao and James Rice (at Xuanhe Zhao's final oral examination, 22 May 2009) ![nanshu_defense_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/nanshu_defense_small.jpg?itok=BGZ1e3AW) Michael Aziz, John Hutchinson, Nanshu Lu, Zhigang Suo,and Joost Vlassak (at Nanshu Lu's final oral examination, 5 May 2009) ![zhigang_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/zhigang_small.jpg?itok=zPiHrKSQ) Zhigang Suo (Xi'an Jiaotong University, June, 2008) ![haichao_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/haichao_small.jpg?itok=SpkDWIIy) Haichao Han and Zhigang Suo (Harvard, Nov. 7, 2008) ![suo_group_get-together_2008_1103_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/suo_group_get-together_2008_1103_small.jpg?itok=GTH5h2Bb) Front row from left: Jian Zhu, Rui Huang, Teng Li, Zhigang Suo, Wei Hong, Jun He, Xiaohu Liu Back row from left: Tianhu He, Huadong Yong, Nanshu Lu, Xuanhe Zhao, Nicolas Cordero, Jeong-Yun Sun, Adrian Soo Jin KOH, Shengqiang Cai, Yuhang Hu, Kejie Zhao, George Mathews Pharr, Shaoxing Qu, Honghui Yu (at Suo Group Getting Together, Boston, MA, Nov 2008) ![cimg0043.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/cimg0043.jpg?itok=6cvgXjpc) Adrian Soo Jin KOH, Jeong-Yun Sun, Nanshu Lu, Shengqiang Cai, Yuhang Hu, Xuanhe Zhao, Ailin Qian, Wei Hong, Zhigang Suo, Mickael Moscardo, Jian Zhu, Tianhu He (at Wei and Mickael's Farewell Party, Cambridge, MA, Jun 2008) ![bridge_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/bridge_small.jpg?itok=2xByBbGZ) Joseph Ustinowich, Adenike Adewuyi, Vivek Sant, Christopher Oland, Zhigang Suo (Winning team of ES120 design contest, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May 2008) ![cahb0icjs.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/cahb0icjs.jpg?itok=K7BGgcjf) Xing Li, John Hutchinson, Zhigang Suo (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March 2008) ![suo_family_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/suo_family_small.jpg?itok=QHgAkPQ5) Zhigang, Denian, Michael, Daniel ![lunch_oct_22_small.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/lunch_oct_22_small.jpg?itok=kUAx2Xdm) Nanshu Lu, Juil Yoon, Shengqiang Cai, Yuhang Hu, Wei Hong, Zhigang Suo, Jinxiong Zhou, Xuanhe Zhao (at Jinxiong's farewell lunch, Cambridge, MA, Oct 2007) ![100_22311.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/100_22311.jpg?itok=-3fVP6ql) Rui Huang, Zhen Liu, Zhigang Suo, Xiaoyan Gong, Wei Lu, Wei Hong (McMat, Austin, TX, June, 2007) ![dinner_may_9ths.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/dinner_may_9ths.jpg?itok=_lFxTUQA) Xi Chen, Joost Vlassak, John Hutchinson, Zhigang Suo, 9 May 2007 ![img_1241s.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/img_1241s.jpg?itok=jkO2Rble) Wei Hong, Juil Yoon, Zhen Zhang, Zhigang Suo, Xuanhe Zhao, Nanshu Lu, Jinxiong Zhou, Dunming Liao, at Zhen Zhang's final oral examination, 23 April 2007 ![img_1239s.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/img_1239s.jpg?itok=ii_hpbxl) Joost Vlassak, John Hutchinson, Zhen Zhang and Zhigang Suo, at Zhen Zhang's final oral examination, 23 April 2007 ![suogroupsmall.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/suogroupsmall.jpg?itok=bWz3MAGc) Juil Yoon, Martijn Feron, Zhigang Suo, Nicolas Cordero, Nanshu Lu, Zhen Zhang, Jinxiong Zhou, and Xuanhe Zhao at Brook's room of Schoold of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, January 2007 ![100_0816.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/100_0816.jpg?itok=tJE8VMiq) Nanshu Lu, Joost Vlassak, and Zhigang Suo, at Harvard Commencement, June 2006 ![img1210](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/img_1210s.jpg?itok=RwO3PWUF) John Hutchinson, James Rice, Frans Spaepen, Wei Hong and Zhigang Suo, at Wei Hong's final oral examination, May 2006 ![DSuo](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/daniel_suo.jpg?itok=z-i_brfC) Daniel is 17 this year, and will enter college in 2006. Students in US can apply to one college by "early action", which he did and was admitted by MIT. He has also applied to several other colleges in regular action, and will hear from them in March. Here are two piano pieces played by Daniel: - [Ballade Op. 52 - Frederic Chopin](http://web-static-aws.seas.harvard.edu/suo/papers/danielpiano/Daniel_Suo_Ballade_Op52_%20Frederic_Chopin.mp3) - [Ondine - Maurice Ravel](http://web-static-aws.seas.harvard.edu/suo/papers/danielpiano/Daniel_Suo_Ondine_Maurice_Ravel.mp3) To download, right-click the mouse, and then click "Save Link As". Note added on 4 April 2006: Daniel will enter Harvard University. Note added on 6 April 2007: [Anxiety of getting in college](http://imechanica.org/node/1223) ![DSuo2](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/suo/files/danielsuo_16_ku_camp.jpg?itok=V1AryHAc) Daniel Suo, 16, at International Institute for Young Musicians at Kansas University. ![MSuo](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/michael_suo.jpg?itok=QR73v3Hn) Michael Suo, December 2005, just after a concert. ![dsc](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/dsc00377.jpg?itok=jdPCSB-g) Rui Huang, Zhigang Suo and Ken Liechti at Huang's home ![MomandDad](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/p8010064.jpg?itok=QsY1UsKa) Mom and Dad of Zhigang Suo ![Suo Liang](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/p9180009.jpg?itok=aAF4x31D) Suo Liang ![Suo Zhiahi](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/p9180022.jpg?itok=X8QcS6Jm) Suo Zhiahi, Suo Liang, Lu Qing ![6](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/6.jpg?itok=WxJcf85d) Mom's birthday party. Suo Zhihai, Lu Qing, Gu Junsheng, Suo Liang, Suo Zheng. August 2005 ![dscn1919](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/dscn1919.jpg?itok=SYcW5VX9) Zhigang Suo and Jun He, taken by Sridhar Narayanaswamy. (The 11th International Confrence on Fracture, in Turin, Italy, 20 March 2005) ![nixsuogrc.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/nixsuogrc.jpg?itok=AWVKDPc-) Bill Nix and Zhigang Suo at the 2004 Gordon Research Conference on Thin-Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior ![asilomar](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/asilomar.jpg?itok=dfww7dxE) International Workshop on Nanomechanics, 14-17 July 2004, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California. Front: Max Yen, Zhigang Suo, Sid Yip, Hong Liang. Back: Ting Zhu, Yunzhi Wang, Wei Hong ![medicinebow](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/medicinebow.jpg?itok=Cnb1Iy_I) Zhigang Suo, Vivek Shenoy, and Demitris Kouris. The First Symposium of the Thin-Air Philosophical Society, Laramie, Wyoming, 2003 ![dsc02849](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/dsc02849.jpg?itok=wRzq5D2P) 210 West Locust Ave. Edison, NJ. The first house of Honghui Yu, Ming Lei, Alexander and Kaitlyn. 14 June 2003, taken by Denian Front: Min Huang, Zhigang Suo, Honghui Yu. Back: Teng Li, Xiao-hu Liu, Wei Hong, Zhenyu Huang, Zhen Zhang ![dsc02839](/sites/g/files/omnuum4271/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/suo/files/dsc02839.jpg?itok=oOfxiFLr) Clarfield Studio Recital, 7 June 2003. Zhigang, Denian, Ingrid Clarfield, Daniel, Michael, Damien Dixon.