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Zhihe Jin
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAcademic, engineer

Zhihe Jin is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. His research addresses problems in poroelasticity, fracture mechanics, and the thermomechanical behavior of thermoelectric and piezoelectric materials, with applications ranging from geothermal energy systems to biological tissue mechanics.[1]

Education

Zhihe Jin pursued graduate studies in mechanical engineering prior to joining the faculty of the University of Maine.[2] His doctoral training focused on solid mechanics, which formed the basis for his later work on poroelastic and thermoelastic material systems.[3]

Career

Zhihe Jin serves as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine.[4] Over the course of his academic career, he has published extensively on the mechanical and transport behavior of porous and functionally graded materials, contributing 43 papers that have collectively been cited 590 times, yielding an h-index of 15 according to Semantic Scholar records.[5]

His research program at the University of Maine has spanned multiple disciplines within mechanical engineering, including geomechanics related to enhanced geothermal systems, biomechanics of fluid transport in tissue and tumors, and the thermomechanical characterization of thermoelectric and piezoelectric ceramic composites.[6][7]

Research

Zhihe Jin's research covers several interconnected areas of applied mechanics, with an emphasis on analytical and semi-analytical modeling of coupled physical processes in solid and porous media.

Poroelasticity and geomechanics

A substantial portion of Jin's work addresses poroelastic phenomena in geological and engineered systems. His 2020 study examined the impact of convective cooling on pore pressure and stresses around a borehole subjected to constant flux conditions, with direct implications for hydraulic testing in enhanced geothermal system reservoirs; this paper has been cited 12 times.[8] He extended this line of inquiry in a 2023 paper analyzing the poroelastic response of a semi-permeable borehole under non-hydrostatic in situ stresses, published in the Journal of Applied Mechanics and cited 10 times.[9]

More recently, Jin has applied mechanical load-induced transport concepts to environmental science, contributing to a 2026 study on the transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the vadose zone, published in the journal Hydrology.[10]

Biological tissue mechanics

Jin has applied poroelasticity theory to biological systems, modeling interstitial fluid flow and matrix deformation in solid tumors. His 2021 paper in Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids developed a poroelasticity model for non-homogeneous solid tumors and has been cited 3 times.[11] He further developed this approach in a 2023 study introducing a double-permeability poroelasticity model for fluid transport in biological tissue, published in Transport in Porous Media.[12]

Thermoelectric and piezoelectric materials

Another major strand of Jin's research concerns the thermomechanical behavior of thermoelectric materials. In 2022, he co-developed a linear thermoelectricity theory for thermoelectric materials, published in physica status solidi (b).[13] He also authored a 2021 three-dimensional analysis of homogeneous and functionally graded thermoelectric cylinders in the International Journal of Thermophysics, cited 3 times.[14]

Jin's 2020 study on effective interfacial thermal and electrical resistances of microcracked interfaces in thermoelectric materials, published in physica status solidi (b), has been cited 6 times and addresses the influence of microcracking on thermoelectric device performance.[15]

He has additionally investigated functionally graded materials in collaborative work on aluminum-doped zinc oxide processed via spark plasma sintering with discrete powder layers of varying composition, published in Physica Status Solidi (a) in 2021 and cited 8 times.[16] In 2022, Jin also examined the processing kinetics and thermomechanical responses of a melt-infiltrated piezoelectric ceramic composite in ZAMM (Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik).[17]

Recognition

Zhihe Jin's publication record, comprising 43 papers with 590 total citations and an h-index of 15, reflects sustained scholarly output across the fields of poroelasticity, thermoelectric materials science, and biomechanics.[18] His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Applied Mechanics, physica status solidi (a) and (b), Transport in Porous Media, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, and the International Journal of Thermophysics.[19][20]

Publications

  • Jin, Z. (2026). "Mechanical Load-Induced PFAS Transport in the Vadose Zone." Hydrology.
  • Jin, Z. (2023). "A Double-Permeability Poroelasticity Model for Fluid Transport in a Biological Tissue." Transport in Porous Media.
  • Jin, Z. (2023). "Poroelastic Response of a Semi-Permeable Borehole Subjected to Non-hydrostatic in situ Stresses." Journal of Applied Mechanics.
  • Jin, Z. (2022). "Processing kinetics and thermomechanical responses of a melt‐infiltrated piezoelectric ceramic composite." ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.
  • Jin, Z. (2022). "A Linear Thermoelectricity Theory for Thermoelectric Materials." physica status solidi (b).
  • (2021). "Testing and Modeling of Functionally Graded Aluminum‐Doped Zinc Oxide Using Spark Plasma Sintering and Discrete Powder Layers of Varying Composition." Physica Status Solidi (a).
  • Jin, Z. (2021). "A poroelasticity model for interstitial fluid flow and matrix deformation in a non-homogeneous solid tumor." Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids.
  • Jin, Z. (2021). "A Three-Dimensional Analysis of Homogeneous and Functionally Graded Thermoelectric Cylinders." International Journal of Thermophysics.
  • Jin, Z. (2020). "Impact of convective cooling on pore pressure and stresses around a borehole subjected to a constant flux: Implications for hydraulic tests in an enhanced geothermal system reservoir."
  • Jin, Z. (2020). "Effective Interfacial Thermal and Electrical Resistances of a Microcracked Interface with Applications to Thermoelectrics." physica status solidi (b).
  1. ↑ "Zhihe Jin faculty profile". University of Maine.
  2. ↑ "Zhihe Jin faculty profile". University of Maine.
  3. ↑ "Poroelastic Response of a Semi-Permeable Borehole Subjected to Non-hydrostatic in situ Stresses". Journal of Applied Mechanics. .
  4. ↑ "Zhihe Jin faculty profile". University of Maine.
  5. ↑ "Zhihe Jin - Semantic Scholar profile".
  6. ↑ "Impact of convective cooling on pore pressure and stresses around a borehole subjected to a constant flux: Implications for hydraulic tests in an enhanced geothermal system reservoir". .
  7. ↑ "A poroelasticity model for interstitial fluid flow and matrix deformation in a non-homogeneous solid tumor". Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. .
  8. ↑ "Impact of convective cooling on pore pressure and stresses around a borehole subjected to a constant flux: Implications for hydraulic tests in an enhanced geothermal system reservoir". .
  9. ↑ "Poroelastic Response of a Semi-Permeable Borehole Subjected to Non-hydrostatic in situ Stresses". Journal of Applied Mechanics. .
  10. ↑ "Mechanical Load-Induced PFAS Transport in the Vadose Zone". Hydrology. .
  11. ↑ "A poroelasticity model for interstitial fluid flow and matrix deformation in a non-homogeneous solid tumor". Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. .
  12. ↑ "A Double-Permeability Poroelasticity Model for Fluid Transport in a Biological Tissue". Transport in Porous Media. .
  13. ↑ "A Linear Thermoelectricity Theory for Thermoelectric Materials". physica status solidi (b). .
  14. ↑ "A Three-Dimensional Analysis of Homogeneous and Functionally Graded Thermoelectric Cylinders". International Journal of Thermophysics. .
  15. ↑ "Effective Interfacial Thermal and Electrical Resistances of a Microcracked Interface with Applications to Thermoelectrics". physica status solidi (b). .
  16. ↑ "Testing and Modeling of Functionally Graded Aluminum‐Doped Zinc Oxide Using Spark Plasma Sintering and Discrete Powder Layers of Varying Composition". Physica Status Solidi (a). .
  17. ↑ "Processing kinetics and thermomechanical responses of a melt‐infiltrated piezoelectric ceramic composite". ZAMM - Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. .
  18. ↑ "Zhihe Jin - Semantic Scholar profile".
  19. ↑ "Poroelastic Response of a Semi-Permeable Borehole Subjected to Non-hydrostatic in situ Stresses". Journal of Applied Mechanics. .
  20. ↑ "Testing and Modeling of Functionally Graded Aluminum‐Doped Zinc Oxide Using Spark Plasma Sintering and Discrete Powder Layers of Varying Composition". Physica Status Solidi (a). .
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