{"id":268,"date":"2026-08-24T11:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=268"},"modified":"2026-09-20T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T20:29:09","slug":"estelle-chin","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/people\/estelle-chin\/","title":{"rendered":"Estelle Chin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/274\/2026\/08\/estelle_website.jpg\" alt=\"estelle chin headshot\" class=\"wp-image-289\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/274\/2026\/08\/estelle_website.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/274\/2026\/08\/estelle_website-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/274\/2026\/08\/estelle_website-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/274\/2026\/08\/estelle_website-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/274\/2026\/08\/estelle_website-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/274\/2026\/08\/estelle_website-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h2 id=\"estelle-chin\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Estelle Chin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">MASc. in Mechanical Engineering Student<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B.Eng. in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering (Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"contact-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:estellechin@cmail.carleton.ca\">estellechin@cmail.carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/estelle-chin\/\">Estelle Chin | LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h2 id=\"project-description\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estelle\u2019s research focuses on the volumetric additive manufacturing of liquid crystal elastomers for the design and fabrication of smart soft actuators. These 4D-printed soft structures are designed to respond dynamically to external stimuli, with the aim of developing biomedical devices that enable safer, controllable, and tailorable interactions with biological tissues. Her goal is to create compact, patient-centered, and adaptable solutions for biomedical implants, wearable devices, and prosthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"project-collaborators\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Collaborators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nrc.canada.ca\/en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nrc.canada.ca\/en\">National Research Council of Canada<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h3 id=\"research-supervisors\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Supervisor(s)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/people\/irina-garces\/\" data-type=\"cu_people\" data-id=\"59\">Irina Garces<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"research-category\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Category<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smart Materials<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":382,"featured_media":289,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Estelle","cu_people_last_name":"Chin","cu_people_initials":"EC","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[30],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-268","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-masters-students"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"MASc. in Mechanical Engineering","cu_people_degree":"B.Eng. in biomedical and mechanical engineering","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"She\/Her","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"estellechin@cmail.carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/estelle-chin\/","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/382"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/268\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mmlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}