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Recent Projects

Physical Reservoir Computing-Based Mechano-Intelligence in Self-Adaptive Phononic Metastructures

Harnessing Higher-Order Topological States in Mechanical Metamaterials for Wave-Based Computing

Tunable Topological Mechanical Metamaterials for Elastic Wave Control

Metastructure-Inspired Wave Energy Converter (WEC) and WEC Array Design for Marine Energy Harvesting

Harnessing Complex Dynamics of Mechanical-Electrical System for Energy Harvesting

Adaptive Non-Reciprocal Wave Transmission via Reconfigurable Metastable Metastructures

Phononic Bandgap Adaptation and Wave Steering via Origami Folding and Lattice Reconfiguration

On the Dynamics of Origami Deployment

Bistable Dynamics of Stacked Miura-Ori Structures

Fluidic Origami: A Plant-Inspired Innovation

Earthworm-Inspired Metameric Robot Locomotion

Please follow the Projects link for details.

Recent Publications

Y. Zhang, A. Deshmukh, K.W. Wang, "Embodying Multifunctional Mechano-Intelligence in and through Phononic Metastructures Harnessing Physical Reservoir Computing," Advanced Science, 2305074, 2023.

P. Dorin, M. Khan, K.W. Wang, "Uncovering and Experimental Realization of Multimodal 3D Topological Metamaterials for Low-Frequency and Multiband Elastic Wave Control," Advanced Science, 10(30), 2304793, 2023.

Z. Liu, H. Fang, J. Xu, K.W. Wang, “Digitized Design and Mechanical Property Reprogrammability of Multistable Origami Metamaterials,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 173, 105237, 2023.

Z. Liu, H. Fang, J. Xu, K.W. Wang, “Cellular Automata Inspired Multistable Origami Metamaterials for Mechanical Learning,” Advanced Science, 2305146, 2023.

M. Hathcock, B-I Popa, K. W. Wang, “Origami Inspired Phononic Structure with Metamaterial Inclusions for Tunable Angular Wave Steering,”  Journal of Applied Physics, 129(14), 145103, 2021.

Z. Li, N. Kidambi, L. Wang, K.W. Wang, “Uncovering Rotational Multifunctionalities of Coupled Kresling Modular Structure,” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 9(14), 100795, 2020.

S. Li, H. Fang, S. Sadeghi, P. Bhovad, K. W. Wang, “Architected Origami Materials: How Folding Creates Sophisticated Mechanical Properties,” Advanced Materials, 180528, 2019.

X. Zhan, H. Fang, J. Xu, K. W. Wang, “Planar Locomotion of Earthworm-Like Metameric Robots,”  International Journal of Robotics Research, 38(14), 1751-1774, 2019.

H. Fang, Shih-Cheng A. Chu, Yutong Xia, K. W. Wang, “Programmable Self-Locking Origami Mechanical Metamaterials,” Advanced Materials,  1706311, 2018.

Please follow the Publications link for a list of recent publications.

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