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Recent Projects

Tunable Topological Mechanical Metamaterials for Elastic Wave Control

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

Rotational Multistable Joints for High Speed Cobot Operations

Muscle: Inspiration for a New Class of Engineered Adaptive System

Earthworm-Inspired Metameric Robot Locomotion

Harnessing Complex Dynamics of Mechanical-Electrical System for Energy Harvesting

Efficient Uncertainty Quantification for Online Simulations of Complex Mobility Systems

Please follow the Projects link for details.

Recent Publications

P. Dorin, X. Liu, K.W. Wang, “Emergence of Bilayer-Locked States and Synthesis of Elastic Wave Networks in a Programmable 3D Topological Metamaterial,”  Applied Physics Letters, 120(22), 221703, 2022.

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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