Materials and Structures

Prof. Bin Mu’s group has been focusing on the design, synthesis, and functionalization of nanostructured porous particles and membrane materials for a variety of applications in the areas of energy, environments, and biomedical engineering.

Dr. Chen’s research interests focus on advanced manufacturing technologies for emerging applications in the areas of photonics, energy, and biomedical engineering.

Dr. Zhunag’s research works with applying data-driven machine learning approaches and quantum mechanics calculations to design engineering materials.

Dr. Nian’s research interests include nanomanufacturing, additive manufacturing, laser based material processing, laser matter interaction and physical simulation; inkjet printing of functional materials; and 2D materials fabrication.

Dr. Marvi’s research aims to study fundamental physics behind interactions of biological systems with their
surrounding solid, granular, and fluidic environments.

Dr. Song’s reseatch focuses on developing fundamental knowledge concerning (i) creating new 3D printing mechanisms, (ii) innovating design principles, (iii) building-up, and, (iv) characterizing filler-matrix interactions toward fabricating nanocomposite materials and systems.

Dr. Jiao’s research focus in the understanding of the fundamental physics of a wide range of material systems including composite materials, colloids, polymer gels, granular materials, and biological tissues and cells, using a variety of analytical and computational techniques devised in heterogeneous material theory, statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics and discrete geometry.

Li’s research interests focus on the development of smart additive manufacturing and biomimetic
additive manufacturing technologies.