Contact: yang.li@whu.edu.cn  

My research is about morphing structures and seeking to program the shape and nonlinear mechanical response during morphing. One problem I am working on is programmed morphing with easy actuation. One application direction that I am currently pushing is soft and MEMS electronics that involve large deformation, like tactile sensors or IMU, as I was transferred into an integrated circuits department from the previous mechanical engineering department due to the current Chinese national strategy. 

My current goals: 

(1) Fundamental research on new methods related to the inverse design of morphing structures. 

    (i) Topology-geometry optimization for nonlinear and large deformation structures. 

    (ii) The emergence of multi-stable and pseudo-mechanisms from overconstrained structures, and how to control such emergence inversely. 

    (iii) Explore the rich formation of multi-compatible (multi-stable) structures, like in origami and kirigami, and fulfill their "easy-to-actuate" properties in illustrative applications.

(2) Application-oriented research.

    (i) Mechanical engineering

        (a) Deployable-reconfigurable antennas, morphing wings and drones, multi-modal robots, energy-vibration-absorption components

    (ii) Electronics

        (a) Soft electronics, like tactile sensors

        (b) MEMS electronics for sensitive acceleration detection by (reconfigurable) zero-stiffness. 

    (iii) Other commercial products from industrial collaboration

        (a) Knee braces, tents, mats, shoes, and so on for the mechanical design and easier actuation/deployment. 

(3) Publish in high-impact journals due to the evaluation standard of the current local system.

  - Contact: 15623538015, hzauhui@163.com

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   Zhou Tong 

  - PhD Student (2021)   

  - Research interests: Multi-stability structure design

  - Contact: 18569556087, zhoutong_whu@whu.edu.cn

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 Ai Lin      

  - PhD Student (2022)   

  - Research interests: Multi-compatibility structure design

  - Contact:  13720285207, 823622104@qq.com   

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    Cheng Jun      

  - M.Eng Student (2020)   

  - Research interests: Deformation analysis of sandwich structure

  - Contact: 18842493247, 1479110409@qq.com

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 Chen Qingyang  

  -   M.Eng Student (2021)   

  - Research interests: Kirigami structure design

  - Contact: 13522905770, 13522905770@139.com

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 Lin Zihua      

  -  M.Eng Student (2021)   

  - Research interests: Automatical design

  - Contact: 15827554385, 357898334@qq.com

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Zhang Peidong      

  -  M.Eng Student (2021)   

  - Research interests: Actuation design

  - Contact: 18295307785, 1015907415@qq.com

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 Xue Wenshi      

 -  M.Eng Student (2022)   

  - Research interests: Tensile structure design

  - Contact: 13521415051,  xuewsh@163.com

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Peng Zeyu      

  - School of Power and Mechanical Engineering (2019)   

  - Research interests: Multi-stability structure design

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Alumni

Yin Shukun 

  - Hongyi College (2020)   

  - Research interests: Multi-compatibility structure design

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 Yang Jingjin      

  - Hongyi College (2020)   

  - Research interests: Multi-compatibility structure design

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 Zhang Yuanming        

  - Research interests: Thin-wall structure design

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