Advanced Composite Manufacturing

We envision a future where manufacturing is adaptive, intelligent, and no longer constrained by conventional production methods or factory settings. Our research brings together advanced materials, robotics, computational engineering, and next-generation manufacturing technologies to rethink how high-performance, multifunctional materials and structures are designed and fabricated. By developing smarter , more resource-efficient manufacturing systems, we aim to accelerate innovation while reducing the time, energy, and infrastructure required to transform ideas into real-world engineering solutions.

Advanced Materials

Engineering high-performance and multifunctional materials to enable next-generation manufacturing and engineering applications.

Fiber-reinforced compositesMultifunctional materialsBio-inspired design

Advanced Manufacturing

Developing innovative manufacturing technologies that enable faster, smarter, and more resource-efficient fabrication of advanced structures.

Frontal polymerizationAdditive manufacturingComposite processing

Robotics

Integrating robotic systems, intelligent automation, and adaptive manufacturing workflows to advance the future of automated and autonomous production.

Large-format manufacturingCooperative roboticsHybrid manufacuring

Digital Engineering

Developing computational modeling, digital twins, and data-driven intelligence to optimize manufacturing processes.

Multiphysics simulationProcess modelingDigital twins
Printing unsupported composite structures via frontal polymerization

Printing unsupported composite structures via frontal polymerization

Filament winding and in-situ frontal curing of composite structures

Filament winding and in-situ frontal curing of composite structures

Support-free printing of continuous fiber composites

Support-free printing of continuous fiber composites

Flexible electrothermal composites enabled by laser-induced graphene (LIG)

Flexible electrothermal composites enabled by laser-induced graphene (LIG)

Hybrid manufacturing of lightweight composite sandwich structures

Hybrid manufacturing of lightweight composite sandwich structures

Embedded vascular networks formed during polymer curing

Embedded vascular networks formed during polymer curing

Microfluidic generation of monodisperse emulsions for self-healing materials

Microfluidic generation of monodisperse emulsions for self-healing materials

Multiscale aerospace composites integrating nano- and fiber-scale reinforcements

Multiscale aerospace composites integrating nano- and fiber-scale reinforcements

Beyond today's manufacturing.

We envision intelligent manufacturing systems where materials, robotics, and computation work together to fabricate advanced structures anywhere, from next-generation factories to remote environments.