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.
Advanced Manufacturing
Developing innovative manufacturing technologies that enable faster, smarter, and more resource-efficient fabrication of advanced structures.
Robotics
Integrating robotic systems, intelligent automation, and adaptive manufacturing workflows to advance the future of automated and autonomous production.
Digital Engineering
Developing computational modeling, digital twins, and data-driven intelligence to optimize manufacturing processes.
Printing unsupported composite structures via frontal polymerization
Filament winding and in-situ frontal curing of composite structures
Support-free printing of continuous fiber composites
Flexible electrothermal composites enabled by laser-induced graphene (LIG)
Hybrid manufacturing of lightweight composite sandwich structures
Embedded vascular networks formed during polymer curing
Rapid out-of-oven composite manufacturing with minimal energy
Microfluidic generation of monodisperse emulsions for self-healing materials
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.