Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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2026

COSMIC: Concurrent Optimization of Structure, Material, and Integrated Control for Robotic Systems

Qinsong Guo, Liwei Wang

Under review

Heterogeneous Metamaterials Design via Multiscale Neural Implicit Representation

Hongrui Chen, Liwei Wang, and Levent Burak Kara

Journal of Mechanical Design 148(10), 101705

🏆DAC Papers of Distinctions, ASME IDETC-CIE 2025

2025

Autonomous co-design and fabrication of multi-stimuli-responsive material systems

Liwei Wang, Alexander L. Evenchik, Jared M. Yang, Ryan L. Truby, Wei Chen

Science Advances 11 (2025):eadx4409

🔗 CMU ME News | 🔗 Northwestern Engineering News | 🔗 NU Engineering Magazine (Back Cover)

Co-Design of Magnetic Soft Robots with Large Deformation and Contacts via Material Point Method and Topology Optimization

Liwei Wang

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 445 (2025):118205

Data-driven Topology Optimization for Multiscale Biomimetic Spinodal Design

Shiguang Deng, Doksoo Lee, Aaditya Chandrasekhar, Stefan Knapik, Liwei Wang, Horacio D. Espinosa and Wei Chen

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2026):69, 10

Multi-Scale Topology Optimization Using Neural Networks

Hongrui Chen, Xingchen Liu, Liwei Wang, and Levent Burak Kara

Engineering with Computers (2025): 1-15

Co-Design of Geometry and Thermal-Elastic Gradient Alloy Distribution with Temperature-Dependent Material Properties

Stefan Knapik, Shiguang Deng, Liwei Wang, Aaditya Chandrasekhar, Wing Kam Liu, Jian Cao and Wei Chen

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (2025):68, 127

2024

Ultrastiff Metamaterials Generated Through a Multilayer Strategy and Topology Optimization

Yang Liu, Yongzhen Wang, Hongyuan Ren, Zhiqiang Meng, Xueqian Chen, Zuyu Li,

Liwei Wang, Wei Chen, Yifan Wang, and Jianbin Du

Nature Communications 15, no. 1 (2024): 2984.

Data-Driven Design for Metamaterials and Multiscale Systems: A Review

Doksoo Lee*, Wei Chen*, Liwei Wang*, Yu‐Chin Chan, and Wei Chen

Advanced Materials 36, no. 8 (2024): 2305254.

🏆Most-Viewed Papers in 2023

A Latent Variable Approach for Non-Hierarchical Multi-Fidelity Adaptive Sampling

Yi-Ping Chen, Liwei Wang, Yigitcan Comlek, and Wei Chen

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 421 (2024): 116773.

Mixed-Variable Global Sensitivity Analysis for Knowledge Discovery and Efficient Combinatorial Materials Design

Yigitcan Comlek, Liwei Wang, and Wei Chen

Journal of Mechanical Design 146 (2024): 051706-1.

🏆DAC Papers of Distinctions, ASME IDETC-CIE 2024

2023

Physics-Aware Differentiable Design of Magnetically Actuated Kirigami for Shape Morphing

Liwei Wang, Yilong Chang, Shuai Wu, Ruike Renee Zhao, and Wei Chen

Nature Communications 14, no. 1 (2023): 8516.

General Assembly Rules for Metamaterials with Scalable Twist Effects

Weiyun Xu*, Liwei Wang*, Zhao Liu, and Ping Zhu

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 259 (2023): 108579.

T-METASET: Task-Aware Acquisition of Metamaterial Datasets Through Diversity-Based Active Learning

Doksoo Lee, Yu-Chin Chan, Wei Chen, Liwei Wang, Anton van Beek, and Wei Chen

Journal of Mechanical Design 145, no. 3 (2023): 031704.

🏆DAC Best Paper Award, ASME IDETC-CIE 2023

2022

Mechanical Cloak via Data-Driven Aperiodic Metamaterial Design

Liwei Wang, Jagannadh Boddapati, Ke Liu, Ping Zhu, Chiara Daraio, and Wei Chen

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, no. 13 (2022): e2122185119.

Generalized De-homogenization via Sawtooth-Function-Based Mapping and Its Demonstration on Data-Driven Frequency Response Optimization

Liwei Wang, Zhao Liu, Daicong Da, Yu-Chin Chan, Wei Chen, and Ping Zhu.

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 395 (2022): 114967.

Remixing Functionally Graded Structures: Data-Driven Topology Optimization with Multiclass Shape Blending

Yu-Chin Chan, Daicong Da, Liwei Wang, and Wei Chen

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 65, no. 5 (2022): 135.

Data-Driven Multiscale Design of Cellular Composites with Multiclass Microstructures for Natural Frequency Maximization

Liwei Wang, Anton van Beek, Daicong Da, Yu-Chin Chan, Ping Zhu, and Wei Chen

Composite Structures 280 (2022): 114949.

Scalable Gaussian Processes for Data-Driven Design Using Big Data with Categorical Factors

Liwei Wang, Suraj Yerramilli, Akshay Iyer, Daniel Apley, Ping Zhu, and Wei Chen

Journal of Mechanical Design 144, no. 2 (2022): 021703.

🏆DAC Papers of distinctions, ASME IDETC-CIE 2022

Data-Driven and Topological Design of Structural Metamaterials for Fracture Resistance

Daicong Da, Yu-Chin Chan, Liwei Wang, and Wei Chen

Extreme Mechanics Letters 50 (2022): 101528.

3D Chiral Metamaterial Modular Design with Highly-Tunable Tension-Twisting Properties

Weiyun Xu, Zhao Liu, Liwei Wang, and Ping Zhu

Materials Today Communications 30 (2022): 103006.

2021

Data-Driven Topology Optimization with Multiclass Microstructures using Latent Variable Gaussian Process

Liwei Wang, Siyu Tao, Ping Zhu, and Wei Chen

Journal of Mechanical Design 143, no. 3 (2021): 031708.

🏆ASME JMD Top 20 Accessed Articles in 2022;

🏆ASME JMD Spotlight in IDETC-2022

🏆DAC Papers of distinctions, ASME IDETC-CIE 2021

METASET: Exploring Shape and Property Spaces for Data-Driven Metamaterials Design

Yu-Chin Chan, Faez Ahmed, Liwei Wang, and Wei Chen

Journal of Mechanical Design 143, no. 3 (2021): 031707.

🏆DAC Papers of distinctions, ASME IDETC-CIE 2021

2020

Deep Generative Modeling for Mechanistic-Based Learning and Design of Metamaterial Systems

Liwei Wang, Yu-Chin Chan, Faez Ahmed, Zhao Liu, Ping Zhu, and Wei Chen

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 372 (2020): 113377.

Data-driven metamaterial design with Laplace-Beltrami spectrum as “shape-DNA”

Liwei Wang, Yu-Chin Chan, Zhao Liu, Ping Zhu, and Wei Chen

Structural and multidisciplinary optimization 61 (2020): 2613-2628.

2019

Globally Approximate Gaussian Processes for Big Data with Application to Data-Driven Metamaterials Design

Ramin Bostanabad, Yu-Chin Chan, Liwei Wang, Ping Zhu, and Wei Chen

Journal of Mechanical Design 141, no. 11 (2019): 111402.