Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.