Prof. Zhigang Suo once said, every researcher should get on Twitter. So here I am, letting people know that my first PhD paper has been published on 𝑱𝑴𝑷𝑺! This work wouldn't have been possible without my advisor Prof. Evgueni T Filipov's support! doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps…

Tensional jamming sets materials in action! We create metamaterials by threading beads with contracting actuators. These materials can flow like liquid 🌊 and, when “crystallized” into programmed structures, can be tuned as soft as a teddy bear 🧸 or as rigid as a rock 🪨.

I have drafted my slides. I'll talk for 40 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of discussion. docs.google.com/presentation/d…

📢Exciting news! My PhD work, supervised by jGros Lab, has just been published in nature. Thanks to all the co-authors! 📄In this study, we (re)explored a longstanding question in developmental biology: why, when a chick embryo is cut in half during gastrulation, each half can

The Nobel Prize Cillian Murphy and Margot Robbie have been honored with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the Barbenheimer effect. 👀 #NobelPrize

Our recent publication in PRX unveils a universal scaling law to predict the fracture energy of polymer-like networks. This discovery opens up possibilities for designing mechanical metamaterials with unprecedented fracture resistance. Chase Hartquist Shu Wang 王澍 Xuanhe Zhao

PAMs in Action! Science Magazine Our paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Related perspective article: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Video source: youtu.be/Z-P7lfW-p-8?si… Video credit: Wenjie Zhou and Peter Holderness/Caltech

NEW ARTICLE: “Woven metamaterials inspired by baskets for stiff, resilient robots.” Able to undergo repeated compressions without losing their shape, woven materials could form robots, exoskeletons, car parts, architectural components and more. news.engin.umich.edu/2025/08/woven-…

The woven metamaterials in our new study can be used to create next-generation soft robots that can bear heavy load, be easily actuated, and recover from overload damage! Check this news article by Michigan Engineering U-M CEE University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering Evgueni T Filipov news.engin.umich.edu/2025/08/woven-…

Corner topology makes woven baskets into stiff, yet resilient metamaterials, Guowei Wayne Tu et al #Topology #SoftMatter #Metamaterials go.aps.org/41qy8L4