The vision of the Waves and Intelligent Metamaterials Lab is to pioneer new paradigms of materials and structures that control and harness the flow of elastic waves and vibrations in mechanical systems. Broadly, our approach is to synthesize and explore architected metamaterials and metastructures that leverage wave mechanics, mechanical (i.e., embodied) intelligence, and topological physics to unlock novel wave phenomena (e.g., guide, focus, and block waves and vibrations).

Through our research, we seek to achieve a broad societal impact by translating fundamental scientific advances into practical technologies that address challenges across critical industries (e.g., aerospace, automotive, energy, manufacturing, and robotics). By designing mechanical structures and devices that control vibrations and waves with exceptional adaptivity, efficiency, intelligence, precision, and resilience, we aim to advance innovation in applications such as vibration mitigation, energy harvesting, sensing and imaging, structural health monitoring, and signal processing.

We currently have openings for Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. research positions in the group. See the Openings page for more details.