01 / TIME-VARYING MEDIA
Turning time into a tool for wave control
Experimental observation of temporal refraction and reflection in elastic beams, using piezoelectric patches and time-varying transfer functions.
Nature Communications ↗Research
Exploring how geometry, active interactions, and temporal modulation unlock new behaviors in elastic and mechanical systems.
02 / TOPOLOGICAL WAVES
Steering surface waves through topology
Smart surface patterning connects a tight-binding model and WKB analysis with experimental topological pumping of elastic surface waves.
Science Advances ↗
03 / ACTIVE METAMATERIALS
Beyond classical effective media
Effective medium descriptions of active, nonlocal Willis metabeams connect engineered couplings with directional amplification and non-Hermitian wave behavior.
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids ↗
04 / ACTIVE METAMATERIALS
Realizing odd mass density
Active sensor–actuator interactions enable asymmetric inertial coupling and offer a platform for nonreciprocal wave dynamics.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ↗
05 / ELASTIC METASURFACES
Mitigating low-frequency surface waves
Locally resonant metasurfaces combine resonance and dissipation to control low-frequency Rayleigh waves.
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences ↗
06 / TOPOLOGICAL WAVES
Symmetry and topological spectral bands
Frieze-group symmetries provide a route to understanding and engineering topological spectral bands in architected materials.
Journal of Mathematical Physics ↗
07 / CONTINUUM MODELING
A continuum view of Kagome lattices
Microtwist modeling and experiments connect hinged Kagome geometry with topological polarization and zero modes.
International Journal of Solids and Structures ↗
08 / SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Efficient Monte Carlo simulations
Cell lists built with doubly linked lists support particle insertion, deletion, and nonlocal moves in Monte Carlo simulations.
arXiv:2003.05581. ↗
09 / PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS
Temperature-stable quartz resonators
Crystal orientation and temperature-dependent plate theory guide the design of quartz resonators with tailored frequency–temperature relations.
2017 Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics ↗
10 / SOFT MATTER
Charged polymers under electric fields
Molecular simulations explore how electric fields influence branched polyelectrolyte brushes, conformation, and charge organization.
Soft Matter ↗