Student Research Theses
PhD Thesis: Weichen Li, December 2023, CEE-UIUC.
Title: Systematic inverse design and physical realization of nonlinear elastic and thermoelastic responses for metamaterials.
Advisor: Shelly Zhang
PhD Thesis: Ignasius Wijaya, November 2024, CEE-UIUC.
Title: Theoretical and Numerical Framework for Extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing Applications.
Advisor: Arif Masud
Journal Publications
I.P.A. Wijaya, R.B. Hall, K.R. Rajagopal, A. Masud, Mixture Models and Stabilized Methods for Cure Kinetics in Material Processing and Frontal Polymerization in Direct Ink Writing, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. Open Access, 2025.
I.P.A. Wijaya, P.H. Geubelle, A. Masud, Thermo-Chemo-Mechanical Model and Variational Multiscale Framework for Material and Geometric Evolution in Frontal Polymerization, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. Volume 200, 2025, 106078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106078 (PDF) (Podcast)
I.P.A. Wijaya, E. Kreiger, A. Masud, Simulation-based Design of Concrete Printing Process with Frictional Interface Between Structure and Substrate, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 121, No. 2, pp. 71-85, March 2024. https://doi.org/10.14359/51740243
I.P.A. Wijaya, E. Kreiger, A. Masud, An elastic-inelastic model and embedded bounce-back control for layered printing with cementitious materials, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Open Access, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.7044
J. Hickman, S. Roberts, A. Masud, Stabilized Method for Contact Mechanics and Dissipative Interfacial Kinematic Processes, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 451 (2026) 118660
W. Li, Y. Wang, T. Chen, and X. S. Zhang. “Algorithmic encoding of adaptive responses in temperature-sensing multimaterial architectures.” Science Advances. Vol. 9, No. 47, pp. eadk0620. 2023.
R. D. Kundu and X. S. Zhang. “Additive manufacturing of stiff and strong structures by leveraging printing-induced strength anisotropy in topology optimization.” Additive Manufacturing. Vol. 75, pp. 103730. 2023.
W. Li, Y. Jia, F. Wang, O. Sigmund, and X. S. Zhang. “Programming and physical realization of extreme three-dimensional responses of metastructures under large deformations.” International Journal of Engineering Science. Vol. 191, pp. 103881. 2023.