I am a Postdoctoral Scholar working in the Multiscale Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials (M2IM) Lab at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University. I am focusing on the development of a novel computational framework for thermo-hygro-mechanical analyses of complex lattice systems (e.g., wood microstructure, bio-inspired composites). My research interests include lattice/discrete models, fracture mechanics, multiphysics, bio-inspired materials, and generative geometry.
I received my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Northwestern, under the supervision of Dr. Gianluca Cusatis. My dissertation titled "Discrete Modeling of Fracture and Flow in Porous Quasi-brittle Materials by Capturing the Internal Structure" (Committee: Zdeněk Bažant, Gianluca Cusatis, Eric Landis, and John Rudnicki) is temporarily unavailable to the public, due to copyright issues. However, you may click the research topics below to see my work during doctoral training.
Before joining Northwestern, I received my bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from China Agricultural University (CAU), China, and a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
While not playing with my models, I spend my time staying with my two little chinchillas (sadly, now only one) or traveling across the country.
My detailed Curriculum Vitae can be found here.
