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Welcome to the Architected Metamaterials Group!
Welcome to the Architected Metamaterials Group!
Our research lies in the broad areas of mechanics and physics of materials, as well as constitutive modelling and topology optimization. The current focus is mechanical metamaterials and reconfigurable structures with both stiff and soft architectures, including lattices, kirigami, origami, and pneumatic architectures.
We target the fundamental understanding of metamaterials, their mechanics, and multiphysics by integrating theoretical and computational approaches, as well as various fabrication and testing methods. With these insights, we strive to innovate, design, optimize, fabricate, and test metamaterials with remarkable functional responses. Whenever possible, we translate them into advanced technology for application in various sectors, such as aerospace, packaging, deployable structures, and soft robotics.
Below are snapshots of some representative - yet not exhaustive - tracks of currently active research.
Recent News
Recent News
5/2025. Our paper on the Inverse Design of Kirigami published in Physical Review Letters was selected as Editor's suggestion.
4/2025. Our paper Reprogrammable curved-straight origami: multimorphability and volumetric tunability published in Science Advances, was featured in the April 25 issue with a dedicated image for the Science Advances webpage.
4/2025. Damiano receives a special mention in the Category of Physics and Engineering during the ceremony "Ingegno Italiano" at the Italian Embassy in Ottawa for his contributions to fundamental and applied physics and engineering of mechanical metamaterials.
1/2025. Shape-shifting materials are made more versatile. An article features our work published in Advanced Materials (2024) on Anisotropic deployment of kirigami followed by an interview with a journalist of La Press.
5/2024. Damiano receives the Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence of the Faculty of Engineering at McGill.
4/2024 Cover of Advanced Materials! Our work on in-situ activation of snap-through instability has been selected as Journal cover of Advanced Materials. Congratulations Lei!
1/2024 Our work is featured on CBC/Radio-Canada!
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