Research Areas

At UC Berkeley, our research group focuses on advancing additive manufacturing through innovative techniques that integrate mechanics, optics, and material science. We aim to create multifunctional materials and all-in-one devices with precise 3D architectures.

Material Additive Fabrication Technologies

Developing multi-material additive fabrication technologies that combine piezoelectric, dielectric, and conductive materials.

AI-Powered Discovery of Metamaterials

Utilizing artificial intelligence to design metamaterials with prescribed behaviors, such as energy absorption and dynamic responses.

Advanced Sensors and Robotic Materials

Creating sensors, transducers, and robotic materials enabled by our breakthroughs in functional materials and metamaterials.

Our work on scalable additive manufacturing approaches for ultralight, ultrastrong, and resilient materials was featured on MIT Technology Review Top 10 Innovations, the Cover on Science Magazine, and Nature Materials.

Recent News

Sept 2024 Our group presented at the annual BSAC research conference. Victor won a Best Presentation Award! Congratulations!

Feb 2023 Welcome Marco Maurizi, Ph.D..! Marco joined our group as a postdoc scholar. Marco completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Jan 2023 Welcome Yang Xu, Ph.D.! Yang joined our group as a postdoc scholar. Yang completed his Ph.D. from Prof. Yong Chen's group from University of Southern California.

Sept 2022 We are recruiting at UC Berkeley !

July 2022 Check LA Times featuring our search !

Sept 2021 [Member] Welcome new lab member Victor and David!

Aug 2021 [Award] We received a prestigious award from NSF DMREF (Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF). Rayne will lead the research with co-PI Professor Mathieu Bauchy, Profs. Wei Wang and Yizhou Sun from the CS department at UCLA.

June 2021 Rayne Zheng has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

May 2021 [member] Congratulations to Ryan Hensleigh for passing his Ph.D. Defense. Ryan will join Naval Research Laboratory in June.

April 2021 [member] Welcome new lab member Zhen Wang

April 2021 [Award] Congratulations to our group on receiving a prestigious DARPA Director's Fellowship Award!