Ph.D. openings
Fully funded Ph.D. positions are available in AIMS Lab for Spring/Fall 2027. Please visit Join Us for details.
Chao Wang – AIMS Lab
Architected Intelligent Materials and Structures Lab
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Modern engineering systems increasingly require materials and structures that adapt intelligently to changing environments, uncertain and extreme loads, and diverse functional demands.
AIMS Lab develops computational design methods for architected systems whose behavior is programmed through geometry, material distribution, and multi-physics interactions, spanning metamaterials and stimuli-responsive soft materials. By integrating intelligent computational methods, including topology optimization and AI-assisted design, with manufacturing, sensing, and feedback-enabled functionality, we aim to create programmable, adaptive, and manufacturable systems for resilient infrastructure, soft robotics, and healthcare.
- Topology optimization and AI-assisted design
- Metamaterials and stimuli-responsive soft materials
- Stochastic dynamics, vibration, and wave control
- Additive manufacturing and engineering applications
Principal Investigator
Chao Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Faculty appointment
Dr. Chao Wang is starting as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.