Publications

Wang, Y., Shum, K., Song, Y., & Chen, T. (2025). “Deployable 3D mesoscale structures through wafer fabrication, geometric frustration and bistable auxeticity“

du Pasquier, C., Jeong, S., Liu, P., Williams, S., Tessmer, L., Scholl, I., Tilton, L., Okamura, A., Tibbits, S., & Chen, T. (2025). “From Fiber to Fabric: Designing the Mechanics of Machine Knitting“

du Pasquier, C., Tessmer, L., Scholl, I., Tilton, L., Chen, T., Tibbits, S., & Okamura, A. (2024). “Haptiknit: Distributed stiffness knitting for wearable haptics” Science Robotics, 9(97), eado3887. [pdf]

Tardio, E.S., Awad, S., Chen, T., & Baxevanis, T. (2024). “Extraction of Mechanical Properties of Shape Memory Alloys From Instrumented Spherical Indentation” Journal of Applied Mechanics, 92, 021001-1. [pdf]

Pathak, P., Majkic, G., Erickson, T., Chen, T., & Selvamanickam, V. (2024). “Two-dimensional X-ray diffraction (2D-XRD) and micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) characterization of additively manufactured 316L stainless steel” Metals, 14(11), 1232. [pdf]

Chapuis, J. N., Wirth, M., Walker, A., Schwarz, J., Lumpe, T. S., Chen, T., Stanković, T. (2024). “EDACFEM: A linear truss and beam solver in MATLAB” SoftwareX, Volume 27. [pdf]

Abbasi, A., Chen, T., Aymon, B. F., & Reis, P. M. (2024). “Leveraging the snap buckling of bistable magnetic shells to design a refreshable braille dot” Advanced Materials Technologies, 9(3), 2301344. [pdf]

Zhang, Z., Brandt, C., Jouve, J., Wang, Y., Chen, T., Pauly, M., Panetta, J. (2023). “Computational Design of Flexible Planar Microstructures” ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 42 Issue 6. [pdf]

Xue, J., Baizhikova, Z., Ballarini, R., and Chen, T., (2023). “Creating Geometric Imperfections in Thin-Walled Structures using Acoustic Excitation” ASME. J. Appl. Mech. [pdf]

Li, W., Wang, Y., Chen, T., Zhang, XS. (2023). “Algorithmic encoding of adaptive responses in temperature-sensing multimaterial architectures” Sci. Adv. 9, eadk0620. [pdf]

Koh, M., Wang, Y., Shea, K., and Chen, T. (2023). “Shape reconfiguring bistable structures using heat activated fibers” Engineering Structures. 295, 116792. [pdf]

Grelz, H., Chen, T. (2023). “Intelligent matter that senses, calculates, and reacts: A story of electronics, computation, and mechanics” Matter, 6(8), 2550-2552. [pdf]

Chen, T. (2023). “Programming material logic using magnetically controlled bistability” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120.17: e2304391120. [pdf]

Roshdy, M., Chen, T., Nakhmanson, S., Bilal, R. O. (2023). “Tunable ferroelectric auxetic metamaterials for guiding elastic waves in three-dimensions” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 101966. [pdf]

Poincloux, S., Vallat, C., Chen, T., Sano, G. T., Reis, M. P. (2023). “Indentation and stability of woven domes” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 101968. [pdf]

Wirth, M., Shea, K., & Chen, T. (2022). “3D-printing textiles: multi-stage mechanical characterization of additively manufactured biaxial weaves” Materials & Design, 111449. [pdf]

Wang, Y., Ren, Y., & Chen, T. (2022). “From kirigami to hydrogels: a tutorial on designing conformally transformable surfaces” Journal of Applied Mechanics, 90(4), 044801. [pdf]

Ren, Y., Kusupati, U., Panetta, J., Isvoranu, F., Pellis, D., Chen, T., & Pauly, M. (2022). “Umbrella meshes: elastic mechanisms for freeform shape deployment” ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 41(4), Article 152, Best Paper Award Honorable Mention. [pdf]

Baek, C., Martin, A., Poincloux, S., Chen, T., & Reis, M. P. (2021). “Smooth triaxial weaving with naturally curved ribbons” Phys. Rev. Lett.,  127(10), 104301, Editors’ Suggestion, cover article. [pdf]

• Physics magazine synopsis: The Geometry of Basket Weaving
• Nature review physics: Weaving smooth 3D shapes with curved ribbons

Chen, T., Panetta, J., Schaubelt, M., Pauly, M. (2021). “Bistable Auxetic Surface Structures” ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 40(4), Article 39. [pdf]

Ren, Y., Panetta, J., Chen, T., Isvoranu, F., Poincloux, S., Brandt, C., Martin, A., Pauly, M. (2021). “3D Weaving with Curved Ribbons” ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 40(4), Article 127. [pdf]

Panetta, J., Isvoranu, F., Chen, T., Siefert, E., Roman, B., Pauly, M. (2021). “Computational Inverse Design of Surface-based Inflatables” ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 40(4), Article 40. [pdf]

Chen, T., & Shea, K. (2021). “Computational design of multi-stable, reconfigurable surfaces” Materials & Design, 205, 109688. [pdf]

Chen, T., Bilal, R.O., Lang, R., Daraio, C., & Shea, K., (2019),”Autonomous Deployment of a Solar Panel Using an Elastic Origami and Distributed Shape Memory Polymer Actuators“, Physical Review Applied, 11(6), 064069, Editors’ Suggestion. [pdf]

• Physics magazine Focus story: Folded Solar Panel Opens Without Power Source
• TechCrunch: This solar array expands itself at the right temperature

Du Pasquier, C., Chen, T., Tibbits, S., & Shea, K., (2019),”Design and Computational Modeling of a 3D Printed Pneumatic Toolkit for Soft Robotics“, Soft Robotics, 6(5), 657-663. [pdf]

Wagner, M. A., Lumpe, T. S., Chen, T., & Shea, K. (2019), “Programmable, active lattice structures: Unifying stretch-dominated and bending-dominated topologies” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 29: 100461. [pdf]

Chen, T., Bilal, R.O., Shea, K., & Daraio, C., (2018), “Harnessing Bistability for Directional Propulsion of Untethered, Soft Robots“, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 115 (22), 5698-5702. [pdf]

Chen, T., & Shea, K., (2018), “An Autonomous Programmable Actuator and Shape Reconfigurable Structures using Bistability and Shape Memory Polymers“, 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 5(2), 91-101. [pdf]

Schwarz, J., Chen, T., Shea, K., & Stankovic, T., (2018), “An Efficient Size and Shape Optimization of Large Scale Truss Structures Subject to Stress and Buckling Constraints“, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 58(1), 171-184. [pdf]

Zimmermann, L., Chen, T., & Shea, K., (2018), “Generalizing the Link between 3D Spatial Grammars and Finite Element Analysis for Structural Engineering Design Automation”, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 32(2), 189-199.

Wagner, M., Chen, T., & Shea, K., (2017), “Large Shape Transforming 4D Auxetic Structures Using a 3D Printed Shape Memory Polymer“, 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 4(3), 133-142. [pdf]

Chen, T., Mueller, J., & Shea, K., (2017), “Integrated Design and Simulation of Tunable, Multi-State Structures Fabricated Monolithically with Multi-Material 3D Printing“, Scientific Reports, 7, 45671. [pdf]