About me

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Welcome to my personal website! 

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Cambridge University Engineering Department (CUED), working with Dr. John Biggins (previously with Prof. Mark Warner FRS at the TCM group of Cavendish). I received my Ph.D. in solid mechanics at the University of Minnesota, advised by Prof. Richard D. James. Before that, I received my B. Sc. in mathematics and physics from Tsinghua University. 

My research interests lie at the interface of solid mechanics, applied mathematics, and materials science. I use mathematical tools to understand, predict, and design the physical properties of functional materials and structures. These materials and structures are expected to have potential applications in aerospace engineering and the medical device industry. Particular examples include (listed in the figures below, from left to right):

• Using helical groups, geometrical compatibility, and analysis to study martensitic phase transformations in nanotubes;

• Using isometry groups to design origami structures;

• Using geometrical compatibility and continuum mechanics to study deployable origami and kirigami;

• Using differential geometry, calculus of variations, and solid mechanics to study the geometrical evolution of liquid crystal elastomer sheets.

You are welcome to visit the Research page and my Google Scholar for more details. Feel free to contact me at ff342(at)cam.ac.uk for any questions.