Waves & Metamaterials Laboratory

The Waves and Metamaterials Lab focuses on designing engineered structures to control elastic and acoustic waves for applications including wave energy focusing, cloaking, imaging, sensing, and power transfer. Our current research is organized into three tracks: Track 1: Developing a comprehensive and scalable framework for the inverse design and optimization of elastic and acoustic metamaterials. Track 2: Advancing highly sensitive surface and bulk acoustic wave (SAW/BAW) technologies for biosensing, medical implants, and wearable, self-powered health-monitoring devices. Track 3: Creating directional sensors, efficient energy absorbers, unidirectional wave filters, and acoustic cloaks with significant applications in the defense and energy sectors.

We specialize in elastic and acoustic metamaterials, spanning design, analytical modeling, numerical simulations, and experimental wave testing. Our expertise includes homogenization theories, elastodynamics, phononics, finite-element modeling, and laser-based and piezoelectric measurement techniques. We actively seek collaborations in advanced computational methods (AI/ML, topology optimization), advanced additive manufacturing (metal AM, nanofabrication, mechanical testing), material characterization, and condensed-matter physics to jointly develop next-generation metamaterials, sensors, and wave-control technologies.