Mechanics for Adaptive Reconfiguration 

Research Group

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering

Michigan Technological University

Welcome! 

Our research uncovers knowledge about the mechanics behind adaptive reconfiguration. More specifically, we create new reconfigurable and adaptive structural systems across all length scales. Our work enables better simulation, fabrication, and design of these reconfigurable and adaptive systems for various applications including civil infrastructure, soft robotics, micro actuators, metamaterials, and many others. See our research highlights in the following YouTube Videos and learn more about our Research, Papers, and Software Programs. 

The Mechanics for Adaptive Reconfiguration Research Group is led by Yi, an Assistant Professor at Michigan Tech. We are at the heart of the beautiful lake-shore of Lake Superior, and we hope to support our students to work on impactful research to achieve their career endeavor.  

We are actively looking for talented students to join us all year round! To join us, find information by clicking here!

Recent News

(2025 Jan) MAR-Group has a new member, Songjie Jia. Welcome!

(2024 Nov) Group coding and simulation training material is online on YouTube now. Check it out using this link. Hope this makes our internal training easier ;)

(2024 Aug) MAR-Group has a new member, Zhongqi Fan. Welcome!

(2024 Aug) Yi joined Michigan Tech as an Assistant Professor at August 2024. His lab is actively looking for talented students.

(2024 May) Our Nature Communications paper is featured on the front page of the website of UofM. Check out the news.

(2024 Mar) Our new paper on large scale modular and uniformly thick origami-inspired structures (MUTOIS) is published on Nature Communications.

(2024 Mar) Our new paper on mixed-transducer micro-origami is published on Small.

(2023 Mar) Yi Received Honorable Mention for the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards.

(2023 Jan) Yi is teaching CEE 515 Advanced Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures at University of Michigan.