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Scopus Author ID: 57190254877

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Additive manufacturing, Mechanical metamaterial, Multi-functional metamaterial, Piezoelectric, Robotics, Medical Devices

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Employment (6)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Guangzhou Campus: Guangzhou, Guangdong, CN

2023-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Smart Manufacturing Thrust)
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Huachen Cui

University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2020-12 to 2022-12 | Postdoctoral Scholar (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2019 to 2020 | Graduate Research Assistant (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, Virginia, US

2018 to 2019 | Graduate Research Assistant (Mechanical Engineering)
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Huachen Cui

Virginia Tech: Blacksburg, Virginia, US

2016 to 2018 | Graduate Teaching Assistant (Mechanical Engineering)
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Shandong University: Jinan City, Shandong Province, CN

2014 to 2015 | Research Assistant (Mechanical Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

2019 to 2020 | Doctor of Philosophy (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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Shandong University: Jinan City, Shandong Province, CN

2012 to 2016 | Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
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Professional activities (3)

Material Science and Technology (MS&T) Conference: Portland, US

2019 | 1st Place Prize in the Annual Material Advantage Graduate Student Poster Contest
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International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium Additive Manufacturing Conference, 2019: Texas, US

2019 | National Science Foundation Student Travel Award,
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Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2018 | 2018 Paper of the Year
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Works (23)

Eliminating structural defects in large area mechanical metamaterials via hot lithography in large-area projection micro-stereolithography

Additive Manufacturing
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2025.104717
Contributors: David Hahn; Vatsa Gandhi; Huachen Cui; Angkur Shaikeea; Zhenpeng Xu; Zac Gwennap; Vikram Deshpande; Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng
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3D Printing and processing of miniaturized transducers with near-pristine piezoelectric ceramics for localized cavitation

Nature Communications
2023-04-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37335-w
Contributors: Haotian Lu; Huachen Cui; Gengxi Lu; Laiming Jiang; Ryan Hensleigh; Yushun Zeng; Adnan Rayes; Mohanchandra K. Panduranga; Megha Acharya; Zhen Wang et al.
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On the elastodynamic properties of octet truss-based architected metamaterials

Applied Physics Letters
2023-04-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/5.0140673
Contributors: Mourad Oudich; Edward Huang; Hyeonu Heo; Zhenpeng Xu; Huachen Cui; Nikhil JRK Gerard; Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng; Yun Jing
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Additive manufacturing of yttrium-stabilized tetragonal zirconia: Progressive wall collapse, martensitic transformation, and energy dissipation in micro-honeycombs

Additive Manufacturing
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2022.102692
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2-s2.0-85125272908

Part of ISSN: 22148604
Contributors: Rauch, H.A.; Cui, H.; Knight, K.P.; Griffiths, R.J.; Yoder, J.K.; Zheng, X.; Yu, H.Z.
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The coupled strength and toughness of interconnected and interpenetrating multi-material gyroids

MRS Bulletin
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1557/s43577-021-00249-3
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2-s2.0-85127981320

Part of ISSN: 08837694
Contributors: Indurkar, P.P.; Shaikeea, A.; Xu, Z.; Cui, H.; Zheng, X.; Deshpande, V.
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Design and printing of proprioceptive three-dimensional architected robotic metamaterials

Science
2022-06-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn0090
Contributors: Huachen Cui; Desheng Yao; Ryan Hensleigh; Haotian Lu; Ariel Calderon; Zhenpeng Xu; Sheyda Davaria; Zhen Wang; Patrick Mercier; Pablo Tarazaga et al.
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3D Printing and Processing of Miniaturized Transducers with Near-pristine Piezoelectric Ceramics for Localized Cavitation

2022-05-13 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1620445/v1
Contributors: Haotian Lu; Huachen Cui; Ryan Hensleigh; Laiming Jiang; Gengxi Lu; Felix Wu; Jose Morales; Seth Putterman; Qifa Zhou; Xiaoyu Zheng
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Publisher Correction: The toughness of mechanical metamaterials

Nature Materials
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01217-1
Contributors: Angkur Jyoti Dipanka Shaikeea; Huachen Cui; Mark O’Masta; Xiaoyu Rayne Zheng; Vikram Sudhir Deshpande
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The toughness of mechanical metamaterials

Nature Materials
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01182-1
Contributors: Angkur Jyoti Dipanka Shaikeea; Huachen Cui; Mark O’Masta; Xiaoyu Rayne Zheng; Vikram Sudhir Deshpande
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Mechanical metamaterials: Does toughness characterize fracture?

arXiv
2021 | Other
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2-s2.0-85108387935

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Shaikeea, A.J.D.; Cui, H.; O’Masta, M.R.; Zheng, X.; Deshpande, V.S.
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Vat photopolymerization of fly-like, complex micro-architectures with dissolvable supports

Additive Manufacturing
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2021.102321
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2-s2.0-85115982713

Part of ISSN: 22148604
Contributors: Xu, Z.; Hensleigh, R.; Gerard, N.J.; Cui, H.; Oudich, M.; Chen, W.; Jing, Y.; Zheng, X.R.
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Three-Dimensional Trampolinelike Behavior in an Ultralight Elastic Metamaterial

Physical Review Applied
2021-08-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.024015
Contributors: Nikhil JRK Gerard; Mourad Oudich; Zhenpeng Xu; Desheng Yao; Huachen Cui; Christina J. Naify; Alec Ikei; Charles A. Rohde; Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng; Yun Jing
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A general method to synthesize and sinter bulk ceramics in seconds

Science
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz7681
Contributors: Chengwei Wang; Weiwei Ping; Qiang Bai; Huachen Cui; Ryan Hensleigh; Ruiliu Wang; Alexandra H. Brozena; Zhenpeng Xu; Jiaqi Dai; Yong Pei et al.
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Charge-programmed three-dimensional printing for multi-material electronic devices

Nature Electronics
2020-04-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41928-020-0391-2
Contributors: Ryan Hensleigh; Huachen Cui; Zhenpeng Xu; Jeffrey Massman; Desheng Yao; John Berrigan; Xiaoyu Zheng
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Adaptive optical beam steering and tuning system based on electrowetting driven fluidic rotor

Communications Physics
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-020-0294-6
Part of ISSN: 2399-3650
Contributors: Weifeng Cheng; Jiansheng Liu; Zheng Zheng; Xukun He; Bowen Zheng; Hualiang Zhang; Huachen Cui; Xiaoyu Zheng; Tao Zheng; Bruce E. Gnade et al.
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Achieving the Upper Bound of Piezoelectric Response in Tunable, Wearable 3D Printed Nanocomposites

Advanced Functional Materials
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201903866
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2-s2.0-85069900109

Part of ISSN: 16163028 1616301X
Contributors: Yao, D.; Cui, H.; Hensleigh, R.; Smith, P.; Alford, S.; Bernero, D.; Bush, S.; Mann, K.; Wu, H.F.; Chin-Nieh, M. et al.
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3D Printed Nanocomposites: Achieving the Upper Bound of Piezoelectric Response in Tunable, Wearable 3D Printed Nanocomposites (Adv. Funct. Mater. 42/2019)

Advanced Functional Materials
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201970289
Part of ISSN: 1616-301X
Contributors: Desheng Yao; Huachen Cui; Ryan Hensleigh; Parker Smith; Sam Alford; Dominic Bernero; Sydney Bush; Kyle Mann; H. Felix Wu; Marvin Chin‐Nieh et al.
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Fabrication and experimental demonstration of a hybrid resonant acoustic gradient index metasurface at 40 kHz

Applied Physics Letters
2019-06-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/1.5095963
Part of ISSN: 0003-6951
Contributors: Nikhil JRK Gerard; Huachen Cui; Chen Shen; Yangbo Xie; Steven Cummer; Xiaoyu Zheng; Yun Jing
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Fabrication and measurement of a hybrid resonant gradient index metasurface at 40kHz

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1121/1.5101449
Part of ISSN: 0001-4966
Contributors: Nikhil J. Gerard; Huachen Cui; Chen Shen; Steven Cummer; Xiaoyu Zheng; Yun Jing
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Three-dimensional printing of piezoelectric materials with designed anisotropy and directional response

Nature Materials
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0268-1
Part of ISSN: 1476-1122
Contributors: Huachen Cui; Ryan Hensleigh; Desheng Yao; Deepam Maurya; Prashant Kumar; Min Gyu Kang; Shashank Priya; Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng
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Additive manufacturing of complex micro-architected graphene aerogels

Materials Horizons
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c8mh00668g
Part of ISSN: 2051-6347
Contributors: Ryan M. Hensleigh; Huachen Cui; James S. Oakdale; Jianchao C. Ye; Patrick G. Campbell; Eric B. Duoss; Christopher M. Spadaccini; Xiaoyu Zheng; Marcus A. Worsley
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Additive Manufacturing and size-dependent mechanical properties of three-dimensional microarchitected, high-temperature ceramic metamaterials

Journal of Materials Research
2018-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2018.11
Part of ISSN: 0884-2914
Contributors: Huachen Cui; Ryan Hensleigh; Hongshun Chen; Xiaoyu Zheng
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Multiscale metallic metamaterials

Nature Materials
2016-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4694
Part of ISSN: 1476-1122
Contributors: Xiaoyu Zheng; William Smith; Julie Jackson; Bryan Moran; Huachen Cui; Da Chen; Jianchao Ye; Nicholas Fang; Nicholas Rodriguez; Todd Weisgraber et al.
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