About Our Lab
We are broadly interested in studying the mechanics of soft engineering and biological materials using an integrated experimental and modeling approach. In particular, we are interested in adaptive materials that can exhibit dramatic changes in microstructure, mechanical properties, and macroscopic shape in response to an environmental stimulus.
Research
Recent Publications
Y. Jiang, Z. Xu, R. Xiao, S. Govindjee, T. D. Nguyen (2026) “A viscoelastic micro-stretch theory for monodomain nematic liquid crystal elastomers”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 207:106412, DOI:10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106369. [Link]
K. A. Clingo, C. A. Czerpak, H. A. Quigley, T. D. Nguyen (2025) “Deep learning method for semi-automated segmentation of optic nerve head tissues in optical coherence tomography images”, Experimental Eye Research, 261:110678, DOI:10.1016/j.exer.2025.110678.[Link]
R. Olanrewaju, Y. Jiang, T. D. Nguyen,D. O. Kazmer (2025) “Influence of Shape-Forming Elements on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Coextruded Thermoplastic Composites”, Polymers, 17:2703, DOI:10.3390/polym17192703.[Link]
T. Xu, T. D. Nguyen, J. K. Guest (2025)“Computational Optimization of Director Patterns in Liquid Crystal Elastomers”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 206:106369, DOI:10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106369. [Link]
J. Deng, D. Zhao, C. Liu, T. D. Nguyen, S. Avril, Y. Mei, “Material frame formulation of the FE- based virtual fields method and applications to hyperelastic composites” (2025), Composite Struc- tures, br 372:119565, DOI:10.1016/j.compstruct.2025.119565..[Link]
B. K. Zimmerman, R. Schulman, T. D. Nguyen (2025) “Growth-induced Donnan exclusion influences swelling kinetics in highly charged dynamic polymerization hydrogels”, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 78:102354, DOI:10.1016/j.eml.2025.102354.[Link]