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Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Education:
BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University 2002
BS, Computer Technology and Applications, Shanghai JiaoTong University 2003
MS, Materials Physics and Chemistry, Shanghai JiaoTong University 2005
PhD, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University 2012
Research Interests:
Mechanical instabilities of thin structures; origami structures; energy harvesting devices; stretchable electronics; biomimetic materials/devices; nanofabrication; mechanics of morphogenesis; cell biomechanics; mechanics of DNA structures
Selected Publications:
• Zi Chen,^ Xiaomin Han, Huang Zheng. Residual stresses and Poisson's effect drive shape formation and transition of helical structures, Journal of Elasticity, 119(1): 321-333, 2015.
• Q. Guo,* E. Dai,* X. Han,* S. Xie, E. Chao, and Z. Chen,^ Fast nastic motion of plants and bio-inspired structures, Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 12: 20150598, 2015. (Featured cover article.)
• Zi Chen.^ Shape Transition and Multi-stability of Helical Ribbons: a Finite Element Method Study, Archive of Applied Mechanics, 85: 331-338, 2015.
• Qiaohang Guo,*^ Zi Chen,*^ Wei Li, Pingqiang Dai, Kun Ren, Junjie Lin, Larry A. Taber, and Wenzhe Chen. Mechanics of Geometric Frustration in Helical Biomimetc Seashells, Europhyics Letters, 105: 64005, 2014. (Selected as EPL Highlights of 2014.)
• Zi Chen.^ Geometric Nonlinearity and Mechanical Anisotropy in Strained Helical Nanoribbons, Nanoscale, 6: 9443-9447, 2014.
• Qiaohang Guo,* Anil K. Mehta, Martha A. Grover, Wenzhe Chen, David G. Lynn, Zi Chen.*^ Shape selection and instability in helical ribbons, arXiv:1312.3571, Applied Physics Letters, 104, 211901, 2014 (featured on the cover).
• Qiaohang Guo,* Huang Zheng,* Wenzhe Chen, and Zi Chen.*^ Modeling Bistable Behaviors in Morphing Structures through Finite Element Simulations. Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering 24:557-562, 2014.
• Wanliang Shan, Zi Chen, Chase P. Broedersz, Ankita A. Gumaste, Winston O. Soboyejo, and Clifford P. Brangwynne. Attenuated short wavelength buckling and force propagation in a biopolymer-reinforced rod, Soft Matter 9, 194-199, 2013.
• Wanliang Shan^ and Zi Chen.^ Large Deformation and Mechanical Instability of Elastic Rods. Journal of Postdoctoral Research, 1(2): 1, 2013 (invited review).
• Matthew A. Wyczalkowski,* Zi Chen,*^ Benjamen Filas, Victor Varner, and Larry A. Taber. Computational Models for Mechanics of Morphogenesis, Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today, 96: 132-152, 2012. Editor’s choice on the Cover (invited review).
• Zi Chen,^ Qiaohang Guo, Carmel Majidi, Wenzhe Chen, David. J. Srolovitz, and Mikko Haataja. Nonlinear geometric effects in mechanical bistable morphing structures, Physical Review Letters, 109, 114302, 2012.
• Zi Chen, Carmel Majidi, David. J. Srolovitz, and Mikko Haataja. Tunable helical ribbons, Applied Physics Letters, 98: 011906, 2011.
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