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Ke Liu


Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics, College of Engineering
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Research Interests

Smart structures and soft machines:

  • soft robots

  • metamaterials

  • reconfigurable structures

  • computational mechanics

  • design optimization

  • solid mechanics

  • differential geometry

  • AI for design

Contact

E-mail:LIUKE@PKU.EDU.CN

Education

  • Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA (2014-2019)  

    Advisor: Prof. Glaucio H. Paulino

  • Visiting Research Student, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (2016-2017)  

    Supervisor: Prof. Tomohiro Tachi

  • M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA (2012-2014)

    Advisor: Prof. Glaucio H. Paulino, Prof. Paolo Gardoni

  • B.Eng., Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (2009-2013)

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics,

    College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China (2022-Present)

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Supervisor: Prof. Chiara Daraio

    California Institute of Technology, Pasadna, CA, USA (2019-2021)

Honors and Awards

  • 2022, ASME Melville Medal

  • 2020, Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Awards (Georgia Tech)

  • 2018, 7OSME Gabriella & Paul Rosenbaum Foundation Travel Award

  • 2017, Best poster award at the 2nd International Workshop on Origami Engineering