Multifunctional Materials and Intelligent Design Lab

Welcome to MMIDL Lab. We focus on the design, analysis, synthesis, and fabrication of mechanical and biological structures in multi-scales with concepts from topology optimization, architected materials, machine learning, and additive manufacturing. We develop computational methods and novel designs for multifunctional multi-physics problems. We aim to unlock nature's design principles and create innovative bio-inspired and biomimetic designs. We also work in the mechanics-biomedicine interface to deliver innovative solutions to biomedical problems. Our application areas are lightweight structures, thermal systems, photonics,  biomedical implants, and laser-matter interactions.

July 2023

• Our paper titled, "Maximum thickness control in topology optimization using an inflection-point-based geometric constraint" accepted in CMAME.

March 2023

• Fariha was a runner-up 2023 MAE Graduate Teaching Associate Award! This award is intended to recognize exceptional teaching. Congratulations!

November 2022

• MMIDL presented six technical presentations at the ASME IMECE 2022.  

• Tareq presented his research on the modeling of Trachea Stenosis due to tumor compression in ASME IMECE 2022. 

• Fariha presented the cranial implant work in ASME IMECE 2022

August 2022

• Dr. Sutradhar co-chairs of the FGM2022 conference at Connecticut

• Fariha presents the topology optimization of silicon photonics research in FGM2022

May 2022

• Our paper on Microwave actuated 4D printing through Ferromagnetic PLA published in Additive Manufacturing.