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Hongyi Xiao

Hongyi Xiao

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanics and Physics of Disordered Media
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Address

2480 GGB
2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Email: [email protected]

Degrees

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2018
B.E., Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2014

Research Interests

Our research group focuses on granular materials consisting of discrete particles that can collectively behave like a solid, a liquid, or a gas. We aim to reveal their related solid and fluid mechanics as well as statistical physics using a combination of 2D and 3D experiments, discrete particle simulations, as well as machine-learning informed modeling. The current focus is to understand how they deform from a structure-property perspective, based on which we design particle interactions and dynamics at the microscopic scale for novel collective behaviors at the material scale. We are also interested in how animals and robots interact with granular matter as a soft and yielding medium.

Research Areas

Fluids, Mechanics & Materials, Multi-scale Computation

Faculty Type

Tenured and Tenure-Track