Transforming machines capable of continuous 3D shape morphing and locking.Inspired by natural species that leverage morphological changes to realize multiple locomotion modes, diverse multimodal robots have been reported. While developments of small-scale actuators with continuous shape morphing and locking capabilities controlled by the same energy source are crucial for miniaturization of unt...

Professor Fu Song from the School of Aerospace Engineering at Tsinghua university was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the International Council of Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) during the 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences.The ICAS was founded in 1957 by Theodore von Kármán and is a leading global academic organization in field of aerospace. It...

An innovative three-dimensional architected electronic skin that mimics human mechanosensation.Created by nature, the human skin shows powerful sensing capabilities that have been pursued by scientists for a very long time. However, it is challenging for today’s technologies to replicate the spatial arrangement of the complex 3D microstructure of human skin, nevertheless its beauty of sensatio...

The Society of Engineering Science (SES) recently announced the recipients of the 2024 SES awards. Professor Zhang Yihui from the School of Aerospace Engineering at Tsinghua University won the James R. Rice Medal.The award is in recognition of his pioneering work on soft architected materials with unusual mechanical properties, rational three-dimensional (3D) assembly driven by controlled buckl...

The Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award was awarded to Professor Feng Xue of Tsinghua University on the 2nd of November. It is the first time this award has been given to a Chinese scholar since its establishment in 1988.The Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award, formerly known as the Applied Mechanics Award, is one of the most prestigious accolades in the field of mechani...

Zhuang Zuo, professor of Tsinghua University School of Aerospace Engineering, was elected vice president of the International Association for Computational Mechanics on July 26.IACM, established in 1980s, is an international mechanics academic organization with more than 5,100 registered members from 33 countries and regions in America, Asia-Oceania, Europe-Middle East-Africa. It has about 610 ...