/Department of Mechanical Engineering
Computational Modeling, Analysis, and Design Optimization Lab

Ran Zhuang

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Ph.D. student (2021-present)

Research area:

· Topology optimization for programmable magnetic structures

Contact:

E-mail: ran.zhuang{at}stonybrook.edu

Journal publications:

1. Zhuang, R., Sadasivan, C., Gu, X. D., & Chen, S. "Nonlinear level-set topology optimization of hyperelastic soft robots with design-dependent pneumatic actuation." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 461 (2026): 119205.

 

Conference publications:

1. Ran Zhuang, Chander Sadasivan, Xianfeng David Gu, Shikui Chen*, “LEVEL-SET NONLINEAR TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION FOR LARGE-DEFORMATION COMPLIANT MECHANISMS WITH HYPERELASTIC MATERIALS”. the ASME 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &  Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2025), August 17-20, 2025, Anaheim, CA, USA.

2. Ran Zhuang, Jiawei Tian, Apostolos Tassiopoulos, Chander Sadasivan, Xianfeng Gu, Shikui Chen, "Designing Programmable Ferromagnetic Soft Metastructures for Minimally Invasive Endovascular Therapy", ASME Proceedings of IDETC/CIE, August 20-23, 2023, Boston, MA, USA.

3. Zihan Wang, Ran Zhuang, Weikang Xian, Jiawei Tian, Ying Li1, Shikui Chen, Hongyi Xu, "Phononic Metamaterial Design via Transfer Learning-Based Topology Optimization Framework", ASME Proceedings of IDETC/CIE, August 14-17, 2022, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

4. Jiawei Tian, Ran Zhuang, Juan Pablo Cilia, Arvind Rangarajan, Fang Luo, Jon Longtin, Shikui Chen*, "Topology Optimization of Permanent Magnets for Generators Using Level Set Methods ", ASME Proceedings of IDETC/CIE, August 14-17, 2022, St Louis, Missouri, USA.