Rapid progress in additive manufacturing methods has created a new class of ultralight architected solids with extreme functional properties. The focus of our research is mainly on mechanical metamaterials from understanding their behaviour to designing new materials for a range of engineering applications.

We use both numerical modelling and mechanical testing on micro-architected solids made from metallic to polymeric materials. Our group has contributed to the understanding of the mechanics of cellular solids, as well as to their use in applications ranging from structural to battery electrodes. Currently we are working on three-dimensional architected solids comprising of millions of unit cells and characterise their failure behavior in large numerical simulations and in-situ XCT loading experiments. We have developed state of the art experimental facilities and in-house techniques in characterising imperfections of architected solids and measurement of microscopic strains using Digital Volume Correlation (DVC). We are further extending our study to multi-material systems to design high-strength high-toughness metamaterials.