Areas of Focus
- Wave propagation and free vibration analysis in structures
- Mechanics of intelligent materials and structures (including piezoelectric materials, soft intelligent materials, multiferroic materials, and functionally graded materials)
- Tunable waveguides (especially active controllable phononic crystals and metamaterials)
- Fluid-structure interaction (especially with non-Newtonian fluids)
- Numerical simulation based on CUF finite elements
- Micro/nanostructure interfacial effects
Work Experience
- 2018.07-2019.09 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (Collaborative Supervisor: Prof. Erasmo Carrera)
- 2019.10-2020.08 IRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National University of Ireland Galway (Collaborative Supervisor: Prof. Michel Destrade)
- 2020.09-2022.08 Marie Curie Fellow, EU, National University of Ireland Galway
- 2022.09-2023.05 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National University of Ireland Galway (Collaborative Supervisor: Prof. Stephan Rudykh)
- 2023.06-present Hundred Talents Program Researcher, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008.09-2012.06 Bachelor of Engineering Mechanics, Chongqing University (Supervisors: Prof. Xiang He Peng and Prof. Wei Qiu Chen)
- 2012.09-2018.03 PhD in Solid Mechanics, Zhejiang University (Supervisor: Prof. Wei Qiu Chen)
- 2014.10-2016.09 Joint PhD in Structural Mechanics, University of Siegen, Germany (Supervisors: Academician Chuanzeng Zhang and Prof. Wei Qiu Chen)
Publications
- Wave manipulation in intelligent metamaterials: Recent progress and prospects, B. Wu, W. Jiang, J.Q. Jiang, Z.N. Zhao, Y.Q. Tang, W.J. Zhou*, W.Q. Chen*, 2024
- Axisymmetric vibration of multilayered electroactive circular plates in contact with fluid, Y.Z. Cao, B. Wu*, E. Carrera, S. Rudykh, W.Q. Chen*, 2024
- Vibrations and waves in soft dielectric elastomer structures, Z.N. Zhao, Y.J. Chen, X.Y. Hu, R.H. Bao, B. Wu*, W.Q. Chen*, 2023
- Voltage-controlled topological interface states for bending waves in soft dielectric phononic crystal plates, Y.J. Chen, B. Wu*, M. Destrade, W.Q. Chen, 2022
- Low-frequency tunable topological interface states in soft phononic crystal cylinders, Y.J. Chen, B. Wu*, J. Li, S. Rudykh, W.Q. Chen, 2021
- Geometrically nonlinear refined shell theories by Carrera Unified Formulation, B. Wu*, A. Pagani, W.Q. Chen, E. Carrera, 2021
- Wrinkling of soft magneto-active plates, B. Wu*, M. Destrade, 2021
- Tunable flexural wave band gaps in a prestressed elastic beam with periodic smart resonators, W.J. Zhou, B. Wu, Y.P. Su, D.Y. Liu, W.Q. Chen, R.H. Bao*, 2021
- Tunable and active phononic crystals and metamaterials, Y.F. Wang, Y.Z. Wang, B. Wu, W.Q. Chen*, Y.S. Wang*, 2020
- Actively controllable topological phase transition in homogeneous piezoelectric rod system, W.J. Zhou, B. Wu, Z.Y. Chen, W.Q. Chen*, C.W. Lim*, J.N. Reddy, 2020
- Pattern evolution in bending dielectric-elastomeric bilayers, Y.P. Su, B. Wu, W.Q. Chen, M. Destrade*, 2020
- Nonlinear response and axisymmetric wave propagation in functionally graded soft electro-active tubes, B. Wu, M. Destrade, W.Q. Chen*, 2020
- Electrostatically tunable axisymmetric vibrations of soft electroactive tubes, F.Z. Zhu, B. Wu*, M. Destrade, W.Q. Chen, 2020
- Three-dimensional vibrations of multilayered hollow spheres submerged in a complex fluid, B. Wu, Y. Gan, E. Carrera*, W.Q. Chen*, 2019
- Electrostatically tunable small-amplitude free vibrations of pressurized electro-active spherical balloons, R.W. Mao, B. Wu*, E. Carrera, W.Q. Chen, 2019
- Large-deflection and post-buckling analyses of isotropic rectangular plates by Carrera Unified Formulation, B. Wu*, A. Pagani, M. Filippi, W.Q. Chen, E. Carrera, 2019
- Accurate stress fields of post-buckled laminated composite beams accounting for various kinematics, B. Wu, A. Pagani*, M. Filippi, W.Q. Chen, E. Carrera, 2019
- Finite bending and pattern evolution of the associated instability for a dielectric elastomer slab, Y.P. Su, B. Wu, W.Q. Chen, M. Destrade*, 2019
- Tunable two-way unidirectional acoustic diodes: Design and simulation, Y.J. Chen, B. Wu, Y.P. Su, W.Q. Chen*, 2019
Awards
- 2022 National Natural Science Foundation of China, Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Overseas)
- 2022 ASME Applied Mechanics Division Lloyd Hamilton Donnell Applied Mechanics Reviews Paper Award
- 2020 EU Marie Curie Fellowship
- 2019 Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2019 Chinese Society of Mechanics Outstanding PhD Thesis Nomination Award
- 2018 Zhejiang University Outstanding PhD Graduate
- 2017 Zhejiang University Da Bei Nong Scholarship
- 2014 National Scholarship for Joint PhD Training Program (2 years)
- 2013 Zhejiang University Nandu Scholarship
- 2013 National Piezoelectric and Acoustic Wave Theory and Device Application Seminar (SPAWDA) Best Academic Report Second Prize
- 2012 Chongqing University Outstanding Undergraduate Graduate and Thesis
- 2010 Ministry of Education National Encouragement Scholarship
- 2009 Ministry of Education National Scholarship