Huachen Cui Research Group
The RObot and MEdical Device
3D Printing Laboratory
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About ROME3D
ROME3D is a research group led by Prof. Huachen Cui in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). We primarily focus on three aspects, including the development of advanced additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, the design and manufacturing of robots as well as the design and manufacturing of medical devices. We also investigate the design and AM of micro-architectures and metamaterials, the development of multi-functional materials as well as advanced packaging techniques.
Advanced AM Techniques
We are creating novel additive manufacturing techniques & synthesizing materials to fabricaite robots, medical devices and metamaterials.
Robotics
We are designing and fabricaiting macro- and micro-scale robotic systems via AM techniques or hybrid manufacturing techniques.
Medical Devices
We are developing extracoporeal & implantable medial devices via additive manufacturing and hybrid manufacturing techniques.
We are born to create
Publications
6
Prestigious journal
(Science, Nature, etc.)
21
Journal articles in total
1
Patent
5
Conference papers and presentations
Journal & Conference Articles
2023
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H. Lu, H. Cui (contributed equally), et. al., “3D Printing and processing of miniaturized transducers with near-pristine piezoelectric ceramics for localized cavitation”, Nature Communications, 2023
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M. Cang, L. Zhang, Y. Wang, et al., "An efficient method for design of lattice core sandwich structures with superior buckling strength", Engineering Optimization, 2023
2022
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H. Cui, et. al., "Design and printing of proprioceptive three-dimensional architected robotic metamaterials", Science, 2022 (Featured and reported by Los Angeles Times, Yahoo! News, Science Daily, EurekAlert!, etc)
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P. P. Indurkar, A. Shaikeea, Z. Xu, H. Cui, X. Zheng, V. Deshpande, "The coupled strength and toughness of interconnected and interpenetrating multi-material gyroids", MRS Bulletin, 2022
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H. A. Rauch, H. Cui, et. al., "Additive manufacturing of yttrium-stabilized tetragonal zirconia: Progressive wall collapse, martensitic transformation, and energy dissipation in micro-honeycombs", Additive Manufacturing, 2022
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A. Shaikeea, H. Cui (contributed equally), M. O’Masta, X. Zheng, V. Deshpande, "The toughness of mechanical metamaterials", Nature Materials, 2022
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H. Zhi, et. al., "A Passive Non-Interference Scheme for Synchronously Measuring Multiple Parameters With Single Sensing Unit", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2022
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Tian Ji, Die Chen, et. al., "Experimental study on detonation propagation characteristics of hydrogen-nitrous oxide at stoichiometric and fuel-lean conditions", Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 2022
2021
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N. Gerad, M. Oudich, Z. Xu, D. Yao, H. Cui, et. al., "Three-dimensional trampoline-like behavior in an ultralight elastic metamaterial", Physical Review Applied, 2021
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Z. Xu, R. Hensleigh, N. Gerad, H. Cui, et. al., "Vat photopolymerization of fly-like, complex micro-architectures with dissolvable supports", Additive Manufacturing, 2021
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Die Chen, Tian Ji, et. al., "Detonation behaviors of stoichiometric hydrogen-oxygen mixture in annular tubes with circular obstacles", Fuel, 2021
2020
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C. Wang, W. Ping, Q. Bai, H. Cui, R. Hensleigh (contributed equally), et. al., “A general method to synthesize and sinter bulk ceramics in seconds”, Science, 2020 (Featured on front cover, reported by c&en, Nanotechnology Now, Yahoo! News, Science Daily, etc)
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R. Hensleigh, H. Cui (contributed equally), et. al., "Charge-programmed three-dimensional printing for multi-material electronic devices", Nature Electronics, 2020 (Reported by c&en, Tech Xplore, 3D printing industry, etc)
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W. Cheng, J. Liu, Z. Zheng, X. He, B. Zheng, H. Zhang, H. Cui, X. Zheng, T. Zheng, B. E. Gnade, J. Cheng, “Adaptive optical beam steering and tuning system based on electrowetting driven fluidic rotor”, Communications PHYSICS, 2020
2019
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H. Cui, R. Hensleigh, D. Yao, D. Maurya, P. Kumar, M. G. Kang, S. Priya, X. Zheng, "Three-dimensional printing of piezoelectric materials with designed anisotropy and directional response", Nature Materials, 2019 (Featured on VT News, reported by Science Daily, Eurek Alert!, Materials Today, Phys. Org, UVEB Technology, etc)
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D. Yao, H. Cui, R. Hensleigh, et. al., "Achieving the upper bound of piezoelectric response in tunable, wearable 3D printed nanocomposites", Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 (Featured on front cover)
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N. Gerad, H. Cui, C. Shen, Y. Xie, S. Cummer, X. Zheng, Y. Jing, "Fabrication and experimental demonstration of a hybrid resonant acoustic gradient index metasurface at 40 kHz", Applied Physics Letters, 2019
2018
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H. Cui, R. Hensleigh, H. Chen, X. Zheng, "Additive Manufacturing and size-dependent mechanical properties of three-dimensional micro-architected, high-temperature ceramic metamaterials", Journal of Materials Research, 2018 (Selected as 2018 Journal of Materials Research Paper of the Year Award, Materials Research Society, reported by Eurek Alert!, SCIENMAG, etc )
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R. Hensleigh, H. Cui, et. al, "Additive manufacturing of complex micro-architected graphene aerogels", Materials Horizons, 2018 (Featured on front cover, VT news, reported on SCI NEWS, 3D PRINTING INDUSTRY, etc)
2016
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X. Zheng, W. Smith, J. Jackson, B. Moran, H. Cui, D. Chen, N. Fang, J. Ye, T. Weisgrabber, C. Spadaccini, "Multi-scale Metallic Metamaterials", Nature Materials, 2016 (Featured on front cover, VT News, reported by Phys.org, Science Daily, Nanowerk, Materials Today, 3Dprint.com etc)
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X. Zheng, H. Cui, R. Hensleigh, "Three-dimensional piezoelectric materials and uses thereof”, US2021234089A1, Jul 29, 2021
Patent
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X. Zheng, H. Cui, R. Hensleigh, "Three-dimensional piezoelectric materials and uses thereof”, US2021234089A1, Jul 29, 2021
News & Events
New Publication
Dr. Huachen Cui published his latest research work on Nature Communications.
April. 2023
Lab News
We have joined the Advanced Additive Manufacturing Lab.
Jan. 2023
Lab News
We have joined the Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Materials Informatics.
May. 2023
Lab News
Chenyi Yang'an joined our group as a new Ph.D. student.
Jan. 2023
Lab News
We have joined the Center for Heterogeneous Intergration of micro-systems and Packaging.
Jun. 2023
Lab News
Mingpei Cang joined our lab as a new Ph.D. student.
Nov. 2022
"行非常之事，成非常之功"
Huachen Cui, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator
Assistant Professor at HKUST (Guangzhou)
Affiliated Assistant Professor at HKUST (Clear Water Bay)
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, 2016
Email: hccui [at] hkust-gz.edu.cn
Team
Creation. Passion. Profession
Our team consists of talents with diverse backgrounds, including mechanics, chemistry, control, materials science, manufacturing and mechanical engineering. We work on interdisciplinary projects closely.
PhD Student
Mingpei Cang
mcang[at]connect.ust.hk
Mingpei earned his B.Eng. degree in Engineering Mechanics (excellent in education program) from Dalian University of Technology in 2021, where he achieved an average score of 90.1/100 (3/33). His current research focuses includes magnetically-actuated artificial cilia, high-precision additive manufacturing of ceramic parts and in-situ monitoring of stereolithography 3D printing processes.
PhD Student
Chenyi Yang'an
ayang546[at]connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Chenyi earned her B. Eng degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Zhengzhou University. Her research focuses on the fabrication of flexible wearable devices and and reconfigurable hydrophicility. Also, she has lots of hobbies, including traveling, photography and electronic games, etc.
PhD Student
Hanzhang Zhi
zhihz9919[at]mails.jlu.edu.cn
Hanzhang obtained his B.E. degree in Jilin university and joined our group in 2023. He has authored/co-authored 1 peer-reviewed journal papers and applied 4 patents. His research interests include robotics, micro-nano system, electronics, physics in engineering and 3D printing techniques. His hobbies includes sport, hip-pop or other music.
PhD Student
Lujiang Liu
lliu128[at]connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Lujiang obtained his M.S degree in Xiamen University and B.E. degree in Shandong University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on robotic metamaterial and robot scientist for new material development, robot automation and so on. His hobbies include traveling, sport, city walk. He is supervised by Prof. Tongyi Zhang and co-supervised by Prof. Huachen Cui.
Visiting PhD Student
Yuntai Xi
yxi883[at]connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Yuntai is a PhD student majoring in Materials Science at Northwestern Polytechnical University, then joined the group as a visiting student in July 2023. He has authored/co-authored 5 peer-reviewed journal papers with an average IF > 10. His current research interests includes high-precision 3D printing technology, synthesis and application of multi-functional composite materials.
PhD Student
Zhanpeng Li
zli223[at]connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Zhanpeng obtained his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California and his B.Eng. degree in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation from Guangzhou University. His current research includes robotics, 3D printing techniques, mechanical simulation of 3D printed composite structures.
Red Bird MPhil Student
Lingchuan Tan
ltan688[at]connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Lingchuan obtained his B.E. degree in Jilin university. He has authored/co-authored 1 peer-reviewed journal papers and applied 2 patents. His research interests include multi-material additive manufacturing, automated additive manufacturing system, 4D printing. His hobbies include movies, table tennis, and badminton.
Red Bird MPhil Student
Zhiyuan Han
zhan154[at]connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Zhiyuan earned his B.Eng. degree in Measurement and Control Technology and Instruments from the Harbin Institute of Technology. His current research focuses on 3D printing via optical fibers and automated assembly of Li/Na-ion batteries. Zhiyuan has a wide range of hobbies, including cycling, doing handicrafts, and traveling by train.
Red Bird MPhil Student
Wenxuan Zhang
wzhang238[at]connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
Wenxuan earned her B. Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on the design of unmanned surface vehicle and fludic mechanics. Also, she has lots of hobbies, including badminton, baking and dance etc.
PhD Student
Might B You
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Projects
1 / High-resolution large-area projection micro-stereolithography system
We are developing a high-resolution large-area projection micro-stereolithography system and will achieve a resolution up to 2 micron while keeping the printing area larger than 10mm.
2 / Multi-material projection micro-stereolithography system
We are developing a multi-material projection micro-stereolithography system to fabricte multi-functional metamaterials and achieve the one-step fabricaiton of logic circuits.
3 / Underwater robot
We are developing an underwater robot without propeller.
4 / Micro-architected high-temperature ceramics
We are designing and fabricating high-temperature ceramics with rationally designed micro-architectures and mechanical properties. The spring works up to 1000℃ without signaficant change on performances.
5 / In-situ monitoring of projection stereolithography systems
We are developing a new low-cost technique to achieve in-situ monitoring of the printing quality in projection stereolithography systems.
6 / Additive manufactured artificial cilia
We are designing and fabricating an artificial cilia system for small item transmissions.
Recruitment
We are currently recruiting Ph.D. students from mechanical engineering, chemicstry, mechanics, control, manufacturing and so on. Please send your CV and transcripts to the email below if you are interested.