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2026

• Wu, Z., Huang, K., Wang, N., Huang, W., Wang, Q., Zhang, J., 2026. Analysis of nonlinear dynamics of a curved beam under gravity bias. Physical Review E.
• Hastings, J., Dewanarayana, L., Shaju, I., Al-Wizni, H., Marquis, S., Huang, W., Sareh, P., 2026. Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard): An Aerial Robotic Swarm for Autonomous Detection and Entrapment of Rogue Multirotors. Advanced Robotics Research.
• Huang, W., Zhang, Q., Liu, M., 2026. Programmable symmetry-breaking in folded elastic ribbons via tunable pitchfork bifurcations. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.
• Li, J. , Wu, H. ^#, Huang, W. ^#, 2026. Numerical investigation of growth-induced buckling of soft filaments in confined spaces. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics.
• Huang, K., Zhang, J., Huang, W., Wang, Q., Shaw, A., Friswell, M., 2026. Exploring sequential snapping bifurcation through a tunable energy landscape. Physical Review Applied.
• Li, J. ^†, Huang, W. ^†, Zhu, Y., Yu, L., Sun, X., Liu, M., Wu, H., 2026. Inverse Elastica: A theoretical framework for inverse design of morphing slender structures. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.
• Zhang, B., Huang, W. ^#, Ouyang, H., Bi, H., Zou, H., Wang, B., ^#, 2026. Accurate discrete simulation of plates and shells via mid-edge formulation. Journal of Applied Mechanics.
• Tong, D. ^†, Choi, A. ^†, Wang, J. ^†, Huang, W. ^†,#, Chen, Z., Li, J., Huang, X., Liu, M. ^#, Gao, H. ^#, Hsia, K.J. ^#, 2026. Discrete Differential Geometry for Simulating Nonlinear Behaviors of Flexible Systems: A Survey. Extreme Mechanics Letters.

2025

• Ma, C., Ye, H., Shi, X., Chen, Y., Liu, Y., Qin, L., Gan, L., Xia, F., Long, G., Jiang, X., Huang, W., Chen, X., Liang, X., Peng, L., Hu, Y., 2025. Contact-dominated localized electric-displacement-field-enhanced pressure sensing. Nature Communications.
• Zhang, X., Ma, L., Yang, D., Chen, W., Huang, W., Liu, B., Pan, Y., 2025. Crushing safety prediction of a battery pack system by fusion of multiple methods. Energy.
• Li, J., Tong, D., Hao, Z., Zhu, Y., Wu, H., Liu, M. ^#, Huang, W. ^#, 2025. Harnessing discrete differential geometry: A virtual playground for the bilayer soft robots. Advanced Intelligent Systems.
• Huang, W., Hao, Z., Li, J., Tong, D., Guo, K., Zhang, Y., Gao, H., Hsia, K.J., Liu, M., 2025. A tutorial on simulating nonlinear behaviors of flexible structures with the discrete differential geometry (DDG) method. Applied Mechanics Reviews.
• Tong, D., Hao, Z., Li, J., Sun, B., Liu, M. ^#, Wang, L. ^#, Huang, W. ^#, 2025. Real-time simulation enabled navigation control of magnetic soft continuum robots in confined lumens. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.
• Zhang, Y., Huang, W., Liu, M., Yu, J., Gao, H., 2025. Achieving symmetric snap-through buckling via designed magnetic actuation. Science Advances.
• Wang, Y., Liu, M. ^#, Sareh, P., Liu, J. ^#, Huang, W. ^#, 2025. Towards ultrastretchability, multimodal instability, and static nonreciprocity in kirigami metamaterials. Soft Science.
• Giudici, A. ^†, Huang, W. ^†, Wang, Q, Wang, Y, Liu, M, Tawfick, S, Vella, D, 2025. Transient asymmetry during elastic snap-through: The interplay between imperfections and oscillations. Physical Review E.
• Zhang, Y., Huang, W., Liu, M., Yu, J., Gao, H., 2025. Snap-through buckling in heavy hard magnetic elastica. Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
• Tong, D., Hao, Z., Li, J., Huang, W. ^#, 2025. Inverse design of planar clamped-free elastic rods from noisy data. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.
• Tong, D., Hao, Z., Liu, M. ^#, Huang, W. ^#, 2025. Inverse design of snap-actuated jumping robots powered by mechanics-aided machine learning. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
• Shi, Q., Huang, W. ^#, Yu, T. ^#, Li, M. ^#, 2025. Double-eigenvalue bifurcation and multistability in serpentine strips with tunable buckling behaviors. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

2024

• Huang, W., Liu, Z., Liu, M., Hsia, K.J., 2024. Snap-through eversion of axisymmetric shells under contact indentation. Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
• Liu, Z., Liu, M. ^#, Hsia, K.J., Huang, X., and Huang, W. ^#, 2024. Simplified discrete model for axisymmetric dielectric elastomer membranes with robotic applications. Thin-Walled Structures.
• Huang, W., Liu, T., Liu, Z., Xu, P., Liu, M., Chen, Y. and Hsia, K.J., 2024. Discrete differential geometry-based model for nonlinear analysis of axisymmetric shells. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.
• Wang, Q., Giudici, A., Huang, W., Wang, Y., Liu, M., Tawfick, S. and Vella, D., 2024. Transient amplification of broken symmetry in elastic snap-through. Physical Review Letters.
• Huang, W., Yu, T., Vella, D., Hsia, K.J. and Liu, M., 2024. Exploiting dynamic bifurcation in elastic ribbons for mode skipping and selection. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.
• Huang, W., Xu, P. and Liu, Z., 2024. Dynamic modeling of a sliding ring on an elastic rod with incremental potential formulation. Journal of Applied Mechanics.
• Huang, W., Yu, T., Hsia, K.J., Adriaenssens, S. and Liu, M., 2024. Integration of kinks and creases enables tunable folding in meta-ribbons. Matter.
• Liu, Z., Bian, P.L., Qu, Y., Huang, W., Chen, L., Chen, J., Saxena, P. and Yu, T., 2024. A Galerkin approach for analysing coupling effects in the piezoelectric semiconducting beams. European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids.
• Lai, Z., Tang, M., Hu, X., Shu, X., Huang, W. ^#, Pan, Y. ^#, 2024. Dynamics modeling and motion evaluation of a near-ground tethered balloon cable system under severe wind environments. Actuators.
• Liu, Z., McBride, A., Ghosh, A., Heltai, L., Huang, W., Yu, T., Steinmann, P. and Saxena, P., 2024. Computational instability analysis of inflated hyperelastic thin shells using subdivision surfaces. Computational Mechanics.
• Tong, D., Choi, A., Qin, L., Huang, W., Joo, J. and Jawed, M.K., 2024. Sim2real neural controllers for physics-based robotic deployment of deformable linear objects. The International Journal of Robotics Research.

2023

• Yang, X., Zhou, Y., Zhao, H., Huang, W., Wang, Y., Hsia, K.J. and Liu, M., 2023. Morphing matter: From mechanical principles to robotic applications. Soft Science.
• Huang, W., Liu, M. and Hsia, K.J., 2023. Modeling of magnetic cilia carpet robots using discrete differential geometry formulation. Extreme Mechanics Letters.
• Huang, W., Liu, M. and Hsia, K.J., 2023. A discrete model for the geometrically nonlinear mechanics of hard-magnetic slender structures. Extreme Mechanics Letters.
• Qin, L., Peng, H., Huang, X., Liu, M. ^# and Huang, W. ^#, 2023. Modeling and simulation of dynamics in soft robotics: A review of numerical approaches. Current Robotics Reports.
• Huang, W., Zhang, Y., Yu, T. and Liu, M., 2023. Bifurcations and stability analysis of elastic slender structures using static discrete elastic rods method. Journal of Applied Mechanics.
• Huang, W. ^#, Zou, H., Pan, Y., Zhang, K., Zheng, J., Li, J. and Mao, S., 2023. Numerical simulation and behavior prediction of a space net system throughout the capture process: Spread, contact, and close. International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics.
• Huang, W., Zou, H., Liu, H., Yang, W., Gao, J. and Liu, Z., 2023. Contact dynamic analysis of tether-net system for space debris capture using incremental potential formulation. Advances in Space Research.
• Huang, W., He, D., Tong, D., Chen, Y., Huang, X., Qin, L. and Fei, Q., 2023. Static analysis of elastic cable structures under mechanical load using discrete catenary theory. Fundamental Research.

2022

• Huang, W., Qin, L. and Chen, Q., 2022. Numerical exploration on snap buckling of a pre-stressed hemispherical gridshell. Journal of Applied Mechanics.
• Qin, L., Zhu, J. and Huang, W. ^#, 2022. A bottom‐up optimization method for inverse design of two‐dimensional clamped‐free elastic rods. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.
• Xu, P., Zhou, Z., Huang, W., Chen, Q., Lu, F. and Liu, T., 2022. The evolution mechanisms of bearing-tension-shear failure modes of FML joints under in-plane dynamic load. Composites Communications.
• Huang, W., Qin, L. and Chen, Q., 2022. Natural frequencies of pre-buckled rods and gridshells. Applied Mathematical Modelling.
• Huang, W., Ma, C., Chen, Q. and Qin, L., 2022. A discrete differential geometry-based numerical framework for extensible ribbons. International Journal of Solids and Structures.
• Huang, W., Qin, L., Xu, P., Lu, F. and Chen, Q., 2022. Buckling instability and dynamic response of a planar gridshell under thermal load. Mechanics Research Communications.
• Huang, X., Patterson, Z.J., Sabelhaus, A.P., Huang, W., Chin, K., Ren, Z., Jawed, M.K. and Majidi, C., 2022. Design and closed‐loop motion planning of an untethered swimming soft robot using 2D discrete elastic rods simulations. Advanced Intelligent Systems.
• Huang, W., He, D., Li, Y., Zhang, D., Zou, H., Liu, H., Yang, W., Qin, L. and Fei, Q., 2022. Nonlinear dynamic modeling of a tether-net system for space debris capture. Nonlinear Dynamics.

2021

• Huang, W., Patterson, Z., Majidi, C. and Jawed, M.K., 2021. Modeling soft swimming robots using discrete elastic rod method. Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems.
• Huang, W., Qin, L. and Khalid Jawed, M., 2021. Numerical method for direct solution to form-finding problem in convex gridshell. Journal of Applied Mechanics.
• Huang, X. ^†, Huang, W. ^†, Patterson, Z. ^†, Ren, Z., Jawed, M.K. and Majidi, C., 2021, May. Numerical simulation of an untethered omni-directional star-shaped swimming robot. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
• Forghani, M., Huang, W. and Jawed, M.K., 2021. Control of uniflagellar soft robots at low reynolds number using buckling instability. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control.
• Huang, W. and Jawed, M.K., 2021. Numerical simulation of bundling of helical elastic rods in a viscous fluid. Computers & Fluids.
• Huang, W., Ma, C. and Qin, L., 2021. Snap-through behaviors of a pre-deformed ribbon under midpoint loadings. International Journal of Solids and Structures.
• Ma, C., Li, G., Qin, L., Huang, W., Zhang, H., Liu, W., Dong, T. and Li, S.T., 2021. Analytical Model of Micropyramidal Capacitive Pressure Sensors and Machine‐Learning‐Assisted Design. Advanced Materials Technologies.

2020

• Huang, W. and Jawed, M.K., 2020. Numerical exploration on buckling instability for directional control in flagellar propulsion. Soft Matter.
• Li, X. ^†, Huang, W. ^† and Jawed, M.K., 2020. A discrete differential geometry-based approach to numerical simulation of Timoshenko beam. Extreme Mechanics Letters.
• Huang, W., Huang, X., Majidi, C. and Jawed, M.K., 2020. Dynamic simulation of articulated soft robots. Nature Communications.
• Li, X. ^†, Huang, W. ^† and Jawed, M.K., 2020. Discrete elasto-plastic rods. Extreme Mechanics Letters.
• Qin, L. ^†, Huang, W. ^†, Du, Y., Zheng, L. and Jawed, M.K., 2020. Genetic algorithm-based inverse design of elastic gridshells. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization.
• Huang, W., Wang, Y., Li, X. and Jawed, M.K., 2020. Shear induced supercritical pitchfork bifurcation of pre-buckled bands, from narrow strips to wide plates. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

2019

• Huang, W. and Jawed, M.K., 2019. Newmark-beta method in discrete elastic rods algorithm to avoid energy dissipation. Journal of Applied Mechanics.