Chao Gao
About
My research interests focus on the mechanics of materials, bioinspired engineering and additive manufacturing. Much of my works has been on improving the understanding of design principles of natural materials. Innovative architectured materials, mechanical metamaterials and biological materials are designed analytically, numerically and experimentally.
Research interests
- Additive manufacturing
- Bioinspired structures
- Architectured materials
- Strucutral instability
- Deep learning networks
Education:
- Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, University of New Hampshire, USA
- M.S. in mechanical engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, Tongji Univerisity, China
Service to Professional Organizations
Editorial Board:
- Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology
- Frontiers in Metals and Alloys
- Forces in Mechanics
- Material Design & Processing Communications
Guest Editor:
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics (Special issue: Fracture behavior of additively manufactured materials and structures)
- Sustainability (Special issue call for submission: Sustainable Bioinspired Functional Materials)
Publications
2023
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Marsavina, Liviu;
Moreira, Pedro;
Berto, Filippo;
Gao, Chao;
Razavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad.
(2023)
Editorial VSI Fracture behavior of additively manufactured materials and structures.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics.
volum 277.
Editorial
2022
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Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Experimental Investigation of Thermal Passive-Reactive Sensors Using 4D-Printing and Shape-Memory Biopolymers.
Sustainability.
volum 14 (22).
Academic article
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Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Preliminary optimization of shape memory polymers geometric parameters to enhance the thermal loads' activation range.
Procedia Structural Integrity.
volum 42.
Academic article
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Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Preliminary results on the optimization of shape memory polymers geometric parameters to enhance the thermal loads activation range.
European Conference on Fracture - ECF23 book of abstract.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Maurizi, Marco;
Edwards, Bryce;
Gao, Chao;
Greer, Julia R;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Fracture resistance of 3D nano-architected lattice materials.
Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML).
volum 56.
Academic article
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Wang, Qingbo;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Data-driven approach to design fatigue-resistant notched structures.
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS).
volum 46 (2).
Academic article
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Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Inverse design of truss lattice materials with superior buckling resistance.
npj Computational Materials.
volum 8 (1).
Academic article
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Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Predicting stress, strain and deformation fields in materials and structures with graph neural networks.
Scientific Reports.
volum 12 (1).
Academic article
2021
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Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2021)
Interlocking mechanism design based on deep-learning methods.
Applications in Engineering Science.
volum 7.
Academic article
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Raghavendra, Sunil;
Molinari, Alberto;
Cao, Anni;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Zappini, Gianluca;
Benedetti, Matteo.
(2021)
Quasi-static compression and compression–compression fatigue behavior of regular and irregular cellular biomaterials.
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS).
volum 44 (5).
Academic article
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Zhao, Weidong;
Leira, Bernt Johan;
Feng, Guoqing;
Gao, Chao;
Cui, Ting.
(2021)
A reliability approach to fatigue crack propagation analysis of ship structures in polar regions.
Marine Structures.
volum 80.
Academic article
Journal publications
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Marsavina, Liviu;
Moreira, Pedro;
Berto, Filippo;
Gao, Chao;
Razavi, Seyed Mohammad Javad.
(2023)
Editorial VSI Fracture behavior of additively manufactured materials and structures.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics.
volum 277.
Editorial
-
Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Experimental Investigation of Thermal Passive-Reactive Sensors Using 4D-Printing and Shape-Memory Biopolymers.
Sustainability.
volum 14 (22).
Academic article
-
Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Preliminary optimization of shape memory polymers geometric parameters to enhance the thermal loads' activation range.
Procedia Structural Integrity.
volum 42.
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Edwards, Bryce;
Gao, Chao;
Greer, Julia R;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Fracture resistance of 3D nano-architected lattice materials.
Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML).
volum 56.
Academic article
-
Wang, Qingbo;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Data-driven approach to design fatigue-resistant notched structures.
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS).
volum 46 (2).
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Inverse design of truss lattice materials with superior buckling resistance.
npj Computational Materials.
volum 8 (1).
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2022)
Predicting stress, strain and deformation fields in materials and structures with graph neural networks.
Scientific Reports.
volum 12 (1).
Academic article
-
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo.
(2021)
Interlocking mechanism design based on deep-learning methods.
Applications in Engineering Science.
volum 7.
Academic article
-
Raghavendra, Sunil;
Molinari, Alberto;
Cao, Anni;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Zappini, Gianluca;
Benedetti, Matteo.
(2021)
Quasi-static compression and compression–compression fatigue behavior of regular and irregular cellular biomaterials.
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS).
volum 44 (5).
Academic article
-
Zhao, Weidong;
Leira, Bernt Johan;
Feng, Guoqing;
Gao, Chao;
Cui, Ting.
(2021)
A reliability approach to fatigue crack propagation analysis of ship structures in polar regions.
Marine Structures.
volum 80.
Academic article
Part of book/report
-
Cesarano, Francesco;
Maurizi, Marco;
Gao, Chao;
Berto, Filippo;
Penta, Francesco;
Bertolin, Chiara.
(2022)
Preliminary results on the optimization of shape memory polymers geometric parameters to enhance the thermal loads activation range.
European Conference on Fracture - ECF23 book of abstract.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
- TPK4440 - Machining and Additive Manufacturing
- MAST2009 - 3D Computer Modeling and Simulation
- TPK4540 - Manufacturing Technology, Specialization Project
- TMM4167 - Nondestructive Techniques and Structural Health Monitoring
- TMM4960 - Engineering Design and Materials, Master's Thesis
- TMM4199 - Bioinspired design
- TMM4540 - Industrial ICT Engineering Design and Materials, Specialization Project
- TPK4940 - Manufacturing Technology, Master's Thesis
- TMM4560 - Engineering Design and Materials, Specialization Project
- TMM4935 - Industrial ICT, Master's Thesis
Media
2022
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LectureKiendl, Josef; Gao, Chao. (2022) Impact of the mesostructural layout on strength and toughness of FFF-printed materials. ESMC 2022: 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference . ESMC; Galway, Ireland. 2022-07-04 - 2022-07-08.
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LectureLiang, Li; Berto, Filippo; Gao, Chao. (2022) Bio-inspired core-shell architectured filament with tunable damage tolerance. 3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Design of Additively Manufactured Materials - RdAMM22 . SIRAMM; Belgrade, Serbia. 2022-10-04 - 2022-10-06.
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LectureMaurizi, Marco; Gao, Chao; Berto, Filippo. (2022) Deep-learning-based design of buckling-resistant lattices. ESMC 2022: 11th European solid mechanics conference . ESMC; Galway, Ireland. 2022-07-04 - 2022-07-08.
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Academic lectureOgut, Ozge; Herrmann, O.E.; Tzortzi, Nerantzia Julia; Gao, Chao; Bertolin, Chiara. (2022) Testing climatic stress component in vegetation via AM: challenges and new opportunities. 3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Design of Additively Manufactured Materials - RdAMM22 . SIRAMM Project No. 857124; Online. 2022-10-04 - 2022-10-06.
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LectureWang, Qingbo; Gao, Chao; Berto, Filippo. (2022) Fatigue-resistant notches design based on data-driven approach for addtive manufacturing. 3rd International Workshop on Reliability and Design of Additively Manufactured Materials - RdAMM22 . SIRAMM; Belgrade, Serbia. 2022-10-04 - 2022-10-06.