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    Special Issue on Architected Materials Design

    Journal of Mechanical Design
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    Architected metamaterials (AMMs) utilize engineered architectures at various scales (e.g., nano and micro) to achieve tunable and often unconventional properties (e.g., high strength-to-weight ratio, negative Poisson’s ratio, programmable stiffness or morphing, etc.). Advances in fabrication techniques, such as additive manufacturing and nanomanufacturing, have expanded the design space significantly to enable the creation of AMMs with more diverse and exceptional properties. This poses unique design challenges and drives the need for scalable and effective design methodologies. Boosted by structural optimization, data-driven approaches, and emerging artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) methods, the design of AMMs is advancing at an unprecedented pace, bringing both new challenges and exciting opportunities for innovation in design.           

    This special issue aims to provide a platform for cutting-edge research that advances the design strategies, methodologies, and applications of architected materials. We invite contributions that address critical design challenges, establish design frameworks, and explore novel methods for the design of AMMs, spanning representation, evaluation, and synthesis. Submissions offering perspective discussions on challenges and opportunities in AMMs design are also encouraged. 

    Topic Areas

    THE SCOPE OF THIS ISSUE INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:

    • Representations, Strategies, Principles, and Algorithms for the Design of AMMs
    • Design of Stimuli-Responsive and Reconfigurable Architected Materials
    • Emerging Forms of AMMs: Nature-/Bio-Inspired, Disordered, and Aperiodic Designs
    • Multiscale Design and Optimization of AMMs Systems
    • Data-Driven and Machine Learning–Enabled Design of AMMs
    • Dataset Generation and Benchmark Development for the Design of AMMs
    • Manufacturing-Informed and Uncertainty-Aware AMMs Design
    • Design of Large-Scale Deformation, Bistable, and Multistable AMMs
    • Design of Multi-Functional and Multi-Physics AMMs 
    • Design of AMM-Based Sensors, Actuators, Haptics, and Computing Systems

    Special Issue Publication Dates


    Paper submission deadline: September 12, 2026
    Initial review completed: November 1, 2026
    Publication date: May 2027

    Submission Instructions

    Papers should be submitted electronically to the journal through the ASME Journal Tool. If you already have an account, log in as an author and select Submit Paper. If you do not have an account, you can create one here. 

    Once at the Paper Submittal page, select the Journal of Mechanical Design, and then select the Special Issue on Architected Materials Design.

    Papers received after the deadline or papers not selected for the Special Issue may be accepted for publication in a regular issue.

    Guest Editors

    Jida Huang, University of Illinois Chicago, USA (jida@uic.edu)

    Liwei Wang, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (liweiw@andrew.cmu.edu)

    Emily D. Sanders, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (emily.sanders@me.gatech.edu)

    Wei Chen, Texas A&M University, USA (w.chen@tamu.edu)

    Sree Kalyan Patiballa, The University of Alabama, USA (spatiballa@ua.edu)

    Jun Wang, Santa Clara University, USA (jwang22@scu.edu)

    Shikui Chen, Stony Brook University, USA (shikui.chen@stonybrook.edu)

    Hongyi Xu, University of Connecticut, USA (hongyi.3.xu@uconn.edu)