Bio：

Dr. Yuan Chen serves as an assistant professor at Southern University of Science and Technology. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Sydney in 2019. From 2019 to 2022, he was an ARC postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sydney. With extensive expertise in composite mechanics on mechanical modelling and mechanism analysis, structural optimization adn multifunctional design, metamaterials and additive manufacturing, etc, he authored/corresponded 46 SCI-indexed papers (23 as first author, 23 as corresponding author), including 33 in JCR Q1 journals such as leading publications in composites and solid mechanics,（e.g., Comput Meth Appl Mech Eng, Compos Sci Technol）, and his research outcomes have been well recognised and appraised by world-renowned experts, academic institutions, international organisations and so forth - He has been elected as Editor-in-Chief for Adv Manuf Polym Compos Sci (Taylor & Francis), Editorial board member of Compos Commun, Chin J Mech Eng, Acta Mech Sin，J Eng Math, etc., Guest Editor for several SCI journals, and Topical advisory panel member for other SCI journals. Currently, he has been supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research & Development Program of China, Guangdong University Key-Area Special Program, Shenzhen Science and Technology Program, etc. and was the national and international project reviewer, World's Top 2% Scientists (2024), etc. He has won several international awards including CSTE Young Researcher Award, CSTAM Young Talent Reservoir Program (Overseas Talent)，MSAM Best Oral Presentation, etc. and is also a professional member of several renowned academic societies and organisations, such as member of youth executive commission and additive manufacturing commission under Chinese Society for Composite Materials, senior member of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), European Materials Research Society, etc.

Research Area：

• Mechanism analysis, multiscale and damage modelling for composites

• Topology optimisation and multifunctional design of composite structures

• Design, fabrication and application of innovative metacomposites

• Intelligent manufacturing, experimental characterization and health monitoring of composite structures

• Applications of composite materials in new energy, aerospace, medical devices, robotics, etc.

Lecture：

SDM 474 Advanced Design-Manufacture Integrated Technique

SDM 232 Mechanical Design and Manufacturing I

Winter Camp Program

Education Background：

2015 – 2019, University of Sydney, Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering

2012 – 2015, Hunan University, M. E. in Mechanical Engineering

Working Experience：

(1) May. 2022 – Present      

Assistant Professor, School of System Design and Intelligent Manufacturing, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

(2) Jun. 2025 – May 2026    

Visiting Associate Professor (Part-time), Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

(3) Jul. 2024               

Guest Scientist (Part-time), Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (IVW) GmbH, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

(4) Sep. 2019 – May. 2022    

ARC Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

(5) Nov. 2020 – Aug. 2021     

Project Technical Advisor, School of Engineering and IT, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

(6) Feb. 2021 – Oct. 2021     

Visiting Research Fellow, School of Engineering, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

(7) Jan. 2019 – Sep. 2019     

Research Assistant, Centre for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

(8) Mar. 2018 – Dec. 2021     

Teaching Assistant, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Representative publications：

(1) LI GuiXing, CHEN Yuan*. (2025) “Highly efficient and extensible parallel topology optimization for continuous fiber reinforced composites”. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 436: 117713.

(2) LI GuiXing, CHEN Yuan*, LI Qing. (2024) “Strength-based collaborative topology optimization for continuous fiber reinforced composites”. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 430: 117206.

(3) WEI GuangKai, CHEN Yuan*, LI Qing, FU KunKun. (2023) “Multiscale topology optimisation for porous composite structures with stress-constraint and clustered microstructures”. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 416: 116329.

(4) CHEN Yuan*, MAI Yiu-Wing, YE Lin. (2023) “Perspectives for multiphase mechanical metamaterials”. Materials Science & Engineering R: Reports, 153: 100725.

(5) CHEN Yuan, YE Lin, KINLOCH Anthony, ZHANG YiXia. (2022) “3D printed carbon-fibre reinforced composite lattice structures with good thermal-dimensional stability”. Composites Science and Technology, 227: 109599.

(6) CHEN Yuan, YE Lin. (2021) “Topological design for 3D-printing of carbon fibre reinforced composite structural parts”. Composites Science and Technology, 204: 108644.

(7) CHEN Yuan*, YE Lin (2021) “Designing and tailoring effective elastic modulus and negative Poisson’s ratio with continuous carbon fibres using 3D printing”. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 150: 106625.

(8) CHEN Yuan*, HE QingHao. (2020) “3D-printed short carbon fibre reinforced perforated structures with negative Poisson's ratios: Mechanisms and design”. Composite Structures, 236: 111859.

(9) CHEN Yuan, YE Lin, FU KunKun, HAN Xu. (2018) “Transition from buckling to progressive failure during quasi-static in-plane crushing of CF/EP composite sandwich panels”. Composites Science and Technology, 168: 133-144.

(10) CHEN Yuan, FU KunKun, HOU ShuJuan, HAN Xu, YE Lin. (2018) “Multi-objective optimization for designing a composite sandwich structure under normal and 45° impact loadings”. Composites Part B Engineering, 142: 159-170.