Tian Chen

A reprogrammable mechanical metamaterial with stable memory

Tian Chen, Mark V. Pauly, Pedro M. Reis · Nature · 2021 · 508 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +5

Harnessing bistability for directional propulsion of soft, untethered robots

Tian Chen, Osama R. Bilal, Kristina Shea et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 419 citations · Full text

Engineering, Materials Science, Robotics Engineering +17

Autonomous Deployment of a Solar Panel Using Elastic Origami and Distributed Shape-Memory-Polymer Actuators

Tian Chen, Osama R. Bilal, Robert J. Lang et al. · Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) · 2019 · 159 citations · Full text

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +13

Integrated Design and Simulation of Tunable, Multi-State Structures Fabricated Monolithically with Multi-Material 3D Printing

Tian Chen, J. Howard Mueller, Kristina Shea · Scientific Reports · 2017 · 130 citations · Full text

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +16

Programmable, active lattice structures: Unifying stretch-dominated and bending-dominated topologies

Marius A. Wagner, Thomas S. Lumpe, Tian Chen et al. · Extreme Mechanics Letters · 2019 · 108 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +9